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	Weta - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Giant Weta, along with the Tree, Ground and Tusked Weta, are members of the family Anostostomatidae (or Stenopelmatidae).
		They are known to arc their hind legs into the air in warning to foes.
		Johns, P. "The Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species".
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Weta (585 words)

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		Weta is the Maori name given to genera from both the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae (cave weta).
		My focus is on the family Anostostomatidae as it is believed that they have existed relatively unchanged since the Mesozoic (there are reports of fossils, but I would like to see them before I pass judgment!).
		Gwynne, D. Reproductive behaviour of ground weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): Drumming behaviour, nuptial feeding, post-copulatory guarding and maternal care, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 77(4):414-428.
	awcmee.massey.ac.nz /people/rcpratt/resprogond/resprogond.htm (1028 words)

	Wetas
		The name "weta" is an informal designation, referring to two families of New Zealand grasshopper, the Anostostomatidae and the Rhaphidophoridae.
		Ensiferans are the "longhorned" orthopterans characterised by thread-like antennae which can reach to several times the body length.
		But the entire family is in need of revision at the higher levels as one key character, the lack of stridulatory pegs on the abdomen similar to those present in the ground weta (Anostostomatidae), are present and often well developed in many New Zealand species.
	www.peripatus.gen.nz /Taxa/Arthropoda/Wetas.html (457 words)

	Weta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Giant, tree, ground and tusked weta are all members of the family Anostostomatidae (traditionally in the Stenopelmatidae, but recently separated).
		They consist of three species: the Northland tusked weta Hemiandrus monstrosus, the Middle Island tusked weta Motuweta isolata, and a newly-discovered species called Raukumara Anostostomatidae n.sp.
		The Wetas is also the name of a now-disbanded rock group, from 1980.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weta (1291 words)

	Dr Mary Morgan-Richards
		A comparison of five hybrid zones of the weta Hemideina thoracica (orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): Degree of cytogenetic differentiation fails to predict zone width.
		Mitochondrial DNA phylogenetics of the chromosome races of Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae).
		Morgan-Richards, M. Robertsonian translocations and B chromosomes in the Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae).
	awcmee.massey.ac.nz /people/mmorgan/references.html (553 words)

	The monstrous cricket "turns 200"; while "badboy" Parktown prawn steals the limelight
		This is interesting because most Anostostomatidae have the ability to hear and most males can produce sounds, so well developed acoustic communication is possible.
		However, most species of king crickets produce rather soft sounds, and it appears that these may be important in courtship and defence, but are not known to be important in calling or attracting females.
		Unfortunately, the stridulatory behaviour of these insects has not been adequately studied and no recordings of their songs are available.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2003/november/monster.htm (2546 words)

	P Bateman
		Bateman P.W. and Fleming P.A. (2006) Males are fussy too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets Gryllus bimaculatus.
		Bateman P.W., Verburgt L, and Ferguson J.W.H. (2005) Exposure to male song increases rate of egg development in the cricket Gryllodes sigillatus.
		Bateman P.W. The influence of weapon asymmetry on male-male competition success in a sexually dimorphic insect, the African king cricket Libanasidus vittatus (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae).
	www.up.ac.za /academic/zoology/2003/pwbateman.html (1043 words)

	Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Estimating abundance, age structure and sex ratio of a recently discovered tusked weta Motuweta riparia(Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae), using mark-recapture analysis.
		Kelly, C.D. Sexual selection and infection by ectoparasites in Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae).
		Kelly, C.D. Allometry and sexual selection of male weaponry in Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae).
	www.anu.edu.au /BoZo/kelly/Publications.htm (241 words)

	What's That Bug? Jerusalem Cricket and Weta
		We have found web information that there are species of insects in the family Anostostomatidae in Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina, but cannot find images.
		Shortly after you sent in your photos and question, a Jonathan Simmons, sent in one of your images calling this creature a "Nasty Critter." Your specimen is a female and she is not dangerous, though some Orthopterans can bite, but do not have poison.
		The Parktown prawn (since they used to be very prolific in the Johannesburg suburb Parktown) (Libanasidus vittatus) is a species of large South African cricket in the family Anostostomatidae.
	www.whatsthatbug.com /potato.html (6741 words)

	IngentaConnect The secondary copulatory organ in female ground weta (Hemiandrus ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Secondary sexual devices in female insects, primarily abdominal modifications, appear to function as a means of thwarting coercive mating attempts by males or are, in rare cases, sexually selected adaptations.
		Female ground weta, Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), have an elaborate elbowed device on the underside of the mid-abdomen.
		Experimental removal of this accessory organ shows that it does not increase the probability of mating as predicted by the thwart-copulation hypothesis.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/bsc/bij/2005/00000085/00000004/art00005 (331 words)

