Deinacrida pluvialis
| Deinacrida pluvialis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Anostostomatidae |
| Genus: | Deinacrida |
| Species: | D. pluvialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Deinacrida pluvialis Gibbs, 1999 | |
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Deinacrida pluvialis is a species of insect in family Anostostomatidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This wētā lives in alpine and subalpine areas above 700m asl on the western side of the Southern Alps.[2] . The abundance of Deinacrida pluvialis has declined over 30 years,[3] and it is now considered threatened, Nationally Endangered. Their color is usually orange, probably because of their habitat which have moss and dead plant that have the same color. They were found in the same range as Mt. Cook.
References
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- ↑ Peat, Neville; Patrick, Brian (2001). Wild Rivers: Discovering the Natural History of the Central South Island. University of Otago Press. pp. 120, 127. ISBN 978-1-877276-15-6.
- ↑ Gibbs, G. W. (1999). "Four new species of giant weta, Deinacrida (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Deinacridinae) from New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 29 (4): 307–324. doi:10.1080/03014223.1999.9517600. ISSN 1175-8899.
- ↑ Hegg, Danilo (2026). "Are Alpine Wētā Safe from Introduced Predators? A Case Study on the Southern Alps Giant Wētā Deinacrida pluvialis". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 53 (3). doi:10.1002/njz2.70052. ISSN 0301-4223.