species

Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846)

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Nomenclature (39)

Deinacrida thoracica White, 1846
Holotype; male; NHMUK015982134; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Zealand
Hemideina attenuata Walker, 1869: 164.
Syntype; c7cba21a-0b3f-40a5-8b1f-3da6a3c52ac9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: New South Wales
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Deinacrida thoracica White, 1846 in Buller, 1871: 35.
Hemideina nitens Colenso, 1888: 193.
Deinacrida thoracica White, 1846 in Tepper, 1892: 172.
Hemideina attenuata Walker, 1869 in Kirby, 1906: 114.
Hemideina huttoni Kirby, 1906: 115.
Syntype; cf150b17-68ff-4ae7-a7c3-e3c1cd3bd2c9; New Zealand: Auckland: Auckland
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Kirby, 1906: 115.
Hemideina attenuata Walker, 1869 in Caudell, 1927: 20.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Caudell, 1927: 20.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Maskell, 1927: 637.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Karny, 1928: 306.
Hemideina huttoni Kirby, 1906 (subjective synonym of Deinacrida thoracica White, 1846) in Karny, 1930: 153.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Karny, 1930: 151.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Karny, 1935: 375.
Hemideina attenuata Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Deinacrida thoracica White, 1846) in Karny, 1937: 223.
Hemideina huttoni Kirby, 1906 (subjective synonym of Deinacrida thoracica White, 1846) in Karny, 1937: 223.
Hemideina nitens Colenso, 1888 (subjective synonym of Deinacrida thoracica White, 1846) in Karny, 1937: 223.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Ramsay, 1954: 23.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Field, 1978
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Ramsay, 1979
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Lewis, 1994
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Morgan-Richards, 1995: 19.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Morgan-Richards, Daugherty & Gibbs, 1995: 302.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 1995
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Johns, 1997: 133.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Gibbs, 1998
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Morgan-Richards, King & Trewick, 2001: 111.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Morgan-Richards, Trewick & Wallis, 2001
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Gibbs, 2001: 36.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2004: 188.
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Morgan-Richards, 2005
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Watts, Stringer, Sherley, Gibbs & Green, 2008
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Trewick, Morris, Johns, Hitchmough & Stringer, 2012
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Trewick, Minards, Jacobson & Morgan-Richards, 2014
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in McKean, Trewick & Morgan-Richards, 2015
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Wehi, Jorgensen & Morgan, 2015

Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in McKean, Trewick, Griffin, Dowle & Morgan-Richards, 2018
Hemideina thoracica (White, 1846) in Griffin, Holwell & Symonds, 2020

Nomenclature references (33)

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
Caudell, A.N. (1927) Report on the orthopteroid insects collected by the Fiji-New Zealand Expedition from the University of Iowa. University of Iowa Studies in Natural History (N.S.), 12, 1–22. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/caudell1927.pdf
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Colenso (1888) A description of a new and large species of orthopterous insect of the genus Hemideina, Walker. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 21, 193–194. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_21/rsnz_21_00_002680.html

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

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

Griffin, M.J., Holwell, G.I. & Symonds, M.R.E. (2020) From quiet-night-in to party animal: sex ratio and density affect male/female aggregations in a 'harem' polygynous insect. Animal Behaviour, 170, 111–118.

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. (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. (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

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

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

Lewis, R.D. (1994) Modelling the circadian system of the weta, Hemideina thoracica (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 24(4), 395–421. Available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/publish/Journals/jrsnz/1994/25.aspx

Maskell (1927) The anatomy of Hemideina thoracica. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 57, 637–670. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_007180.html

McKean, N.E., Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2015) Comparative cytogenetics of North Island tree weta in sympatry. New Zealand J. Zool., 42(2), 73–84. Available at http://www.massey.ac.nz/~strewick/PDFs/McKean%20et%20al.%202015%20tree%20weta%20cytogenetics.pdf

McKean, N.E., Trewick, S.A., Griffin, M.J., Dowle, E.J. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2018) Viability and fertility of hybrid New Zealand tree wētā Hemideina spp. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 27(2), 97–196. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/14963/

Morgan-Richards, M. (1995) A new species of tree weta from the North Island of New Zealand (Hemideina: Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera). New Zealand Entomologist, 18, 15–23. Available at http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/free_issues/NZEnto18_1_1995/Volume%2018-15-23.pdf

Morgan-Richards, M. (2005) Chromosome rearrangements are not accompanied by expected genome size change in the tree weta Hemideina thoracica (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(2), 143–148. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282005%2914%5B143%3ACRANAB%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Morgan-Richards, M., Daugherty, C.H. & Gibbs, G.W. (1995) Taxonomic status of tree weta from Stephens Island, Mt Holdsworth and Mt Arthur, based on allozyme variation. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 25(2), 301–312. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.1995.9517491

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.

Morgan-Richards, M., Trewick, S.A. & Wallis, G.P. (2001) Chromosome races with Pliocene origins: Evidence from mtDNA. Heredity, 86(3), 303–312.

Ramsay, G.W. (1954) A note on the characteristic odours of some New Zealand wetas. New Zealand Entomologist, 1(4), 23–24. Available at http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/free_issues/NZEnto01_4_1954/Volume%201-4-23-24.pdf

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.

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

Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (1995) On the distribution of tree weta in the North Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 25(4), 485–493. Available at http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/Site/publish/Journals/jrsnz/1995/47.aspx

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., Minards, N.A., Jacobson, M.J. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2014) Shifting ranges of two tree weta species (Hemideina spp.): competitive exclusion and changing climate. Journal of Biogeography, 41(3), 524–535.

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

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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/

Wehi, P.M., Jorgensen, M. & Morgan, D.K.J. (2015) Predictors of relative abundance of tree weta (Hemideina thoracica) in an urban forest remnant. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 39(2). Available at http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3230
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