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Hemideina crassidens (Blanchard, 1851)

Wellington tree weta

male, lateral view (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1500214; 789e6af5-61c5-4cc3-8c29-7ca8850f7a30, a CollectionObject.
male, lateral view (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1500214; 789e6af5-61c5-4cc3-8c29-7ca8850f7a30, a CollectionObject.
ovipositor (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1501962; 966b5713-e854-4e1f-b28c-759ad73db253, a CollectionObject.
female subgential plate (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1501962; 966b5713-e854-4e1f-b28c-759ad73db253, a CollectionObject.
female, lateral view (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1501962; 966b5713-e854-4e1f-b28c-759ad73db253, a CollectionObject.
male, frontal view (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1500214; 789e6af5-61c5-4cc3-8c29-7ca8850f7a30, a CollectionObject.
male (NZ, Palmerston North in Bledisloe Park, near Massey University, 10 January 2014). Depicts Hemideina crassidens (Blanchard, 1851), an Otu.
female (NZ, Palmerston North in Bledisloe Park, near Massey University, 19 January 2014). Depicts Hemideina crassidens (Blanchard, 1851), an Otu.
male, dorsal view (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1500214; 789e6af5-61c5-4cc3-8c29-7ca8850f7a30, a CollectionObject.
labels (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1500214; 789e6af5-61c5-4cc3-8c29-7ca8850f7a30, a CollectionObject.
labels (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1501962; 966b5713-e854-4e1f-b28c-759ad73db253, a CollectionObject.
male, lateral view (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1500214; 789e6af5-61c5-4cc3-8c29-7ca8850f7a30, a CollectionObject.
female, frontal view (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1501962; 966b5713-e854-4e1f-b28c-759ad73db253, a CollectionObject.
female, dorsal view (syntype of Hemideina ligata). Depicts CollectionObject 1501962; 966b5713-e854-4e1f-b28c-759ad73db253, a CollectionObject.

Nomenclature (91)

  • Anostostoma crassidens Blanchard, 1851: 41.
  • Deinacrida megacephala Buller, 1867: 850.
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  • Hemideina crassidens (Blanchard, 1851) in Wey & Kelly, 2019
  • Hemideina crassicrurus [sic] Salmon, 1950 (misspelling of Hemideina crassicruris Salmon, 1950)

Nomenclature references (48)

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