Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Systematics and Biogeography -- 1 The Higher Classi.cation, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea -- 2 Habitats and Biogeography of New Zealand's Deinacridine and Tusked Weta Species -- 3 North and Central America Jerusalem Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae): Taxonomy, Distribution, Life Cycle, Ecology and Related Biology of the American Species -- 4 South African King Crickets (Anostostomatidae) -- 5 Australian King Crickets: Distribution, Habitats and Biology (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) -- 6 The Gryllacrididae: An Overview of the World Fauna with Emphasis on Australian Examples -- 7 The Evolutionary History of Tree Weta: A Genetic Approach -- Part II Morphology and Anatomy -- 8 Morphology and Anatomy of New Zealand Wetas -- 9 Morphometric Analysis of Hemideina spp. in New Zealand -- 10 Sexual Selection and Secondary Sexual Characters of Wetas and King Crickets -- 11 Anatomy, Development and Behaviour of the Chilean Red Cricket, Cratomelus armatus Bl. -- Part III Ecology -- 12 The Ecology of Some Large Weta Species in New Zealand -- 13 The Gallery-related Ecology of New Zealand Tree Wetas, Hemideina femorata and Hemideina crassidens (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae) -- 14 Parasites of Anostostomatid Insects -- Part IV Behaviour -- 15 Stridulatory Mechanisms and Associated Behaviour in New Zealand Wetas -- 16 Defence Behaviour -- 17 Mating Behaviour -- 18 Aggression Behaviour in New Zealand Tree Wetas -- 19 Communication and Reproductive Behaviour in North American Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus) (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) -- Appendix A: Effect of Temperature on Drumming Rates of Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatus: Stenopelmatidae: Orthoptera) -- Part V Reproduction and Development.

20 The Reproductive Biology and the Eggs of New Zealand Anostostomatidae -- 21 Postembryonic Development and Related Changes -- Part VI Physiology -- 22 Sensory Physiology -- 23 Neuromuscular Physiology and Motor Control -- 24 Circadian Rhythms in Tree Wetas, Hemideina thoracica -- 25 Haemolymph Physiology -- Part VII Conservation of Endangered Species -- 26 Conservation of Threatened Species of Weta (Orthoptera: Anastostomatidae) in New Zealand -- Index.