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Trewick SA, Taylor-Smith BL, Morgan-Richards M. 2020. Ecology and systematics of the wine wētā and allied species, with description of four new Hemiandrus species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Koot EM, Morgan-Richards, M, Trewick SA. 2020. An alpine grasshopper radiation older than the mountains, on Kā Tiritiri o te Moana (Southern Alps) of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 147: 106783
Hegg D, Morgan-Richards M, Trewick SA. 2019. Diversity and distribution of Pleioplectron Hutton cave wētā (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Macropathinae), with synonymy of Weta Chopard and description of seven new species. European Journal of Taxonomy #577
Fitness J, Morgan-Richards M, Hegg D, Trewick SA. 2018. Reinstatement of the New Zealand cave wētā genus Miotopus Hutton (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) and description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy #468.
McKean NE, Trewick SA, Griffin MJ, Dowle EJ, Morgan-Richards M. 2018. Viability and fertility of hybrid New Zealand tree wētā Hemideina spp. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 27(2): 97–106
Sivyer L, Morgan-Richards M, Koot E, Trewick SA. 2018. Anthropogenic cause of range shifts and gene flow between two grasshopper species revealed by environmental modelling, geometric morphometrics and population genetics. Insect Conservation & Diversity 11: 415–434.
Trewick SA, Johns P, Hitchmough R, Rolfe J, Stringer I. 2016. Conservation status of New Zealand Orthoptera, 2014. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 16. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 15 p.
Taylor-Smith BL, Trewick SA, Morgan-Richards M. 2016. Three new ground wētā and a redescription of Hemiandrus maculifrons. New Zealand of Zoology 43: 363–383.
McKean NE, Trewick SA, Morgan-Richards M. 2016. Little or no gene flow despite F1 hybrids at two interspecific contact zones. Ecology and Evolution 6: 2390–2404.
Goldberg J, Morgan-Richards M, Trewick SA. 2015. Intercontinental island hopping: colonization and speciation of the grasshopper genus Phaulacridium (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Australasia. Zoologisher Anzeiger 255: 71–79.
McKean N, Morgan-Richards M, Trewick SA. 2015. Comparative cytogenetics of North Island tree weta in sympatry. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 42: 73–84.
Bulgarella M, Trewick SA, Godfrey AJR, Sinclair BJ, Morgan-Richards M. 2015. Elevational variation in adult body size and growth rate but not in metabolic rate in the tree weta Hemideina crassidens. Journal of Insect Physiology 75:30–38.
Fitness J, Morgan-Richards M, Ball O, Godfrey J, Trewick SA. 2015. Improved resolution of cave weta diversity (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae): ecological implications for Te Paki, Far North, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 42: 1–16.
Dowle EJ, Morgan-Richards M, Trewick SA. 2014. Morphological differentiation despite gene flow in an endangered grasshopper. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 216.
Bulgarella M, Trewick S, Minards NA, Jacobson MJ, Morgan-Richards M. 2014. Shifting ranges of two tree weta species (Hemideina spp.): competitive exclusion and changing climate. Journal of Bioleography 41: 524–535.
Taylor Smith BL, Morgan-Richards M, Trewick SA. 2013. New Zealand ground wētā (Anostostomatidae: Hemiandrus): descriptions of two species with notes on their biology. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 40: 314–329.
Wehi PM, Raubenheimer D, Morgan-Richards M. 2013. Tolerance for nutrient imbalance in an intermitently feeding herbivorous cricket, the Wellington tree weta. PLoS One 8:e84641

Below is a list of references that deal with Rhaphidophoridae and Anostostomatidae from New Zealand and around the world. The best resource for historical literature (1775-1993) on New Zealand invertebrates that is:

Other, recent literature should be accessed via journal websites, but additional international historical material can be retrieve via websites such as:

Allegrucci, G., Minasi, M. G., & Sbordoni, V. 1997. Patterns of gene flow and genetic structure in cave-dwelling crickets of the Tuscan endemic, Dolichopoda schiavazzii (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Heredity. 78: 665-673.

Allegrucci, G., Todisco, V., & Sbordoni, V. 2005. Molecular phylogeography of Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphiophoridae): A scenario suggested by mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution. 37: 153-164.

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Bachmann, L., Venanzetti, F., & Sbordoni, V. 1994. Characterization of a Species-Specific Satellite DNA Family of Dolichopoda-Schiavazzii (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) Cave Crickets. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 39(3): 274-281.

Bernardini, C., & Ketmaier, V. 2002. Isolation and characterization of five microsatellite loci in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera Rhaphidophoridae). Molecular Ecology Notes. 2(4): 501-503.

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Chopard, L. 1923. On some New Zealand cave Orthoptera. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 230 - 239.

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Colombo, P., Cigliano, M. M., Sequeira, A. S., Lange, C. E., Vilardi, J. C., & Confalonieri, V. A. 2005. Phylogeneitc relationships in Dichroplus Stål (Orthoptera: Acrididae: melanoplinae) inferred from molecular and morphological data: testing karyotype diversification. Cladistics. 21: 375-389.

Cook, L.D., Trewick, S.A., Morgan-Richards, M., & Johns, P.M. (2010). Status of the New Zealand cave weta (Rhaphidophoridae) genera Pachyrhamma, Gymnoplectron and Turbottoplectron. Invertebrate Systematics, 24(2), 131-138. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS09047

Dawson, D. A., Bretman, A. J., & Tregenza, T. 2003. Micorsatellite loci for the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus and their cross-utility in other speices of Orthoptera. [Primer Note]. Molecular Ecology Notes. 3: 191-195.

