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species Deinacrida parva Buller, 1894

• Common name(s):  Kaikoura Giant Weta; Kaikoura Weta
• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
  •  
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (11):
  • Buller. 1894. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 27:147   >> Deinacrida parva    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19778
  • Hutton. 1896. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 29:214   >> Deinacrida parva
  • Hutton. 1900[1899]. Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 32:20   >> Hemideina parva    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19779
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:115   >> Hemideina parva
  • Karny. 1930. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 44:153   >> Hemideina parva
  • Karny. 1937. Genera Insectorum 206:223   >> Hemideina parva
  • Ramsay. 1971. New Zealand Ent. 5:52   >> Deinacrida parva
  • Johns, Peter M. 1997. Jour. Orth. Res. 6:134   >> Note: synonym >> Deinacrida rugosa
  • Gibbs. 1998. J. Insect Conservation 2(3-4):161-166   >> Deinacrida parva
  • Gibbs. 2001. In Field, L.H. [Ed.]. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies 43-46   >> Deinacrida parva
  • Trewick & Morgan-Richards. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):192   >> Deinacrida parva
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, New Zealand, New Zealand South I
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Location of type:  MONZ Wellington

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