	UTM Biology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sexual differences in response to larval food stress in two nuptial feeding orthopterans - implications for sexual selection.
		Reproductive behavior of ground weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): drumming behavior, nuptial feeding, post-copulatory guarding and maternal care.
		Female mating swarms increase predation risk in a 'role-reversed' dance fly (Diptera: Empididae: Rhamphomyia longicauda Loew).
	www.erin.utoronto.ca /~w3bio/faculty_and_research/gwynne.htm (154 words)

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		No author has suggested that the least diverse families, Cooloolidae (one genus) and Schizodactylidae (two genera) are not natural groups.
		P. Johns (submitted) suggests that the Gonwanaland weta and related taxa (mainly antipodean) should be placed in a separate family (Anostostomatidae) from the Jerusalem crickets and allies (Stenopelmatidae).
		A similar scheme (but using Mimnermidae instead of Anostostomatidae) was suggested by Gorochov (1995b).
	ag.arizona.edu /ENTO/tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/hexapoda/orthoptera/Ensifera.nex (1624 words)

	Gibbs--New species of giant weta
		Four new species of giant weta, Deinacrida (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Deinacridinae) from New Zealand.
		This paper raises the known number of species of giant weta (Deinacrida) from 7 to 11 and gives a key to distinguish them.
		Keywords Orthoptera; Anostostomatidae; Stenopelmatidae; Deinacrida; Hemideina; giant weta; alpine regions; systematics
	www.rsnz.org /publish/jrsnz/1999/21.php (134 words)

	JOHANNESBURG'S GARDEN INVADER - The Parktown Prawn
		The Parktown Prawn Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby), is a King Cricket belonging to the Family Anostostomatidae.
		Subsequently it has been allocated to the families Henicidae and Mimnermidae.
		Peter Johns of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand has now shown that King Crickets should actually be placed in the Family Anostostomatidae (Johns, 1987), and that they are distinct from Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae) which also occur in South Africa and are superficially similar to King Crickets.
	home.intekom.com /intekom/parktown_prawns (644 words)

	Publications - Field - Biological Sciences - University of Canterbury - New Zealand
		Field, L. and Roberts, K. Novel use of hair sensilla in acoustic stridulation by New Zealand giant wetas (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae).
		Field, L.H. and Sandlant, G. Gallery-related Biology of New Zealand Tree Wetas Hemideina femorata and Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae).
		Monteith, G.B. and Field, L.H. Australian King Crickets: Distribution, Habitat and Biology (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae).
	www.biol.canterbury.ac.nz /people/field/field_pub.shtml (444 words)

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		2004; 77(4): 414-428 PY: 2004 AB: Compared to other ensiferan Orthoptera such as true crickets (Gryllidae) and katydids (Tettigoniidae) relatively little is known about the reproductive behavior of Anostostomatidae (formerly Stenopelmatidae), the king crickets, weta and allies.
		Moreover, although the New Zealand species (the weta) are best known, there is little knowledge of the biology of ground weta (Hemiandrus species), a variable genus especially with regard to ovipositor length.
		MC: Behavior-; Biogeography-: Population-Studies; Communication-; Reproductive-System: Reproduction-; Terrestrial-Ecology: Ecology-, Environmental-Sciences OR: Anostostomatidae- (Orthoptera-): family-; Gryllidae- (Orthoptera-): family-; Hemiandrus- (Orthoptera-): genus-, ground-weta, common-, egg-, immature-, larva-, mature-, female-, male-; Tettigoniidae- (Orthoptera-): family- in Biological Abstracts 2005/01-2005/04.
	www.canis.uiuc.edu /~schatz/databases/communication.insects.txt (18109 words)

	CSIRO PUBLISHING - Invertebrate Systematics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A phylogenetic analysis of New Zealand giant and tree weta (Orthoptera : Anostostomatidae : Deinacrida and Hemideina) using morphological and genetic characters
		Phylogenetics of New Zealand's tree, giant and tusked weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): evidence from mitochondrial DNA
		After the deluge: mitochondrial DNA indicates Miocene radiation and Pliocene adaptation of tree and giant weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
	www.publish.csiro.au /view/journals/dsp_journal_crossref_cites.cfm?nid=120&f=IT99022 (94 words)

	Gwynne Lab: Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gwynne, D.T. The secondary copulatory organ in female ground weta (Hemiandrus pallitarsis, Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): a sexually selected device?
		Gwynne, D.T. Sexual differences in response to larval food stress in two nuptial feeding orthopterans - implications for sexual selection.
		Gwynne, D.T. Reproductive behavior of ground weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): drumming behavior, nuptial feeding, post-copulatory guarding and maternal care.
	www.zoo.utoronto.ca /dgwynne/labpage/publications.htm (1802 words)

	New book: Biology of Wetas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Australian King Crickets: Distribution, Habitat and Biology (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), G B Monteith and L H Field
		Gallery-related Biology of New Zealand Tree Wetas, Hemideina femorata and Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae) L H Field and G Sandlant
		Reproductive Biology and the Eggs of New Zealand Anostostomatidae, I A N Stringer
	140.247.119.145 /OrthSoc/wetas.htm (453 words)

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