''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the
family
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Anostostomatidae
Anostostomatidae is a family of insects in the order Orthoptera, widely distributed in the southern hemisphere. It is named Mimnermidae or Henicidae in some taxonomies, and common names include ''king crickets'' in South Africa and ''wētā'' in ...
and consists of five species of insect,
endemic
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to
Australia.
Included species
* ''
Anostostoma australasiae''
Gray, 1837
* ''
Anostostoma erinaceum''
(Burmeister, 1838)
* ''
Anostostoma femorale''
Walker, 1869
* ''
Anostostoma opacum''
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
* ''
Anostostoma spinosum''
Karny, 1930
Formerly included
* ''
Stenopelmatus toltecus''
(Saussure, 1861)''Stenopelmatus toltecus''
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References
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Weta
Ensifera genera
Anostostomatidae