Deinacrida White, 1842

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

White, A. (1842) Description of an orthopterous insect from New Zealand. The Zoological Miscellany [Gray, J.E.], 78.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Orthoptera

family

Anostostomatidae

genus

Deinacrida

Name

Synonyms

Deinacridopsis Ander, 1939

Deniacrida White, 1842

Dinacrida Agassiz, 1846

Homonyms

Deinacrida White, 1842

Common names

Giant Wētā in English

Reuzenweta's in Dutch

Weta géant in French

giant weta in English

giant weta in English

giant weta in English

wētā punga in Maori

Óriás weták in Hungarian

Bibliographic References

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2. Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1888. Monographie der Stenopelmatiden und Gryllacriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien) 38:267
3. CoL 2006
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5. Gibbs. 1999. Four new species of giant weta, Deinacrida (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Deinacridinae) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (J. Roy. Soc. New Zealand) 29(4):308, 321
6. Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. Habitats and biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and tusked weta species. The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies, Wallingford 35-55
7. Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. Habitats and biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and tusked weta species. The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies, Wallingford 35-55
8. Graber. 1874. Ueber den Bau und die Entstehung einiger noch wenig bekannter Stridulationsorgane der Heuschrecken und Spinnen. Mitteilungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Steiermark (Mitt. naturwiss. Ver. Steiermark) 11:33-38
9. Hutton. 1896. The Stenopelmatidæ of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (Trans. N. Zeal. Inst.) 29:211
10. Johns. 1997. The Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 6:128, 134
11. Karny. 1930. On the geographical distribution of the Pacific Gryllacrids. Proceedings of the fourth Pacific Science Congress (Proc. 4th Pacific Sci. Congr. 1929) 3:157-172
12. Karny. 1930. Phylogenetische und tiergeographische Erwägungen zur Systematik der Rhaphidophorinen (Orth. Fam. Gryllacridae). Archiv für klassifikatorische und phylogenetische Entomologie (Archiv. klassif. u. phylogen. Ent.) 1(2):57-76, 1 map
13. Karny. 1937. Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 206:221
14. Kirby, W.F. 1906. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 2:114
15. Meads. 1990. The Weta Book: A Guide to the Identification of Wetas 12
16. Morgan-Richards & Gibbs. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of New Zealand giant and tree weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Deinacrida and Hemideina) using morphological and genetic characters. Invertebrate Taxonomy (Invertebr. Taxon.) 15 (1):1-12
17. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
18. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
19. Otte, D. 2000. Gryllacrididae, Stenopelmatidae, Cooloolidae, Schizodactylidae, Anastostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 8:50
20. Ramsay. 1961. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) (Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (B)) 30:86