Deinacrida mahoenui

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 mahoenui

Name

• Deinacrida mahoenui Gibbs, 1999
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original genus: Deinacrida White, 1842
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: MONZ
  • Type locality: 'labelled "NZ WO Mahoenui, Te Kuiti, ..."'

Primary 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 

Selected references

• 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. doi: 10.1080/00779962.1963.9723052 abstract and full article (PDF) [misidentified as Deinacrida heteracantha]