Orthoptera Species File
species

Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002

Raukumara tusked weta

Nomenclature (3)

  • Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002: 295.

    Holotype; male; 676af607-1912-4a85-9e50-ad3dc4f7450d; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Bay of Plenty: North Island, Raukumara Range

  • Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002 in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2004: 186.
  • Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002 in Burge, 2005

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Burge, P.I. (2005) Repertoire of male-male agonistic behaviour in tusked weta (Motuweta riparia Gibbs) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) compared to tree weta (Hemideina Walker) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). New Zealand Entomologist, 28(1), 15–27.
  • 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
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Riparian, inhabiting the banks of rivers.

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