Deinacrida heteracantha

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
Synonyms (1): D. gigantea

Name

Deinacrida heteracantha White, 1842
- Primary type: holotype
  - Fixation: unique
  - Description:
  - Repository: BMNH
- Type locality: 'New Zealand'

References

Primary references

White 1842: Description of an orthopterous insect, and two new species of Crustacea, from New Zealand: in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 78–79 in: Gray, J.E. The Zoological Miscellany, Part V. London, Treuttel Wurtz, Sowerby, Wood. Google books [first availability, see p. 78

Additional references

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. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9517600 Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.2307/3503546 JSTOR . Reference page.
Powell, A.W.B. 1941: Biological primary types in the Auckland Museum. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2(5): 239–259. [Publication date: 16 June 1941] BUGZ
Richards, A.M. 1973: A comparative study of the biology of the giant wetas Deinacrida heteracantha and D. fallai (Orthoptera: Henicidae) from New Zealand. Journal of zoology, 169(2): 195–236. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1973.tb04554.x
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. JSTOR
Watt, J.C. 1963: The rediscovery of a giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, on the North Island mainland. New Zealand entomologist, 3(2): 9–13. BUGZ [misidentification of Deinacrida mahoenui]
Watts, C.; Thornburrow, D. 2011: Habitat use, behavior and movement patterns of a threatened New Zealand giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha (Anostostomatidae: Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera research, 20(1): 127–135. DOI: 10.1665/034.020.0112