Global InformationHemideina trewicki information
| Hemideina trewicki | |
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| Hemideina trewicki (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Anostostomatidae |
| Genus: | Hemideina |
| Species: | H. trewicki
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| Hemideina trewicki Morgan-Richards 1995
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Hemideina trewicki, the Hawkes Bay tree wētā, is a large arboreal long-horned cricket in the order Orthoptera. The species is endemic to New Zealand and restricted to the Hawke's Bay region of North Island[1]
Hemideina trewicki is a cryptic species: it looks like the Wellington tree weta, H. crassidens, but has a different number of chromosomes.[1][2] All tree wēta (genus Hemideina) are nocturnal flightless herbivores.[3] During the day they hide from predators in hollow branches and crevices. At night they search in trees for leaves, flowers and fruits to eat.
- ^ a b Morgan-Richards, M (1995). "A new species of tree weta from the North Island of New Zealand (Hemideina: Stenopematidae: Orthoptera)". New Zealand Entomologist. 18: 15–23. doi:10.1080/00779962.1995.9721996.
- ^ Mckean, N. E.; Trewick, S. A.; Morgan-Richards, M. (3 April 2015). "Comparative cytogenetics of North Island tree wētā in sympatry". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 42 (2): 73–84. doi:10.1080/03014223.2015.1032984. ISSN 0301-4223.
- ^ Griffin, Melissa (2011). "Exploring the concept of niche convergence in a land without rodents: the case of weta as small mammals". NZES. Retrieved 10 August 2021.