Ischyroplectron

Ischyroplectron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Ischyroplectron
Hutton, 1897
Species: I. isolatum
Binomial name
Ischyroplectron isolatum
Hutton, 1897

Ischyroplectron is a monotypic genus of weta containing the species Ischyroplectron isolatum. I isolatum or the Bounty Island weta, is a cave weta in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to Bounty Island of New Zealand. It is found under rocks.

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