Tree weta

Tree weta
Male Wellington tree weta
Hemideina crassidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Anostostomatidae
Genus: Hemideina
Species

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Tree wētā are wētā in the genus Hemideina of the family Anostostomatidae. The genus is endemic to New Zealand.[1] There are seven species within the genus Hemideina .  Because many tree wētā species are common and widespread they have been used extensively in studies of ecology[2] and evolution.[3] Tree weta are common in forests and suburban gardens throughout most of New Zealand. They are arboreal nocturnal orthoptera that hide in hollow tree branches during the day and feed on leaves, flowers, fruit and insects at night.

Species

West Coast bush weta, Hemideina broughi (Buller, 1896)
Overlaps with the Wellington tree weta on the West Coast.
Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens (Blanchard, 1851)
Wellington, the Wairarapa, the northern part of the South Island, and the West Coast. Studies of coevolution,[4][5] sexual selection,[6] hybridisation[7] and range shifts[3] have used this species as their biological material.
Canterbury tree weta, Hemideina femorata Hutton, 1898
Canterbury.
Mountain stone weta, Hemideina maori (Pictet & Saussure, 1891)
The drier areas of the central South Island high country. It abandoned life in trees millions of years ago in favour of crevices and cavities under rocks.
Banks Peninsula tree weta, Hemideina ricta Hutton, 1898
Banks Peninsula.
Auckland tree weta, Hemideina thoracica (White, 1842)
Also known as tokoriro, found throughout the North Island apart from the Wellington-Wairarapa region.
Hawke's Bay tree weta, Hemideina trewicki Morgan-Richards, 1995[8]
Hawke's Bay.

References

  1. ↑ Pratt, Renae C; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steve A (2008-10-27). "Diversification of New Zealand weta (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Anostostomatidae) and their relationships in Australasia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 363 (1508): 3427–3437. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0112. ISSN 0962-8436. PMC 2607373. PMID 18782727.
  2. ↑ Griffin, M (2011). "Exploring the concept of niche convergence in a land without rodents: the case of weta as small mammals". New Zealand Journal of Ecology. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  3. 1 2 Bulgarella, Mariana; Trewick, Steven A.; Minards, Niki A.; Jacobson, Melissa J.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2013-12-04). "Shifting ranges of two tree weta species (Hemideinaspp.): competitive exclusion and changing climate". Journal of Biogeography. 41 (3): 524–535. doi:10.1111/jbi.12224. ISSN 0305-0270.
  4. ↑ Duthie, C (2006). "Seed dispersal by weta". Science. 311: 1575.
  5. ↑ WYMAN, TARRYN E.; TREWICK, STEVE A.; MORGAN-RICHARDS, MARY; NOBLE, ALASDAIR D. L. (2010-06-15). "Mutualism or opportunism? Tree fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) and tree weta (Hemideina) interactions". Austral Ecology. 36 (3): 261–268. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02146.x. ISSN 1442-9985.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Clint D. (2006). "The Relationship Between Resource Control, Association with Females and Male Weapon Size in a Male Dominance Insect". Ethology. 112 (4): 362–369. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01193.x. ISSN 0179-1613.
  7. ↑ Mckean, Natasha E.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2016). "Little or no gene flow despite F1 hybrids at two interspecific contact zones". Ecology and Evolution. 6 (8): 2390–2404. doi:10.1002/ece3.1942. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 4783458. PMID 27066230.
  8. ↑ Morgan-Richards, Mary (1995). "A new species of tree weta from the North Island of New Zealand (Hemideina Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera)". New Zealand Entomologist. 18 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1080/00779962.1995.9721996. ISSN 0077-9962.
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