Pharmacus montanus

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 Mt 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 Mt Annan above the Tasman Glacier.[16]

Pharmacus montanus
Pharmacus montanus illustrated by Des Helmore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Pharmacus
Species:
P. montanus
Binomial name
Pharmacus montanus
Pictet & Saussure, 1891
Synonyms

Pharmacus dumbletoni Richards, 1972

References
  1. "Pharmacus". Weta Geta. Massey University. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. 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
  3. Karny In Wytsman [Ed.] (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes, Genera Insectorum, V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Brussels 206:1-317
  4. Pictet & Saussure (1893) De quelques orthoptères nouveaux, Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft (Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch.) 8:293-318, pls. 1-2
  5. Hutton (1896) The Stenopelmatidæ of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (Trans. N. Zeal. Inst.) 29:208-242
  6. Richards, A.M. (1972), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand) 2(2)
  7. Johns In Burrows (1977), Cass: History and Science . . . Univ. Canturbury Christchurch, Cass: History and Science, Univ. Canturbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  8. Hutton (1904), Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae, Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae
  9. Dumbleton (1935), N. Z. Alpine Jour. 6(22)
  10. Dumbleton (1952), New Zealand Entomologist (New Zealand Ent.) 1(2)
  11. Dumbleton In Connor (1966), Mount Cook National Park, Mount Cook National Park
  12. Miller, D. (1971), Common Insects New Zealand, New Zealand xix + 178 pp.
  13. 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.
  14. OrthopteraSF: Orthoptera Species File. Eades D.C., Otte D., Cigliano M.M., Braun H., 2010-04-28
  15. 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.
  16. Sweney, W. J. (1980). Insects of Mount Cook National Park. Unpublished MSc thesis. Christchruch: University of Canterbury.
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