Pharmacus montanus, the Mount Cook flea, is a type of cave wētā found above the tree line in the South Island of New Zealand.[1] It was first described by Francois Jules Pictet de la Rive and Henri Saussure in 1893.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Pharmacus montanus is one of the most widespread species within the genus, found from Aoraki/Mount Cook to Mount Owen in northern South Island (Kahurangi National Park).[15] The highest recorded specimens of this species are from a population between 2700 and 2800 m above sea level on Mount Annan above the Tasman Glacier.[16]
| Pharmacus montanus | |
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| Pharmacus montanus illustrated by Des Helmore | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus: | Pharmacus |
| Species: | P. montanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pharmacus montanus Pictet & Saussure, 1891
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| Synonyms | |
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Pharmacus dumbletoni Richards, 1972 | |
References
edit- ^ "Pharmacus". Weta Geta. Massey University. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae.), A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 2:i-viii, 1-562
- ^ Karny In Wytsman [Ed.] (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes, Genera Insectorum, V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 206:1-317
- ^ Pictet & Saussure (1893) De quelques orthoptères nouveaux, Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 8:293-318, pls. 1-2
- ^ Hutton (1896) The Stenopelmatidæ of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (Trans. N. Zeal. Inst.) 29:208-242
- ^ Richards, A.M. (1972), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand) 2(2)
- ^ Johns In Burrows (1977), Cass: History and Science . . . Univ. Canturbury Christchurch, Cass: History and Science, Univ. Canturbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- ^ Hutton (1904), Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae, Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae
- ^ Dumbleton (1935), N. Z. Alpine Jour. 6(22)
- ^ Dumbleton (1952), New Zealand Entomologist (New Zealand Ent.) 1(2)
- ^ Dumbleton In Connor (1966), Mount Cook National Park, Mount Cook National Park
- ^ Miller, D. (1971), Common Insects New Zealand, New Zealand xix + 178 pp.
- ^ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ OrthopteraSF: Orthoptera Species File. Eades D.C., Otte D., Cigliano M.M., Braun H., 2010-04-28
- ^ Hegg, Danilo; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steven A. (2022). "High alpine sorcerers: revision of the cave wētā genus Pharmacus Pictet & de Saussure (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae), with the description of six new species and three new subspecies". European Journal of Taxonomy (808): 1–58–1–58. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.808.1721. ISSN 2118-9773. S2CID 247971884.
- ^ Sweney, W. J. (1980). Insects of Mount Cook National Park. Unpublished MSc thesis. Christchruch: University of Canterbury.