''Motuweta'' is a genus consisting of two species of tusked
wētā
Wētā (also spelt weta) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to New Zealand. They are giant flightless crickets, and some are among the heaviest insects in th ...
in 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'' i ...
,
endemic
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to
New Zealand
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. The Northland tusked wētā, ''
Anisoura nicobarica'', may belong in this group, in which case the genus ''Motuweta'' would become a junior synonym of ''Anisoura''.
Species
* ''
Motuweta isolata''
Johns, 1997 • Mercury Islands tusked wētā
* ''
Motuweta riparia
''Motuweta'' is a genus consisting of two species of tusked wētā in the family Anostostomatidae, endemic to New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main land ...
''
Gibbs, 2002 • Raukumara tusked wētā
References
Anostostomatidae
Weta
Ensifera genera
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