Deinacrida fallai
| Deinacrida fallai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Anostostomatidae |
| Genus: | Deinacrida |
| Species: | D. fallai |
| Binomial name | |
| Deinacrida fallai Salmon, 1950 | |
Deinacrida fallai or Poor Knights giant weta is a species of insect in family Anostostomatidae. It is endemic to the Poor Knights Islands, off northern New Zealand. Its size is an example of island gigantism.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Deinacrida fallai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.
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