Wellington tree wētā (Hemideina crassidens)

Hemideina crassidens
Other common names
Pūtangatanga
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Anostostomatidae
Subfamily:	Anostostomatinae
Tribe:	Deinacridini
Genus:	Hemideina
Scientific name
Hemideina crassidens (Blanchard, 1851)
Geography
Native countries:
New Zealand

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Biology

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
New Zealand Threat Classification System

Specimen contributors for this species

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Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Shaun Thompson — 11 specimens collected
• Siobhan Leachman — 8 specimens collected
• Mark Anderson — 6 specimens collected

• Felix Zareie-Vaux — 3 specimens collected
• Neil William Birrell — 3 specimens collected
• Richard Fuller — 2 specimens collected
• Tim McNamara — 2 specimens collected
• Patrick Coin — 1 specimen collected
• Hubert Szczygiel — 1 specimen collected
• Thomas Linley — 1 specimen collected
• Michael Robert Dickison — 1 specimen collected
• Hilary Rose Dawson — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Shaun Thompson — 10 specimens identified
• Mark Anderson — 7 specimens identified
• Siobhan Leachman — 7 specimens identified

• Richard Fuller — 2 specimens identified
• Tim McNamara — 2 specimens identified
• Felix Zareie-Vaux — 2 specimens identified
• Hubert Szczygiel — 1 specimen identified
• Thomas Linley — 1 specimen identified
• Michael Robert Dickison — 1 specimen identified
• Hilary Rose Dawson — 1 specimen identified