Dendroplectron

Dendroplectron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dendroplectron
Richards, 1964
Species: D. cryptacanthus
Binomial name
Dendroplectron cryptacanthus
Richards, 1964

Dendroplectron cryptacanthus, the Auckland Island weta, is a cave weta in the family Rhaphidophoridae, the only member of the genus Dendroplectron. It is endemic to the Auckland Islands of New Zealand.

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