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Wētā and King Crickets
Anostostomatidae
Anostostomatidae is a family of insects in the order Orthoptera, widely distributed in the southern hemisphere. It is named Mimnermidae or Henicidae in some taxonomies, and common names include king crickets in South Africa and weta in New Zealand (although not all weta are in Anostostomatidae). Prominent members include the Parktown prawn of South Africa, and the giant weta of New Zealand. The distribution of this family reflects a common ancestry before the fragmenting of Gondwana.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
King Crickets
subfamilyAnostostomatinae
Ground Wētā
genusHemiandrus
ground wētā
genusAnderus
Lezininae
subfamilyLezininae
Transaevum
genusTransaevum
Leponosandrus
genusLeponosandrus
Anisoura
genusAnisoura
Hypocophoides
genusHypocophoides
Hypocophus
genusHypocophus
Aistus
genusAistus
Coccinellomima
genusCoccinellomima
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85210.