Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997
Mercury Islands tusked wētā, Middle Island tusked wētā
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Formerly extinct in the wild
Distribution
Mercury Islands, North Island (off north-eastern coast), New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Johns, P. M. (1997). The Gondwanaland Weta: Family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): Nomenclatural Problems, World Checklist, New Genera and Species. Journal of Orthoptera Research (6): 125-138.
Other references:
Holmes, Branden. (2021). What's Lost and What Remains: The Sixth Extinction in 100 Accounts. Self published. [Available from Amazon]
Stringer, I. A. N. and Hitchmough, R. A. (2012). Assessing the conservation status of New Zealand’s native terrestrial invertebrates. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 77-84.
Trewick, Steve, Johns, Peter, Hitchmough, Rod, Rolfe, Jeremy and Stringer, Ian. (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand Orthoptera, 2014. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 16. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 15 pp.
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1953/0031/12.0/DLM278595.html