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[td]== Description ==[/td] [td][[File:Anisoura nicobarica adult male.jpg|thumb|Adult male]][/td]
[td][[File:Anisoura nicobarica adult male.jpg|thumb|Adult male]][/td] [td]Tusked [[wΔtΔ]] are distinctive because of the long curved "tusks" adult males have projecting forward from their jaws. The tusks are not used for biting but are used to push an opponent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Tusked wΔtΔ|url=http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/Text files/tuskweta.html|access-date=|website=wetageta.massey.ac.nz}}</ref> Among the three species of tusked [[wΔtΔ]], the Northland tusked wΔtΔ, ''Anisoura nicobarica,'' is the smallest measuring up to 21mm in body length. The [[Mercury Islands tusked wΔtΔ|Middle Island tusked wΔtΔ]], ''Motuweta isolata,'' being the biggest measuring up to 70 mm in body length and the Raukumara tusked wΔtΔ, ''Motuweta riparia,'' is 30β40 mm long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Winks, C. J., Fowler, S. V., & Ramsay, G. W. (2002). Captive-rearing of the Middle Island tusked wΔtΓ€.</ref> The Northland tusked wΔtΔ is reddish brown and their hind tibia contains small spines.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Sherley|first=Greg H|date=1998|title=Threatened Weta Recovery Plan|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/tsrp25.pdf|website=Department of Conservation}}</ref> The tusks are devoid of stridulatory ridges, which are a feature of both ''[[Mercury Islands tusked wΔtΔ|M. isolata]]'' and ''A. nicobarica''<ref name=":2" />''.'' Unlike ground wΔtΔ (''Hemiandrus'' sp.), tusked wΔtΔ have ears on their front legs (fore-tibia).[/td]
[td]Tusked [[wΔtΔ]] are distinctive because of the long curved "tusks" adult males have projecting forward from their jaws. The tusks are not used for biting but are used to push an opponent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Tusked wΔtΔ|url=http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/Text files/tuskweta.html|access-date=|website=wetageta.massey.ac.nz}}</ref> Among the three species of tusked [[wΔtΔ]], the Northland tusked wΔtΔ, ''Anisoura nicobarica,'' is the smallest measuring up to 21 mm in body length. The [[Mercury Islands tusked wΔtΔ|Middle Island tusked wΔtΔ]], ''Motuweta isolata,'' being the biggest measuring up to 70 mm in body length and the Raukumara tusked wΔtΔ, ''Motuweta riparia,'' is 30β40 mm long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Winks, C. J., Fowler, S. V., & Ramsay, G. W. (2002). Captive-rearing of the Middle Island tusked wΔtΓ€.</ref> The Northland tusked wΔtΔ is reddish brown and their hind tibia contains small spines.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Sherley|first=Greg H|date=1998|title=Threatened Weta Recovery Plan|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/tsrp25.pdf|website=Department of Conservation}}</ref> The tusks are devoid of stridulatory ridges, which are a feature of both ''[[Mercury Islands tusked wΔtΔ|M. isolata]]'' and ''A. nicobarica''<ref name=":2" />''.'' Unlike ground wΔtΔ (''Hemiandrus'' sp.), tusked wΔtΔ have ears on their front legs (fore-tibia).[/td] [td][/td]
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[/td][td]== Description ==[/td] [td][[File:Anisoura nicobarica adult male.jpg|thumb|Adult male]][/td]
[td][[File:Anisoura nicobarica adult male.jpg|thumb|Adult male]][/td] [td]Tusked [[wΔtΔ]] are distinctive because of the long curved "tusks" adult males have projecting forward from their jaws. The tusks are not used for biting but are used to push an opponent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Tusked wΔtΔ|url=http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/Text files/tuskweta.html|access-date=|website=wetageta.massey.ac.nz}}</ref> Among the three species of tusked [[wΔtΔ]], the Northland tusked wΔtΔ, ''Anisoura nicobarica,'' is the smallest measuring up to 21mm in body length. The [[Mercury Islands tusked wΔtΔ|Middle Island tusked wΔtΔ]], ''Motuweta isolata,'' being the biggest measuring up to 70 mm in body length and the Raukumara tusked wΔtΔ, ''Motuweta riparia,'' is 30β40 mm long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Winks, C. J., Fowler, S. V., & Ramsay, G. W. (2002). Captive-rearing of the Middle Island tusked wΔtΓ€.</ref> The Northland tusked wΔtΔ is reddish brown and their hind tibia contains small spines.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Sherley|first=Greg H|date=1998|title=Threatened Weta Recovery Plan|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/tsrp25.pdf|website=Department of Conservation}}</ref> The tusks are devoid of stridulatory ridges, which are a feature of both ''[[Mercury Islands tusked wΔtΔ|M. isolata]]'' and ''A. nicobarica''<ref name=":2" />''.'' Unlike ground wΔtΔ (''Hemiandrus'' sp.), tusked wΔtΔ have ears on their front legs (fore-tibia).[/td]
[td]Tusked [[wΔtΔ]] are distinctive because of the long curved "tusks" adult males have projecting forward from their jaws. The tusks are not used for biting but are used to push an opponent.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Tusked wΔtΔ|url=http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/Text files/tuskweta.html|access-date=|website=wetageta.massey.ac.nz}}</ref> Among the three species of tusked [[wΔtΔ]], the Northland tusked wΔtΔ, ''Anisoura nicobarica,'' is the smallest measuring up to 21 mm in body length. The [[Mercury Islands tusked wΔtΔ|Middle Island tusked wΔtΔ]], ''Motuweta isolata,'' being the biggest measuring up to 70 mm in body length and the Raukumara tusked wΔtΔ, ''Motuweta riparia,'' is 30β40 mm long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Winks, C. J., Fowler, S. V., & Ramsay, G. W. (2002). Captive-rearing of the Middle Island tusked wΔtΓ€.</ref> The Northland tusked wΔtΔ is reddish brown and their hind tibia contains small spines.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Sherley|first=Greg H|date=1998|title=Threatened Weta Recovery Plan|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/tsrp25.pdf|website=Department of Conservation}}</ref> The tusks are devoid of stridulatory ridges, which are a feature of both ''[[Mercury Islands tusked wΔtΔ|M. isolata]]'' and ''A. nicobarica''<ref name=":2" />''.'' Unlike ground wΔtΔ (''Hemiandrus'' sp.), tusked wΔtΔ have ears on their front legs (fore-tibia).[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]== Habitat ==[/td]
[td]== Habitat ==[/td]
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