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Deinacrida mahoenui Gibbs, 1999

Mahoenui Giant Weta

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 45d7c3dd-b1f9-4900-8754-b58038009f00; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Waikato: Mahoenui

Nomenclature (9)

  • Deinacrida mahoenui Gibbs, 1999: 318.

    Holotype; male; 45d7c3dd-b1f9-4900-8754-b58038009f00; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: Waikato: Mahoenui

  • Deinacrida mahoenui Gibbs, 1999 in McIntyre, 2001
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  • Deinacrida mahoenui Gibbs, 1999 in Watts, Thornburrow, Rohan & Stringer, 2013
  • Deinacrida mahoenui Gibbs, 1999 in Pennisi, 2017

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Ewers, R.M. (2008) Endangered species on exotic pests: conservation of the Mahoenui weta. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1(2), 125–126.
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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.
  • Pennisi, E. (2017) Saving the 'God of ugly things'. Science, 356(6342), 1001–1003. Available at http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6342/1001
  • 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
  • Trewick, S.A., Morris, S.J., Johns, P.M., Hitchmough, R.A. & Stringer, I. (2012) The conservation status of New Zealand Orthoptera. New Zealand Entomologist, 35(2), 131–136. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00779962.2012.686318
  • 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., Rohan, M. & Stringer, I. (2013) Effective monitoring of arboreal giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha and D. mahoenui; Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) using footprint tracking tunnels. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 22(2), 93–100. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.022.0205
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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