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There are 162 species of orthopterans found in New Zealand, including the wētā, with five of those species being foreign and naturalized. According to a 2022 assessment, a slim majority of species (95) were not threatened, with five species improving their conservation status and nineteen species worsening, including Deinacrida mahoenui , which was reassessed as "nationally critical".
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- Grasshoppers and allies (Caelifera)
- Short-horned grasshoppers (Acrididae)
- Wētā (some Ensifera)
- Giant wētā family (Anostostomatidae)
- Cave wētā family (Rhaphidophoridae)
- Crickets and allies (other Ensifera)
- True crickets (Gryllidae)
- Mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae)
- Scaly crickets (Mogoplistidae)
- Wood crickets (Nemobiinae)
- Katydids (Tettigoniidae)
- Bibliography
Species (12) marked with an asterisk (*) are considered "Threatened" (including "Nationally Critical", "Nationally Endangered", and "National Vulnerable") as of 2022; species (another 12) marked with a superscript dagger (†) are considered "Data Deficient" as of the same year; species (4) marked with a superscript double dagger (‡) are introduced and naturalized.
