genus

Motuweta Johns, 1997

tusked weta

Type

Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997 type species by original designation of Motuweta Johns, 1997

Motuweta Johns, 1997: 130, 137.
type species by original designation Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997
Motuweta Johns, 1997 in Otte, 2000: 44.

Gibbs, G.W. (2002) A new species of tusked weta from the Raukumara Range, North Island, New Zealand (Orthoptera: Anostostomoatidae: Motuweta). New Zealand J. Zool., 29(4), 293–301. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.2002.9518313#preview
Johns, P.M. (1997) The Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 6, 125–138. Available at http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/PDFs/Articles_from_Jo/Johns%201997.pdf

Otte, D. (2000) Orthoptera Species File 8. Gryllacrididae, Stenopelmatidae, Cooloolidae, Schizodactylidae, Anastostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 97 pp.
Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2004) Phylogenetics of New Zealand's tree, giant and tusked weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): evidence from mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 13(2), 185–196. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282004%29013%5B0185%3APONZTG%5D2.0.CO%3B2