Allometry and sexual selection of male weaponry in Wellington tree weta, Hemideina crassidens

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The interrelationships between resource-holding potential, resource-value and reproductive success in territorial males: How much variation can we explain? (2008, background): “those whose RHP is inferred to be greater) have increased reproductive success (e.g. Gwynne and Jamieson 1998; Kelly 2005).”
Fighting for harems: assessment strategies during male–male contests in the sexually dimorphic Wellington tree weta (2006, unknown): “Head length is an excellent predictor of mandible length (r ¼ 0.99; Kelly 2005), the structure used in combat.”
The Evolution of Animal Weapons (2008, background): “In males of some Australian thrips (Thysanoptera), distended forelegs and spines are used in lethal contests over oviposition sites used by females (55), and male New Zealand stone and tree wetas (Orthoptera) use their enlarged mandibles in fights over harems of females (99, 131, 146, 147, 152, 189)”