Motuweta riparia

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: Anostostomatinae
Tribus: Anostostomatini
Genus: Motuweta
Species: Motuweta riparia

Name

• Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002: 295 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Motuweta Johns, 1997
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: MONZ
  • Type locality: 'labelled "Little Manganuku Valley, Waioeka Gorge, 38°17'S, 177°23'E, 200 m, ..."'

References

selected references

• Burge, P.I. 2005: Repertoire of male-male agonistic behaviour in tusked weta (Motuweta riparia Gibbs) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) compared to tree weta (Hemideina Walker) (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). New Zealand entomologist, 28: 15–27.
• Gibbs, G.W. 2002. A new species of tusked weta from the Raukumara Range, North Island, New Zealand (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Motuweta). New Zealand journal of zoology 29(4): 293-301. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2002.9518313 . Reference page. 
• McCartney, J.; Armstrong, D.P.; Gwynne, D.T.; Kelly, C.D.; Barker, R.J. 2006: Estimating abundance, age structure and sex ratio of a recently discovered tusked weta Motuweta riparia (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae), using mark-recapture analysis. New Zealand journal of ecology, 30: 229–235. PDF
• Yeates, G.W.; McCartney, J. 2006: Wetanema ripariae n. sp. (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) from the Raukumara tusked weta Motuweta riparia Gibbs. New Zealand journal of zoology 33(3): 203-206. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518446 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page.  [400, listed]

Links

• EoL

Vernacular names

English: Raukumara tusked weta