Deinacrida gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stenopelmatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Orthoptera Subordo: Ensifera Superfamilia: Stenopelmatoidea

Familia: Anostostomatidae
Subfamilia: Deinacridinae
Genus: Deinacrida
Species: Deinacrida heteracantha
Synonym: Deinacrida gigantea

Name

• Deinacrida gigantea Colenso, 1882: 278
  • Authority for current placement:
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Hemideina Walker, 1869
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique
    • Description: [adult female]
    • Repository: AMNZ 21862
  • Type locality: 'in a small low wood behind Paihia, Bay of Islands'

References

Primary references

• Colenso, W. 1882. On some new and undescribed Species of New Zealand Insects, of the Orders Orthoptera and Coleoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 277–282. BHL Full text and PDF Reference page.