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Anostostomatidae
Saussure, 1859
subfamily
Anostostomatinae
Saussure, 1859
tribe
Deinacridini
Karny, 1932
genus
Deinacrida
White, 1842
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19773
Common name(s): giant weta
Citations (24):
White, A. 1842. Gray's Zool. Misc. 78 >>
Deinacrida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19773
Graber. 1874. Mitt. naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark 11:33-38
>> Note: stridulatory organ >>
Deinacrida
Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1888. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 38:267
>>
Deinacrida
Tepper. 1892. Trans. R. Soc. S. Australia 15:172
>>
Deinacrida
Hutton. 1896. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 29:211
>>
Deinacrida
Alfken. 1904. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abt. Syst. Geogr. und Biol. der Tiere 19:561
>>
Deinacrida
Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:114
>>
Deinacrida
Karny. 1930. Archiv. klassif. u. phylogen. Ent. 1(2):57-76 >>
Deinacrida
Karny. 1930. Proc. 4th Pacific Sci. Congr. 1929 3:157-172 >>
Deinacrida
Karny. 1937. Genera Insectorum 206:221
>>
Deinacrida
Salmon. 1950. Domin. Mus. Rec. Entomol. 1:121-177 >> Note: key to species >>
Deinacrida
Ramsay. 1961. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (B) 30:86 >>
Deinacrida
Richards, A.M. 1973. New Zealand J. Zool. 169:195-236 >> Note: Henicidae >>
Deinacrida
Field, L.H. 1978. J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 8(4):359-375
>>
Deinacrida
Ramsay. 1979. Annotated bibliography and index to the New Zealand wetas 1-56 >>
Deinacrida
Passerin d'Entrèves. 1981. Cataloghi. IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino 73 >>
Deniacrida
subsequent misspelling
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:512624
Meads. 1990. The Weta Book: A Guide to the Identification of Wetas 12 >>
Deinacrida
Gorochov. 1995. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 260:199 >>
Deinacrida
Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134
>>
Deinacrida
Gibbs. 1999. J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 29(4):308, 321
>> Note: key to species >>
Deinacrida
Otte, D. 2000. Orthoptera Species File 8:50 >>
Deinacrida
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 35-55
>>
Deinacrida
Morgan-Richards & Gibbs. 2001. Invertebr. Taxon. 15 (1):1-12 >>
Deinacrida
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):185-196
>>
Deinacrida
The first family-group name based on this genus is Deinacridinae Karny, 1932.
synonym
Deinacridopsis
Ander, 1939
Citations:
Ander. 1939. Opuscula Entomologica 2(Suppl.):292 >>
Deinacridopsis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19792
Ramsay. 1961. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (B) 30:86 >>
Deinacrida
Otte, D. 2000. Orthoptera Species File 8:50 >>
Deinacrida
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
synonym
Deniacrida
Passerin d'Entrèves, 1981
Citations:
Passerin d'Entrèves. 1981. Cataloghi. IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino 73 >>
Deniacrida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:512624
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
species
carinata
Salmon, 1950
Common name(s): Herekopare weta
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (6):
Salmon. 1950. Domin. Mus. Rec. Entomol. 1:128 >>
Deinacrida
carinata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19791
Ramsay. 1959. Trans. Roy. Soc. N. Zeal. 86:393 >>
Deinacrida
carinata
Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134
>>
Deinacrida
carinata
Gibbs. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):161-166
>>
Deinacrida
carinata
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 47
>>
Deinacrida
carinata
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):185
>>
Deinacrida
carinata
species
connectens
(Ander, 1939)
Common name(s): scree weta
Images: (14)
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Specimen records
are available.
