Aistus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 Anisoura Ander, 1932 – monotypic Northland tusked wētā: A. nicobarica Ander, 1932 Coccinellomima Karny, 1932 – monotypic C. shelfordi Karny, 1932 Dolichochaeta Philippi, 1863 – monotypic D. longicornis Philippi, 1863 Gryllacropsis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 – monotypic (India) G. magniceps (Walker, 1870) Hemiandrus Ander, 1938 - ground wētā Hypocophoides Karny, 1930 Hypocophus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 Leponosandrus Gorochov, 2001 – monotypic L. lepismoides (Walker, 1871) Transaevum Johns, 1997 – monotypic T. laudatum Johns, 1997 King crickets of South Africa The best-known species is the Parktown prawn, not to be confused with the well-known Koringkrieke or armoured ground crickets, which never have been in the family Anostostomatidae. Henicus monstrosus is a nocturnal anostostomatid. The males are unusual in their anatomy; their heads are disproportionately large and bear forward-directed prongs. They have extremely long, curved mandibles that are functional, but seem to play no part in the eating process. Wētā of New Zealand Five genera of New Zealand wētā are part of the family Anostostomatidae: Giant wētā (Deinacrida) Ground wētā (Hemiandrus) Northland tusked wētā (Anisoura) Tree wētā (Hemideina) Tusked wētā (Motuweta) The cave wētā species belong to a different family, the Rhaphidophoridae. Literature 1997: The Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 6: 125–138. , References External links Family Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859 at Orthoptera Species File Online The Families Stenopelmatidae and Anostostomatidae (Orthoptera). 1. Higher Classification, New and Little Known Taxa Orthoptera families