Motuweta riparia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Anostostomatidae |
| Genus: | Motuweta |
| Species: | M. riparia
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| Binomial name | |
| Motuweta riparia 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. [2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Motuweta riparia Gibbs, 2002". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Gibbs, G. W. (2002). "A new species of tusked weta from the Raukumara Range, North Island, New Zealand (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Motuweta )". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 29 (4): 293–301. doi:10.1080/03014223.2002.9518313. ISSN 0301-4223.