| Anderus | |
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| Anderus maculifrons | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Anostostomatidae |
| Genus: | Anderus Trewick, Taylor-Smith & Morgan-Richards, 2024 |
| Type species | |
| Hemiandrus brucei Taylor-Smith et al., 2016
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| Species[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Zealandosandrus Salmon, 1950 Hemiandrus Ander, 1938 | |
Anderus is a genus of forest insects in the family Anostostomatidae (wētā). All Anderus species are nocturnal, and hide in burrows during the day.[2] In New Zealand they are known as ground wētā due to their burrowing lifestyle.[3] Ground wētā adults are smaller than other types of wētā, and females of all Anderus species have long ovipositors.[4]
- ^ Citizen science observations for Anderus at iNaturalist
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Taylor-Smith, 2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Strauß, J.; Lomas, K.; Field, L. H. (2017). "The complex tibial organ of the New Zealand ground weta: sensory adaptations for vibrational signal detection". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 2031. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.2031S. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-02132-1. PMC 5435688. PMID 28515484.
- ^ Trewick, Steven A.; Taylor-Smith, Briar L.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2024). "Wētā Aotearoa—Polyphyly of the New Zealand Anostostomatidae (Insecta: Orthoptera)". Insects. 15 (10): 787. doi:10.3390/insects15100787. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 11508991.