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Species

Deinacrida connectens (Ander, 1939)

scree weta
CollectionObject 1500213; aaaa4dd3-34af-4b9e-9c8b-bf5f26b2e29e, DORSA BSal003S02: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
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CollectionObject 1500213; aaaa4dd3-34af-4b9e-9c8b-bf5f26b2e29e, DORSA BSal003S02: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500213; aaaa4dd3-34af-4b9e-9c8b-bf5f26b2e29e, DORSA BSal003S02: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500213; aaaa4dd3-34af-4b9e-9c8b-bf5f26b2e29e, DORSA BSal003S02: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500213; aaaa4dd3-34af-4b9e-9c8b-bf5f26b2e29e, DORSA BSal003S02: male, subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500213; aaaa4dd3-34af-4b9e-9c8b-bf5f26b2e29e, DORSA BSal003S02: male, abdominal apex (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500213; aaaa4dd3-34af-4b9e-9c8b-bf5f26b2e29e, DORSA BSal003S02: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500213; aaaa4dd3-34af-4b9e-9c8b-bf5f26b2e29e, DORSA BSal003S02: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502067; f83318c9-5d27-4ce3-bb20-012cd8bc15e4: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502067; f83318c9-5d27-4ce3-bb20-012cd8bc15e4: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502067; f83318c9-5d27-4ce3-bb20-012cd8bc15e4: female, ventral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502067; f83318c9-5d27-4ce3-bb20-012cd8bc15e4: female, frontal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502067; f83318c9-5d27-4ce3-bb20-012cd8bc15e4: female, subgenital plate (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502067; f83318c9-5d27-4ce3-bb20-012cd8bc15e4: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Deinacridopsis connectens Ander, 1939: 293.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BSal003S02; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); New Zealand

  • Deinacrida sonitospina Salmon, 1950: 130.

    Syntype; 480fa4b0-8344-468d-9140-1b3df0bea53b; New Zealand

  • Deinacrida connectens (Ander, 1939) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2004: 192.
  • Deinacrida connectans [sic] Ander, 1939 (misspelling of Deinacridopsis connectens Ander, 1939)

References (10)

  • Ander, K. (1939) Vergleichend-anatomische und phylogenetische Studien über die Ensifera (Saltatoria). Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 2(Suppl.), 306 pp., 172 figs.
  • 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
  • Ramsay, G.W. (1961) Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 30.
  • Field, L.H. (1982) Stridulatory structures and acoustic spectra of seven species of New Zealand wetas (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology, 11(1), 39–51.
  • 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
  • Gibbs, G.W. (1998) Why are some weta (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) vulnerable yet others are common? Journal of Insect Conservation, 2(3-4), 161–166. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/g82mwn350n242330/
  • Trewick, S.A., Wallis, G.P. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2000) Phylogeographical patterns correlates with Pliocene mountain building in the alpine scree weta (Orthoptera. Anostostomatidae). Molecular Ecology, 9(6), 657–666.
  • 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
  • Trewick, S.A. (2001) Scree weta phylogeography: surviving glaciation and implications for Pleistocene biogeography in New Zealand. New Zealand J. Zool., 28(3), 291–298.
  • 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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