species

Deinacrida rugosa Buller, 1871

Cook Strait Giant Weta; Stephens Island Weta

Type specimen

Holotype; 52cfb208-aac3-42ad-a884-49d762da35a8; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Marlborough: Wanganui, Stephen's Island

Nomenclature (26)

Deinacrida rugosa Buller, 1871: 36.
Holotype; 52cfb208-aac3-42ad-a884-49d762da35a8; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Marlborough: Wanganui, Stephen's Island
Deinacrida rugosa Buller, 1871 in Hutton, 1896: 280.
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Deinacrida rugosa Buller, 1871 in White, Watts, Allwood, Prada, Stringer, Thornburrow & Buckley, 2017
Deinacrida rugosa Buller, 1871 in Howard, Schmidt, Hall & Mason, 2018

Nomenclature references (26)

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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
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Deperno, M.D. (2015) Are finders always keepers? Understanding the influence of courtship residency on male contest outcomes in the Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa). Metaleptea, 35(2), 8–9. Available at http://140.247.96.247/orthsoc/pdf/met_35_2.pdf

Field, L.H. (1980) The tick sound of a giant weta, Deinacrida rugosa (Orthoptera : Stenopelmatidae : Deinacridinae). New Zealand Entomologist, 7(2), 176–183. Available at http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/free_issues/NZEnto07_2_1980/Volume%207-2-176-183.pdf

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.

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/

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

Hamilton (1912) On Deinacrida rugosa Buller. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 45, 210. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_45/rsnz_45_00_002150.html

Hoekstra, J.M. (1998) Conserving Orthoptera in the wild: lessons from Trimerotropis infantilis (Oedipodinae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 2(3-4), 179–185.

Howard, D.R., Schmidt, A.P., Hall, C. & Mason, A.C. (2018) Substrate-borne vibration mediates intrasexual agonism in the New Zealand Cook Strait Giant Weta (Deinacrida rugosa). Journal of Insect Behavior.

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. (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

Kelly, C.D. & Gwynne, D.T. (2016) The effect of condition on mate searching speed and copulation frequency in the Cook Strait giant weta. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70(8), 1403–1409. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-016-2150-y

Kelly, C.D., Bussière, L.F. & Gwynne, D.T. (2010) Pairing and insemination patterns in a giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa: Orthoptera; Anostostomatidae). Journal of Ethology, 28(3), 483–489. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/874gk5524385rw11/

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

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.

Ramsay, G.W. (1955) In The exoskeleton and musculature of the head, and the life cycle of Deinacrida rugosa Buller, 1870. M.Sc. thesis, Victoria University, Wellington.

Ramsay, G.W. (1964) Moult numbers in Orthoptera (Insecta). The New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, 7(4), 644–666.

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.

Schmidt, A.P. (2014) Vibrational communication in the New Zealand Cook Strait Giant Weta (Deinacrida rugosa). Metaleptea, 34(2), 9–12. Available at http://140.247.96.247/orthsoc/pdf/met_34_2.pdf

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

Watts, C., Empson, R., Thornburrow, D. & Rohan, M. (2012) Movements, behaviour and survival of adult Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa; Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera) immediately after translocation as revealed by radiotracking. Journal of Insect Conservation. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/12679652q8x25u02/

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/

Watts, C., Thornburrow, D., Stringer, I. & Cave, V. (2017) Population expansion by Cook Strait giant wētā, Deinacrida rugosa (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), following translocation to Matiu/Somes Island, New Zealand, and subsequent changes in abundance. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 26(2), 171–180. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/21712/
White, D.J., Watts, C., Allwood, J., Prada, D., Stringer, I., Thornburrow, D. & Buckley, T.R. (2017) Population history and genetic bottlenecks in translocated Cook Strait giant weta, Deinacrida rugosa: recommendations for future conservation management. Conservation Genetics, 18(2), 411–422. Available at http://https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-016-0916-4