Hemideina femorata

(Hemideina femorata)

Description

Hemideina femorata, the Canterbury tree weta or in Māori, putangatanga, is a flightless nocturnal insect from the order Orthoptera and the genus Hemideina, it is endemic to Canterbury, New Zealand, on the South Island.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Anostostomatidae
Genus:Hemideina
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