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Dirusso, C., Vellei, A., Carchini, G., & Sbordoni, V. 1987. Life-Cycle and Age Structure of Dolichopoda Populations (Orthoptera, Raphidophoridae) from Natural and Artificial Cave Habitats. Bollettino Di Zoologia. 54(4): 337-340.

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Field, L. H. 1980. Observations on the biology of Deinacrida connectens (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae), an alpine weta. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 7: 211-220.

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Flook, P. K., & Rowell, C. H. F. 1997. The effectiveness of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences for the reconstruction of the phylogeny of an insect order (Orthoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 8(2): 177-192.

Flook, P. K., & Rowell, C. H. F. 1997. The phylogeny of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) as deduced from mtrRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 8(1): 89-103.

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Gibbs, G. 1998. Why are some weta (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) vulnerable yet others are common? Journal of Insect Conservation. 2: 161-166.

Gibbs, G. 1999. Four new species of giant weta, Deinacrida (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 29: 307-324.

Gibbs, G. 2001. Habitats and biogeography of New Zealand’s Deinacridine and tusked weta species. In L. H. Field (Ed.), The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies. (pp. 35-55). Wallingford: CABI Publishing.

Gibbs, G. W. 1998. Raukumara tusked weta: Discovery, ecology and management implications. Wellington: Department of Conservation.

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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: 293-301.

Gibbs, G. W., & McIntyre, M. 1997. Abundance and future options for wetapunga on Little Barrier Island. Wellington: Department of Conservation.

Gorochov, A. V. 2001. The most interesting finds of orthopteroid insects at the end of the 20th century and a new recent genus and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research. 10(2): 353-367.

Gorochov, A. V. 2003. New data on taxonomy and evolution of fossil and recent Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Hagloidea). Acta zoologica cracoviensia. 46(suppl.-Fossil Insects): 117-127.

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Jamieson, I. 2002. The relationship between male head size and harem size in the sexually dimorphic mountain stone weta Hemideina maori. Ecological Entomology. 27: 41-48.

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Johns, P. M. Cook, L.D. 2013. Maotoweta virescens new genus and new species; hidden in a moss forest (Orthoptera: Rhaphiodphoridae). Records of the Canterbury Museum 27: 11-17.

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Morgan-Richards, M. 1995. Weta karyotypes: the systematic significance of their variation. Unpublished PhD, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.

Morgan-Richards, M. 1997. Intraspecific karyopype variation is not concordant with allozyme variation in the Auckland tree weta of New Zealand, Hemideina thoracica (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60: 423-442.

Morgan-Richards, M. 2000. Robertsonian translocations and B chromosomes in the Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Hereditas. 132: 49-54.

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Morgan-Richards, M. 2002. Fission or fusion? Mitochondrial DNA phylogenetics of the chromosome races of Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 96: 217-222.

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Richards, A. M. 1958. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand - Part I.- The Rhaphidophoridae of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. [t]. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 85(2): 263-274.

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Richards, A. M. 1958. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand Part 3 - The genera Pachyrhamma Brunner and Pallidoplectron n.g. Transactions of the Royal Society of N.Z. 85(4): 695-706.

Richards, A. M. 1958. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part 2 - The genus Macropathus Walker in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) Collection. Transactions of the Royal Society of N.Z. 85(3): 465-470.

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Richards, A. M. 1959. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand - Part IV - The Rhaphidophoridae of the Thames Gold Mines. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 87(1-2): 27-33.

Richards, A. M. 1959. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand - Part VI. A new species belonging to the genus Pachyrhamma Brunner, 1888. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 87(3-4): 329-332.

Richards, A. M. 1959. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand Part 4 - The Rhaphidophoridae of the Thames Gold Mines. Transactions of the Royal Society of N.Z. 87(1-2): 27-33.

Richards, A. M. 1959. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand - Part 6 - A new species belonging to the genus Pachyrhamma Brunner, 1888. Transactions of the Royal Society of N.Z. 87(3-4): 329-332.

Richards, A. M. 1960. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand - Part VII. The Rhapidophoridae of the Waipu Caves. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 88(2): 259-264.

Richards, A. M. 1960. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand Part 7 - The Rhaphidophoridae of the Waipu Caves. Transactions of the Royal Society of N.Z. 88(2): 259-264.

Richards, A. M. 1961. The life history of some species of Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1(9): 121-137.

Richards, A. M. 1961. Revision of the Raphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part X - Three New Species of the Genus Gymnoplectron Hutton 1897, from Rotorua. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 number 23: 311 - 322.

Richards, A. M. 1961. Revision of The Raphidophoridae (Orthoptera) of New Zealand Part IX - The Genus Gymnoplectron Hutton 1897. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 number 24.

Richards, A. M. 1961. Revision of the Rhaphidophoridaem (Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part X - Three New Species of the Genus Gymnoplectron Hutton 1897, from Rotorua. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1.

Richards, A. M. 1961. Revision of the Rhapidophoridae ( Orthoptera) of New Zealand. Part VIII - The Species Turbottoplectron cavernae ( Hutton ) 1900. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 number 8.

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