Deinacrida parva Buller, 1894

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Buller (1894) On the Wetas, a Group of Orthopterous Insects inhabiting New Zealand; with Descriptions of Two New Species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 27, 143–147. Available from http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_27/rsnz_27_00_001350.html

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Orthoptera

family

Anostostomatidae

genus

Deinacrida

species

Deinacrida parva

Name

Synonyms

Hemideina parva (Buller, 1894)

Homonyms

Deinacrida parva Buller, 1894

Common names

Kaikoura Giant Weta in English

Kaikoura Giant Weta in English

Kaikoura Giant Weta in English

Kaikoura Weta in English

Kaikoura Weta in English

Kaikoura Weta in English

Kaikoura Weta in English

Bibliographic References

1. Buller. 1894. On the Wetas, a Group of Orthopterous Insects inhabiting New Zealand; with Descriptions of Two New Species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (Trans. N. Zeal. Inst.) 27:147
2. Gibbs. 1998. Why are some weta (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) vulnerable yet others are common?. Journal of Insect Conservation (J. Insect Conservation) 2(3-4):161-166
3. 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 43-46
4. Hutton. 1896. The Stenopelmatidæ of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (Trans. N. Zeal. Inst.) 29:214
5. Hutton. 1900[1899]. Notes on some New Zealand Orthoptera. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (Trans. N. Zeal. Inst.) 32:20
6. 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
7. Karny. 1930. Revision der Gryllacriden des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien einschließlich der Collection Brunner v. Wattenwyl. 2. Hälfte. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien) 44:153
8. Karny. 1937. Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 206:223
9. 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 2:115
10. Ramsay. 1971. Rediscovery of Sir Walter Buller's Weta, Deinacrida parva (Orthoptera; Gryllacridoidea, Henicidae). New Zealand Entomologist (New Zealand Ent.) 5:52
11. Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Phylogenetics of New Zealand's tree, giant and tusked weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): evidence from mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 13(2):192