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A new landhopper, Manawataawhiorchestia uruone gen. nov., sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Talitroidea: Talitridae) from Manawatāwhi/Three Kings Islands, New Zealand

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new genus and species of landhopper in the family Talitridae, Manawataawhiorchestia uruone gen. nov., sp. nov., is here described from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. Until recently, all native landhoppers in New Zealand had been attributed to the family Makawidae. Following the transferral of Dallwitzia simularis (Hurley, 1957) to the Talitridae Manawataawhiorchestia uruone gen. nov., sp. nov. becomes the second species of talitrid landhopper identified from New Zealand. All other New Zealand species in the family Talitridae have been classified as beachhoppers and sandhoppers.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.9

Authors: ALAN A. MYERS, OLIVIER J.-P. BALL, LARA D. SHEPHERD

Institutions: University College Cork, Northland Polytechnic, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Language: English

Topic: Crustacean biology and ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4410530561

FWCI: 0.533

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