Ischyroplectron is a monotypic genus of wētā containing the species Ischyroplectron isolatum. I isolatum or the Bounty Island wētā, is a cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to Bounty Island of New Zealand. It is found under rocks.
| Ischyroplectron | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Genus: | Ischyroplectron Hutton, 1897 |
| Species: | I. isolatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ischyroplectron isolatum Hutton, 1897
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