Isoplectron aciculatum is a species of cave weta that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus: | Isoplectron |
| Species: | I. aciculatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Isoplectron aciculatum Karny, 1937
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Taxonomy
editThis species was described in 1937 by Heinrich Hugo Karny from male and female specimens.[1]
Description
editThe body is coloured light rusty brown, darkly marbled dorsally. The abdomen and thorax have dark markings.[1]
Distribution
editThis species is only known from New Zealand.[1]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened"[2]
References
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- ^ a b c d Wytsman, P.; Wytsman, P.; Townsend, Lee Hill; Wytsman, P. (1902). Genera insectorum. Vol. 206–207. Bruxelles: L. Desmet-Verteneuil [etc.]
- ^ Trewick, S; Hegg, D; Morgan-Richards, M; Murray, T; Watts, C; Johns, P; Michel, P (2022). "Conservation status of Orthoptera (wētā, crickets and grasshoppers) in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 39: 1–28.