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Hemideina ricta Hutton, 1896

Banks Peninsula Tree Weta

Nomenclature (19)

  • Hemideina ricta Hutton, 1896: 219.

    Holotype; fe900a9e-7c4a-4bd0-b9f4-60cc6647c58b; deposited at: Canterbury Museum (CMNZ); New Zealand

  • Hemideina ricta Hutton, 1896 in Kirby, 1906: 115.
  • Hemideina ricta Hutton, 1896 in Bowie, Allen, Mccaw & van Heugten, 2014
  • Hemideina ricta Hutton, 1896 in van Heugten, Hale, Bowie & Hale, 2017

References (18)

  • 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. (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
  • 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
  • Field, L.H. (1978) The striduladory apparatus of New Zealand Wetas in the genus Hemideina (Insecta: Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 8(4), 359–375. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03036758.1978.10423318
  • Ramsay, G.W. (1979) Annotated bibliography and index to the New Zealand wetas. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington, 1–56 pp.
  • 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.
  • Field, L.H. (1993) Observations on stridulatory, agonistic, and mating behaviour of Hemideina ricta (Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera), the rare Banks Peninsula weta. New Zealand Entomologist, 16, 68–74. Available at http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/free_issues/NZEnto16_1_1993/Volume%2016-68-74.pdf
  • 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/
  • 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
  • Morgan-Richards, M., King, T.M. & Trewick, S.A. (2001) The evolutionary history of tree weta: A genetic approach. In The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. Wallingford. pp. 111–124.
  • 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
  • Bowie, M.H., Hodge, S., Banks, J.C. & Vink, C.J. (2006) An appraisal of simple tree-mounted shelters for non-lethal monitoring of weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae) in New Zealand nature reserves. Journal of Insect Conservation, 10, 261–268. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/563l812845lj27g6
  • 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/
  • Bowie, M.H. (2010) Re-introduction of the Banks Peninsula tree weta to Quail Island, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand. In Global re-introduction perspectives: 2010. Edited by Pritpal S. Soorae, IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group (RSG). 9–11 pp. Available at http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2010-076.pdf
  • Bowie, M.H., Allen, W.J., Mccaw, J. & Van Heugten, R. (2014) Factors influencing occupancy of modified artificial refuges for monitoring the range-restricted Banks Peninsula tree weta Hemideina ricta (Anostostomatidae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 38(1), 132–138. Available at http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3094
  • Van Heugten, R., Hale, R.J., Bowie, M.H. & Hale, M.L. (2017) Sleeping with the 'enemy': hybridization of an endangered tree weta. Conservation Genetics, 18(6), 1377–1387. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-017-0986-y

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012