genus

Deinacrida White, 1842

giant weta

Type

Deinacrida heteracantha White, 1842 type species of Deinacrida White, 1842

Nomenclature (28)

Deinacrida White, 1842: 78.
type species Deinacrida heteracantha White, 1842
Deinacrida White, 1842 in Graber, 1874: 33-38.
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Deinacrida White, 1842 in Gibbs, 2001
Deinacrida White, 1842 in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2004

Nomenclature references (25)

Alfken, J.D. (1904) Beitrag zur Insektenfauna der Hawaiischen und Neuseeländischen Inseln. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 19, 561–628. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38748
Ander, K. (1939) Vergleichend-anatomische und phylogenetische Studien über die Ensifera (Saltatoria). Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 2(Suppl.), 306 pp., 172 figs.
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Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1888) Monographie der Stenopelmatiden und Gryllacriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 38, 247–394, pls. 5–9. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/VZBG_38_0247-0394.pdf

Field, L.H. (1978) The striduladory apparatus of New Zealand Wetas in the genus Hemideina (Insecta: Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8(4), 359–375. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.1978.10423318

Gibbs, G.W. (1999) Four new species of giant weta, Deinacrida (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Deinacridinae) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 29(4), 307–324. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517600#preview

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

Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]

Graber, V. (1874) Ueber den Bau und die Entstehung einiger noch wenig bekannter Stridulationsorgane der Heuschrecken und Spinnen. Mitteilungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Steiermark, 11, 32–46. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/MittNatVerSt_11_0032-0046.pdf

Hutton, F.W. (1896) The Stenopelmatidæ of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 29, 208–242. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_29/rsnz_29_00_001070.html

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

Karny, H.H. (1930) On the geographical distribution of the Pacific Gryllacrids. Proceedings of the fourth Pacific Science Congress, 3, 157–172.

Karny, H.H. (1930) Phylogenetische und tiergeographische Erwägungen zur Systematik der Rhaphidophorinen (Orth. Fam. Gryllacridae). Archiv für klassifikatorische und phylogenetische Entomologie, 1(2), 57–76.

Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662

Meads, M.J. (1990) In The Weta Book: A Guide to the Identification of Wetas. 36 pp.

Morgan-Richards, M. & Gibbs, G.W. (2001) A phylogenetic analysis of New Zealand giant and tree weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Deinacrida and Hemideina) using morphological and genetic characters. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15 (1), 1–12.

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.

Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) In Cataloghi IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 1–127 pp.

Ramsay, G.W. (1961) Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 30.

Ramsay, G.W. (1979) In Annotated bibliography and index to the New Zealand wetas. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington. 1–56 pp.

Richards, A.M. (1973) A comparative study of the biology of giant wetas Deinacrida heteracantha and D. fallai (Orthoptera: Henicidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand J. Zool., 169, 195–236.

Salmon, J.T. (1950) A revision of the New Zealand wetas - Anostostominae (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Dominion Museum Records in Entomology, 1, 121–177. Available at https://bugz.ento.org.nz/detail/e3878a90-ce05-401a-a30a-d75d1b60d9ad

Tepper, J.G.O. (1892) The Gryllacrididae and Stenopelmatidae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 15, 137–178. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54689#page/145/mode/1up

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
White, A. (1842) Description of an orthopterous insect from New Zealand. The Zoological Miscellany [Gray, J.E.], 78.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	2	3
species	11	0	5	16