Deinacrida fallai
| Deinacrida fallai | |
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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: | Deinacrida |
| Species: | D. fallai
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| Binomial name | |
| Deinacrida fallai Salmon, 1950
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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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T6304A12602183. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6304A12602183.en. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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