Northland tusked weta

Northland tusked weta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Anostostomatidae
Genus: Anisoura
Ander, 1932
Species: A. nicobarica
Binomial name
Anisoura nicobarica
Ander, 1938
Synonyms

Hemiandrus monstrosus

Northland tusked weta (Anisoura nicobarica) in the entomology collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

The Northland tusked weta, Anisoura nicobarica, is a rare monotypic weta of the family Anostostomatidae, endemic to the northern half of Northland in New Zealand.

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