Setascutum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Macropathinae |
| Genus: | Setascutum Richards, 1972 |
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Setascutum is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. This genus was synonymised with Isoplectron in 2024.[1]
Species
[edit]- Setascutum ohauense Richards, 1972
- Setascutum pallidum Richards, 1972
References
[edit]- ^ Hegg, Danilo; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steven A. (2024). "Revision of the New Zealand cave wētā genus Isoplectron Hutton (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae), with synonymy of Petrotettix Richards and Setascutum Richards, and the description of a new genus". European Journal of Taxonomy. 971: 1–75. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.971.2761. ISSN 2118-9773.