@article{Hegg_Morgan-Richards_Trewick_2019, title={Diversity and distribution of Pleioplectron Hutton cave wētā (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae), with the synonymy of Weta Chopard and the description of seven new species}, url={https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/803}, DOI={10.5852/ejt.2019.577}, abstractNote={The genus <em>Pleioplectron </em>was first described by Hutton (1896) and included six New Zealand species. This genus has since had three species moved, one each to the genera <em>Pachyrhamma </em>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888, <em>Miotopus </em>Hutton, 1898 and <em>Novoplectron </em>Richards, 1958<em>. </em>Here we clarify the status and appearance of <em>Pleioplectron simplex </em>Hutton, 1896 (incl. <em>P. pectinatum </em>Hutton, 1896 syn. nov.) and <em>P. hudsoni </em>Hutton, 1896<em>, </em>as well as <em>P. thomsoni </em>(Chopard, 1923) comb. nov., which is transferred from the genus <em>Weta </em>Chopard, 1923. The genus <em>Weta </em>is newly synonymised with <em>Pleioplectron</em>. We also describe seven new species of <em>Pleioplectron </em>from South Island, New Zealand: <em>P. auratum </em>sp. nov., <em>P. caudatum </em>sp. nov, <em>P. crystallae </em>sp. nov., <em>P. flavicorne </em>sp. nov., <em>P. gubernator </em>sp. nov., <em>P. rodmorrisi </em>sp. nov and <em>P. triquetrum </em>sp. nov. We base these descriptions on morphology using fresh specimens of both male and female adults, and provide support for each with DNA sequence variation (mtDNA, partial COI).}, number={577}, journal={European Journal of Taxonomy}, author={Hegg, Danilo and Morgan-Richards, Mary and Trewick, Steven A.}, year={2019}, month={Nov.} }