species

Deinacrida pluvialis Gibbs, 1999

Mount Cook giant weta

Nomenclature (3)

Deinacrida pluvialis Gibbs, 1999: 308.
Holotype; male; 417d4f3d-3a8d-41f2-92be-7a973431732a; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand: West Coast: Southern Alps, Whitcombe Valley
Deinacrida pluvialis Gibbs, 1999 in Gibbs, 2001: 46.

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

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

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	0	1