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Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997

Mercury Islands tusked weta
Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997: Fig. 6. male (holotype). (Otu).
Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997: Fig. 6. male (holotype). (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997: 130, 137.

    Holotype; male; 299f3768-1df3-4ca1-8cdb-3aaba83a1b45; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Waikato: Milddle Island, Mercury Island Group

  • Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997 in McIntyre, 2001
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  • Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997 in Stringer, Watts, Thornburrow, Chappell & Price, 2014
  • Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997 in Lamb, Olsthoorn, Burgin, Ray, Bell & Crowe, 2026: 33.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Gibbs, G.W. (2001) Habitats and biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and tusked weta species. In The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. Wallingford. pp. 35–55. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=CFItJVfOFDAC
  • 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
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  • Lamb, S., Olsthoorn, M., Burgin, D., Ray, S., Bell, M. & Crowe, P. (2026) Recovery and range expansion of the once critically endangered Mercury Islands tusked wētā (Motuweta isolata) on Ohinau Island, New Zealand, 16-years post-translocation. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 35(1), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.35.131747
  • McIntyre, M.E. (2001) The ecology of some large weta species in New Zealand. In The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. Wallingford. 225–242 pp.
  • Stringer, I. (2006) Distinguishing Mercury Islands tusked weta, Motuweta isolata, from a ground weta, Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) in the field, with observations of their activity. DOC Research & Development Series, 258, 1–27. Available at http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds258.pdf
  • Stringer, I., Watts, C., Thornburrow, D., Chappell, R. & Price, R. (2014) Saved from extinction? Establishment and dispersal of Mercury Islands tusked weta, Motuweta isolata, following translocation onto mammal-free islands. Journal of Insect Conservation, 18(2), 203–214. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10841-014-9631-y
  • 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
  • Trewick, S.A., Morris, S.J., Johns, P.M., Hitchmough, R.A. & Stringer, I. (2012) The conservation status of New Zealand Orthoptera. New Zealand Entomologist, 35(2), 131–136. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00779962.2012.686318
  • Watts, C., Stringer, I., Sherley, G.H., Gibbs, G.W. & Green, C. (2008) History of weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) translocation in New Zealand: lessons learned, islands as sanctuaries and the future. Journal of Insect Conservation, 12(3-4), 359–370. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/070rq45288631850/

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