Anostostomatidae
Family of cricket-like animals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Australia and South Africa, and wētā in New Zealand (although not all wētā are in Anostostomatidae). Prominent members include the Parktown prawn of South Africa, and the giant wētā of New Zealand.
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Anostostomatidae | |
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Poor Knights giant wētā, Deinacrida fallai Overall length 20 cm (8 in) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Stenopelmatoidea |
Family: | Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859 |
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