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Subfamily: Coptacridinae
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Polyneoptera > Anartioptera >
Orthopterida > Orthoptera > Caelifera
(grasshoppers and locusts) > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea > Family:
Acrididae
Distribution includes Africa, Madagascar and Asia but
excludes Middle East and northern Russia. Three genera and eight species are
native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
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Eucoptacra
Twenty-seven species, distributed through Africa and Asia
but excluding the Middle East and northern Russia. Four species are native
to southern Africa. |
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Parepistaurus
Twenty-five species, occurring in Central, Southern and
East Africa. Three species are native to southern Africa. |
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Poecilocerastis
Three species, occurring in Africa south of the Sahara.
One species, Poecilocerastis striata, is native to southern
Africa. |
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