Species

Deinacrida heteracantha White, 1842

Little Barrier Giant Weta; Wetapunga

CollectionObject 1516681; 22d98bc5-6451-4ee4-81ee-5c4889ae2f64, NHMUK015982132: laterl view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1516681; 22d98bc5-6451-4ee4-81ee-5c4889ae2f64, NHMUK015982132: dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1516681; 22d98bc5-6451-4ee4-81ee-5c4889ae2f64, NHMUK015982132: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (37)

Deinacrida heteracantha White, 1842: 78.
Holotype; NHMUK015982132; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Zealand
Deinacrida heteracantha White, 1842 in Dieffenbach, 1843: 280.

Hemideina gigantea Colenso, 1881 (subjective synonym of Deinacrida heteracantha White, 1842) in St George, 2013
Hemideina gigantea Colenso, 1881 (subjective synonym of Deinacrida heteracantha White, 1842) in Early, 2016

References (33)

White, A. (1842) Description of an orthopterous insect from New Zealand. The Zoological Miscellany [Gray, J.E.], 78.
Dieffenbach, E. (1843) Travels in New Zealand. 280–281 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67828#page/9/mode/1up

White, A. (1846) The Zoology of the voyage of HMS Erebus and Terror, 2.

Buller (1867) Notes on the genus Deinacrida in New Zealand. The Zoologist, 2(2), 849–850. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90017#page/343/mode/1up

Buller (1871) Notes on the genus Deinacrida in New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 3, 34–37. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_03/rsnz_03_00_002320.html

Colenso (1881) On some new and undescribed Species of New Zealand Insects, of the Orders Orthoptera and Coleoptera. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 14, 277–282. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_14/rsnz_14_00_003320.html

Hutton, F.W. (1881) Catalogues of the New Zealand Diptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera; with descriptions of the species. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/cataloguesofnewz00domi

Colenso (1886) A description of a large and new species of orthopterous insect of the genus Hemideina, Walker. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 19, 145–147. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_19/rsnz_19_00_002700.html

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

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

Buller (1894) On the Wetas, a Group of Orthopterous Insects inhabiting New Zealand; with Descriptions of Two New Species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 27, 143–147. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_27/rsnz_27_00_001350.html

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

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

Karny, H.H. (1928) Gryllacriden aus verschiedenen deutschen und österreichischen Sammlungen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 89, 247–312. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_89_0247-0312.pdf

Karny, H.H. (1928) Revision der Gryllacriden des ungarischen National-Museums. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 25, 215–260. Available at http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/annHNHM/Annals_HNHM_1928_Vol_25_215.pdf

Karny, H.H. (1930) Revision der Gryllacriden des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien einschließlich der Collection Brunner v. Wattenwyl. 2. Hälfte. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 44, 45–198. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_44_0045-0198.pdf

Karny, H.H. (1935) Die Gryllacrididen des Pariser Museums und der Collection L. Chopard. Zweiter Teil. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 10(3-4), 293–393. Available at http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/147219/1/1934-10-3_4-015.pdf

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Watt, J.C. (1963) The rediscovery of a giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, on the North Island mainland. New Zealand Entomologist, 3, 9–13. Available at http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/free_issues/NZEnto03_2_1963/Volume%203-2-9-13.pdf

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.

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.

Moffett, M.W. (1991) Wetas - New Zealand's insect giants. National Geographic Magazine, 180(5), 100–105.

Early, J.W. & Gilbert, R.F. (1993) Primary types of terrestrial and freshwater Protista, Annelida and Arthropoda in the Auckland Institute and Museum: an annotated list. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus., 30, 49–86.

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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Watts, C. & Thornburrow, D. (2011) Habitat use, behavior and movement patterns of a threatened New Zealand giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha (Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 20(1), 127–135. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.020.0112

St George, I. (2013) Colenso, Dieffenbach and the giant weta. eColenso, 4(10), 14–16. Available at http://www.williamcolenso.co.nz/assets/Documents/eCol-10-Oct-13.pdf

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Descendants and synonyms

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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
Species	1	0	1	2