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Tree weta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Orthoptera

Family
  
Anostostomatidae

Higher classification
  
Anostostomatidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Suborder
  
Ensifera

Scientific name
  
Hemideina

Rank
  
Genus

Tree weta MaleWeta Tree weta Hemideina thoracica Auckland Tree Weta Bush

Similar
  
Insect, Anostostomatidae, Orthoptera, Giant weta, Stenopelmatidae

Giant tree weta


Tree weta are species of weta in the genus Hemideina of the family Anostostomatidae. They are endemic to New Zealand.

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Wellington tree weta


Species

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  • Hemideina broughi (Buller, 1896) West Coast bush weta - overlaps with the Wellington tree weta on the West Coast.
  • Hemideina crassidens (Blanchard, 1851) Wellington tree weta - Wellington, the Wairarapa, the northern parts of South Island, and the West Coast.
  • Hemideina femorata Hutton, 1898 Canterbury tree weta - Canterbury.
  • Hemideina maori (Pictet & Saussure, 1891) Mountain stone weta - the drier areas of the central South Island High Country. It abandoned life in trees millions of years ago in favour of crevices and cavities under rocks.
  • Hemideina ricta Hutton, 1898 Banks Peninsula tree weta - Banks Peninsula.
  • Hemideina thoracica (White, 1842) Auckland tree weta or tokoriro - found throughout the North Island apart from the Wellington-Wairarapa region.
  • Hemideina trewicki Morgan-Richards, 1995 Hawke's Bay tree weta - Hawke's Bay.

    • Tree weta Saving the world one patch at a time University of Waikato

    Tree weta TERRAIN Taranaki Educational Resource Research Analysis

    Tree weta Wellington Tree Weta Not bothered YouTube

    References

    Tree weta Wikipedia
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