Deinacrida heteracantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stenopelmatoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Cohort: Anartioptera Magnordo: Polyorthoptera Superordo: Orthopterida Grandordo: Panorthoptera Mirordo: incertae sedis 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'

Primary references

• White, A. 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]

Selected 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. 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