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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Heteracris

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 > Subfamily: Eyprepocnemidinae

Sixty-four species, occurring in Africa, southern Europe, Middle East and Kazakhstan. Eleven species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Heteracris acuticercus

Heteracris attenuata

 

Heteracris calliptamoides

Heteracris coeruleipennis

 

 

Heteracris drakensbergensis

Heteracris herbacea

Heteracris jucundus

 

Heteracris prasinata

Heteracris pulchripes

Mozambique

 

Heteracris speciosa

Heteracris zulu

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