Species
- Hemideina broughi West Coast bush weta - overlaps with the Wellington tree weta on the West Coast.
- Hemideina crassidens Wellington tree weta - Wellington, the Wairarapa, the northern parts of South Island, and the West Coast.
- Hemideina femorata Canterbury tree weta - Canterbury.
- Hemideina maori 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 Banks Peninsula tree weta - Banks Peninsula.
- Hemideina thoracica Auckland tree weta or tokoriro - found throughout the North Island apart from the Wellington-Wairarapa region.
- Hemideina trewicki Hawke's Bay tree weta - Hawke's Bay.
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