:Motuweta

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|authority = Johns, 1997

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Motuweta is a genus consisting of two species of tusked wētā in the family Anostostomatidae, endemic to New Zealand. The Northland tusked wētā, Anisoura nicobarica, may belong in this group, in which case the genus Motuweta would become a junior synonym of Anisoura.{{Cite journal|last=Trewick|first=Steven A.|last2=Morgan-Richards|first2=Mary|date=2004|title=Phylogenetics of New Zealand's tree, giant and tusked weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): evidence from mitochondrial DNA|journal=Journal of Orthoptera Research|volume=13|issue=2|pages=185–196|doi=10.1665/1082-6467(2004)013[0185:PONZTG]2.0.CO;2|issn=1082-6467}}{{Cite journal|last=Pratt|first=Renae C.|last2=Morgan-Richards|first2=Mary|last3=Trewick|first3=Steve A.|date=2008|title=Diversification of New Zealand weta (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Anostostomatidae) and their relationships in Australasia|journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|language=en|volume=363|issue=1508|pages=3427–3437|doi=10.1098/rstb.2008.0112|issn=0962-8436|pmc=2607373|pmid=18782727}}

Species

Motuweta isolata Johns, 1997 • Mercury Islands tusked wētā{{Cite journal|last=Johns|first=P. M.|date=1997|title=The Gondwanaland Weta: Family Anostostomatidae (Formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): Nomenclatural Problems, World Checklist, New Genera and Species|journal=Journal of Orthoptera Research|issue=6|pages=125–138|doi=10.2307/3503546|jstor=3503546}}
Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002 • Raukumara tusked wētā{{Cite journal|last=Gibbs|first=G. W.|date=2002|title=A new species of tusked weta from the Raukumara Range, North Island, New Zealand (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Motuweta)|journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology|language=en|volume=29|issue=4|pages=293–301|doi=10.1080/03014223.2002.9518313|issn=0301-4223|doi-access=free}}

References

Category:Anostostomatidae

Category:Wētā

Category:Ensifera genera