♂Motuweta isolata

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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Ensifera
Superfamilia: Stenopelmatoidea

Familia: Anostostomatidae
Subfamilia: Anostostomatinae
Tribus: Anostostomatini
Genus: Motuweta
Species: Motuweta isolata

Name

  • Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997: 137 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: 'Middle Island, Mercury Island Group'

References

  • Bellingham, M. 1991: Field observations on two species of tusked weta. Weta, 14: 30–32. PDF
  • 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. DOI: 10.2307/3503546 JSTOR Hybrid open access journal. Reference page. 
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  • Stringer, I.A.N.; Chappell, R. 2008: Possible rescue from extinction: transfer of a rare New Zealand tusked weta to islands in the Mercury group. Journal of insect conservation, 12: 371–382. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9149-2
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