Motuweta

Motuweta is a genus consisting of two species of tusked wētā in the family Anostostomatidae, endemic to New Zealand. The Northland tusked wētā, Anisoura nicobarica, may also belong in this genus.[1][2]

Motuweta
Motuweta isolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Anostostomatidae
Genus: Motuweta
Johns, 1997

Species
  • Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997 • Mercury Islands tusked wētā[3]
  • Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002 • Raukumara tusked wētā[4]
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References
  1. Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (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. doi:10.1665/1082-6467(2004)013[0185:PONZTG]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1082-6467.
  2. Pratt, Renae C.; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steve A. (2008). "Diversification of New Zealand weta (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Anostostomatidae) and their relationships in Australasia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 363 (1508): 3427–3437. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0112. ISSN 0962-8436. PMC 2607373. PMID 18782727.
  3. 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 3503546.
  4. Gibbs, G. W. (2002). "A new species of tusked weta from the Raukumara Range, North Island, New Zealand (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Motuweta)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 29 (4): 293–301. doi:10.1080/03014223.2002.9518313. ISSN 0301-4223.


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