Citations (9):
Ander. 1939. Opuscula Entomologica 2(Suppl.):293 >>
Deinacridopsis
connectens
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19790
Ramsay. 1961. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (B) 30:87 >>
Deinacrida
connectens
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19789
Field, L.H. 1982. Int. J. Ins. Morphol. Embryol. 11(1):39-51 >>
Deinacrida
connectens
Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134
>>
Deinacrida
connectans
Gibbs. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):161-166
>>
Deinacrida
connectens
Trewick, Wallis & Morgan-Richards. 2000. Mol. Ecol. 9(6):657-666 >>
Deinacrida
connectens
Trewick. 2001. New Zealand J. Zool. 28(3):291-298 >>
Deinacrida
connectens
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 47
>>
Deinacrida
connectens
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):192
>>
Deinacrida
connectens
species
elegans
Gibbs, 1999
Common name(s): bluff weta
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Gibbs. 1999. J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 29(4):315
>>
Deinacrida
elegans
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19777
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 43
>>
Deinacrida
elegans
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):185
>>
Deinacrida
elegans
species
fallai
Salmon, 1950
Common name(s): Poor Knights Giant Weta; Poor Knights Weta
Links:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (10):
Salmon. 1950. Domin. Mus. Rec. Entomol. 1:138 >>
Deinacrida
fallai
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19788
Richards, A.M. 1973. New Zealand J. Zool. 169:195-236 >>
Deinacrida
fallai
Ramsay. 1979. Annotated bibliography and index to the New Zealand wetas 1-56 >>
Deinacrida
fallai
Watt. 1984. Weta 7(3):64 >>
Deinacrida
fallai
Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134
>>
Deinacrida
fallai
Gibbs. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):161-166
>>
Deinacrida
fallai
Hoekstra. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):180 >> Note: 1996 Red List of Threatened Animals (IUCN, 1996): vulnerable >>
Deinacrida
fallai
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 41
>>
Deinacrida
fallai
McIntyre. 2001. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 225-242 >>
Deinacrida
fallai
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):190
>>
Deinacrida
fallai
species
heteracantha
White, 1842
Common name(s): Little Barrier Giant Weta; Wetapunga
Links:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (28):
White, A. 1842. Gray's Zool. Misc. 78 >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19784
Dieffenbach. 1843. Travels in New Zealand 280
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
White, A. 1846. Voy. Erebus and Terror 2:24 >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Buller. 1867. Zoologist 2(2):849
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Buller. 1871. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 3:35
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Colenso. 1886. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 19:145
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1888. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 38:269
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Tepper. 1892. Trans. R. Soc. S. Australia 15:172
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Buller. 1894. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 27:143
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Hutton. 1896. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 29:212
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:114
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Karny. 1928. Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 25:258
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Karny. 1928. Stett. Entomol. Z. 89:306
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Karny. 1930. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 44:150
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Karny. 1935. Eos 10(3-4):373
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Karny. 1937. Genera Insectorum 206:222
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Watt. 1963. New Zealand Ent. 3:11
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Richards, A.M. 1973. New Zealand J. Zool. 169:195-236 >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Field, L.H. 1982. Int. J. Ins. Morphol. Embryol. 11(1):39-51 >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Moffett. 1991. Nat. Geogr. 180(5):100-105 >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Gibbs. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):161-166
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Hoekstra. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):180 >> Note: 1996 Red List of Threatened Animals (IUCN, 1996): vulnerable >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 41
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
McIntyre. 2001. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 225-242 >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):185
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Watts & Thornburrow. 2011. Jour. Orth. Res. 20(1):127-135
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Watts, Thornburrow, Rohan & Stringer [Ed.]. 2013. Jour. Orth. Res. 22(2):93-100
>>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
synonym
gigantea
(Colenso, 1881)
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (8):
Colenso. 1881. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 14:278
>>
Hemideina
gigantea
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19786
Colenso. 1886. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 19:147
>>
Hemideina
gigantea
Hutton. 1896. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 29:208-242
>> Note: synonym >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:114
>>
Deinacrida
gigantea
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19785
Karny. 1937. Genera Insectorum 206:222
>> Note: synonym >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Early & R.F. Gilbert. 1993. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 30:76 >>
Hemideina
gigantea
St George. 2013. eColenso 4(10):14-16
>> Note: synonym >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
Early. 2016. Records of the Auckland Museum 51:49-53
>> Note: synonym >>
Deinacrida
heteracantha
species
mahoenui
Gibbs, 1999
Common name(s): Mahoenui Giant Weta
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (10):
Sherley & L.M. Hayes. 1993. New Zealand Ent. 16:55-68
>>
Deinacrida
n. sp.
