Orthoptera Species File
species

Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Walker, 1871)

CollectionObject 1516671; 4c383a6a-31f5-4992-8038-b3deb9e1f0eb, NHMUK013803958: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516671; 4c383a6a-31f5-4992-8038-b3deb9e1f0eb, NHMUK013803958: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516671; 4c383a6a-31f5-4992-8038-b3deb9e1f0eb, NHMUK013803958: lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516671; 4c383a6a-31f5-4992-8038-b3deb9e1f0eb, NHMUK013803958: dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (20)

  • Libanasa pallitarsis Walker, 1871: 24. (valid)

    Holotype; NHMUK013803958; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Zealand

  • Libanasa pallitarsis Walker, 1871 in Hutton, 1881: 88.
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  • Hemiandrus similis Ander, 1938 (subjective synonym of Libanasa pallitarsis Walker, 1871) in Trewick, Taylor Smith & Morgan-Richards, 2021
  • Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Walker, 1871) in Trewick, Taylor Smith & Morgan-Richards, 2021

Nomenclature references (16)

  • Ander, K. (1938) Diagnosen neuer Laubheuschrecken. Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 3(1-2), 50–56.
  • Chappell, E.M., Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2012) Shape and sound reveal genetic cohesion not speciation in the New Zealand orthopteran, Hemiandrus pallitarsis, despite high mitochondrial DNA divergence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105(1), 169–186.
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  • Chappell, E.M., Webb, D.S., Brown, A.J. & Tonkin, J.D. (2015) A preliminary survey of altitudinal variation in two ground weta species, Hemiandrus maculifrons (Walker) and Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Walker) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). New Zealand Entomologist, 38(1), 1–6.
  • Gwynne, D.T. (2005) The secondary copulatory organ in female ground weta Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): a sexually selected device in females? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 85, 463–469.
  • Hutton, F.W. (1881) In Catalogues of the New Zealand Diptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera; with descriptions of the species. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/cataloguesofnewz00domi
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Stringer, I. (2006) Distinguishing Mercury Islands tusked weta, Motuweta isolata, from a ground weta, Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) in the field, with observations of their activity. DOC Research & Development Series, 258, 1–27. Available at http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds258.pdf
  • Trewick, S.A. (2021) A new species of large Hemiandrus ground wētā (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from North Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa, 4942(2), 207–218. Available at http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4942.2.4
  • Trewick, S.A., Taylor Smith, B.L. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2021) Ecology and systematics of the wine wētā and allied species, with description of four new Hemiandrus species. New Zealand J. Zool., 48(1), 47–80.
  • Walker, F. (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum: Vol. Supplement. London, 1–116 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094#page/99/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Referring to whitish tarsi.

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