Description

Biology. Altitudinal range. Lowland to lower montane (up to 700 m). Habitat. Occurs in broadleaf – podocarp forests; can be locally abundant in forests where Beilschmiedia - Dacrydium, Beilschmiedia-Knightia-Leptospermum, Beilschmiedia-Rhopalostylis or Beilschmiedia-Agathis-Knightia are predominant; also found once in a mesic Weinmannia forest. Collected in groups on the moist, often moldy bark from the underside of fallen rotting branches about 3 – 5 cm in diameter or slightly larger; found in small numbers in leaf litter. Seasonality. Adults: September – January (abundant in December), April. Tenerals: October – December (abundant in December). Nymphs: December, probably also May – June. Mating observed in December.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Aradidae

Genus: Neocarventus

Species: Tuataraptera unca (Kirman, 1989) Larivière & Larochelle, 2022