Gibbs. 1999. J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 29(4):318
>>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19776
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 41
>>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
McIntyre. 2001. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 225-242 >>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):185
>>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
Watts, Stringer, Sherley, Gibbs & C. Green. 2008. J. Insect Conservation 12(3-4):359-370
>>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
Ewers. 2008. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1(2):125–126 >>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
Trewick, S.J. Morris, Peter M. Johns, Hitchmough & Stringer. 2012. New Zealand Ent. 35(2):131–136
>> Note: status: recovering >>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
Watts, Thornburrow, Rohan & Stringer [Ed.]. 2013. Jour. Orth. Res. 22(2):93-100
>>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
Pennisi. 2017. Science 356(6342):1001-1003
>>
Deinacrida
mahoenui
species
parva
Buller, 1894
Common name(s): Kaikoura Giant Weta; Kaikoura Weta
Links:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (11):
Buller. 1894. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 27:147
>>
Deinacrida
parva
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19778
Hutton. 1896. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 29:214
>>
Deinacrida
parva
Hutton. 1900[1899]. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 32:20
>>
Hemideina
parva
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19779
Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:115
>>
Hemideina
parva
Karny. 1930. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 44:153
>>
Hemideina
parva
Karny. 1937. Genera Insectorum 206:223
>>
Hemideina
parva
Ramsay. 1971. New Zealand Ent. 5:52
>>
Deinacrida
parva
Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134
>> Note: synonym >>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Gibbs. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):161-166
>>
Deinacrida
parva
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 43-46
>>
Deinacrida
parva
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):192
>>
Deinacrida
parva
species
pluvialis
Gibbs, 1999
Common name(s): Mount Cook giant weta
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Gibbs. 1999. J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 29(4):308
>>
Deinacrida
pluvialis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19775
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 46
>>
Deinacrida
pluvialis
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):185
>>
Deinacrida
pluvialis
species
rugosa
Buller, 1871
Common name(s): Cook Strait Giant Weta; Stephens Island Weta
Links:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (26):
Buller. 1871. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 3:36
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19783
Hutton. 1896. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 29:280
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Alfken. 1904. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abt. Syst. Geogr. und Biol. der Tiere 19:587
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:114
>>
Deinacrida
?
rugosa
Hamilton. 1912. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 45:210
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Karny. 1937. Genera Insectorum 206:222
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Ramsay. 1955. The exoskeleton and musculature of the head, and the life cycle of Deinacrida rugosa Buller, 1870 >>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Ramsay. 1964. New Zeal. J. Sci. & Techn. 7(4):644 >>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Ramsay. 1979. Annotated bibliography and index to the New Zealand wetas 1-56 >>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Field, L.H. 1980. New Zealand Ent. 7(2):176-183
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Field, L.H. 1982. Int. J. Ins. Morphol. Embryol. 11(1):39-51 >>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Gibbs. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):161-166
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Hoekstra. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):180 >> Note: 1996 Red List of Threatened Animals (IUCN, 1996): vulnerable >>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 43
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
McIntyre. 2001. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 225-242 >>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):185
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Watts, Stringer, Sherley, Gibbs & C. Green. 2008. J. Insect Conservation 12(3-4):359-370
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Kelly, C.D., Bussière & Gwynne. 2010. Journal of Ethology 28(3):483-489
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Watts, Empson, Thornburrow & Rohan. 2012. J. Insect Conservation
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Schmidt, A.P. 2014. Metaleptea 34(2):9-12
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Deperno. 2015. Metaleptea 35(2):8-9
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Kelly, C.D. & Gwynne. 2016. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 70(8):1403-1409
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
White, D.J., Watts, Allwood, Prada, Stringer, Thornburrow & T.R. Buckley. 2017. Conserv. Genetics 18(2):411-422
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Watts, Thornburrow, Stringer & Cave. 2017. Jour. Orth. Res. 26(2):171-180
>>
Deinacrida
rugosa
Howard, D.R., A.P. Schmidt, C. Hall & A.C. Mason. 2018. Jour. Ins. Behav. >>
Deinacrida
rugosa
species
sonitospina
Salmon, 1950
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Salmon. 1950. Domin. Mus. Rec. Entomol. 1:130 >>
Deinacrida
sonitospina
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19782
Ramsay. 1961. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (B) 30:87 >> Note: synonym >>
Deinacrida
connectens
Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134
>>
Deinacrida
sonitospina
species
talpa
Gibbs, 1999
Common name(s): Giant mole weta
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Gibbs. 1999. J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 29(4):312
>>
Deinacrida
talpa
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19774
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 46
>>
Deinacrida
talpa
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):185
>>
Deinacrida
talpa
species
tibiospina
Salmon, 1950
Common name(s): Mount Arthur giant weta
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (6):
Salmon. 1950. Domin. Mus. Rec. Entomol. 1:124 >>
Deinacrida
tibiospina
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19781
Salmon. 1956. New Zealand Ent. 2:8
>>
Deinacrida
tibiospina
Ramsay. 1979. Annotated bibliography and index to the New Zealand wetas 1-56 >>
Deinacrida
tibiospina
Gibbs. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):161-166
>>
Deinacrida
tibiospina
Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 47
>>
Deinacrida
tibiospina
Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):192
>>
Deinacrida
tibiospina
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