Motuweta riparia

{{Short description|Species of orthopteran insect}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

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| image = Raukumara Tusked weta DOC.jpg

| status = NU

| status_system = NZTCS

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| genus = Motuweta

| species = riparia

| authority = Gibbs, 2002

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Motuweta riparia, the Raukūmara tusked wētā, is a species of large flightless insect in the family Anostostomatidae. The species, like the related Mercury Islands tusked wētā has tusks which is used as a weapon. They are found near small shaded streams near the Raukūmara region, usually under rocks in their digged out chamber. The species is found in the Gisborne and Ōpōtiki Districts.

{{Cite web |title=Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1725104 |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}{{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 ) |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03014223.2002.9518313 |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 }}