Mercury Islands tusked wētā
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The Mercury Islands tusked wētā,, also known as the Middle Island tusked wētā, is a large flightless insect in the family Anostostomatidae, discovered in 1970 living on a single small island in New Ze
Motuweta isolata
Motuweta isolata on Korapuki Island
Motuweta isolata on Middle Island, 1993
Northland tusked wētā
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The Northland tusked wētā, Anisoura nicobarica, is a rare monotypic wētā of the family Anostostomatidae, endemic to the northern half of Northland in New Zealand, and originally described in 1932. The
Mercury Islands tusked wētā
…described and named in 1997. Its name derives from the Māori word motu, or island. It was placed in its own genus, in a different subfamily to the Northland tusked wētā Anisoura nicobarica. Subsequent genetic research suggests that in fact all three known tusked wētā species are closely related, with their nearest…
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Anisoura nicobarica
Northland tusked wētā (Anisoura nicobarica) in the entomology collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Adult male