Hemiandrus fabella
species of insect
The ground wētā population near Lake Tekapo New Zealand was formally described in 2026. The informal 'tag' name Hemiandrus 'furoviarius' was given to this population by Peter Johns in 2001. Commonly known as the Tekapo ground wētā, it is a wētā of the family Anostostomatidae. They are a small, flightless, and nocturnal orthopteran endemic to the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand's South Island.
Taxonomy
Hemiandrus fabella is a ground wētā that was first discovered in 1992 in a study of invertebrates around the Tekapo River delta. In 2001 Peter Johns suggested this population was a separate species but it was not until 2026 that the species was described. Fabella means little bean, as this species is smaller than most Hemiandrus species. The lineage is closely related to another ground wētā in the surrounding region, the Timaru ground wētā (H. johnsi) named for Peter Johns. H. fabella has been used as a model species for the conservation of the Cromwell ground wētā.
Habitat and distribution
The Tekapo ground wētā, Hemiandrus fabella, is a drylands species endemic to the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand.
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