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Genus: Nasidius

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 > Ensifera > Stenopelmatoidea > Family: Anostostomatidae

Fourteen species, native to Africa south of the Sahara, but mainly southern Africa where there are 11 species.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Nasidius brunneri

 

 

Nasidius dregii

 

 

Nasidius karnyi

 

 

Nasidius longicauda

 

 

Nasidius mimus

 

 

Nasidius minax

 

 

Nasidius minotaurus

 

 

Nasidius monachus

 

 

Nasidius punctulata

 

 

Nasidius truncatifrons

 

 

Nasidius whellani

 

 

References

  • Eades DC, Otte D, Cigliano MM, Braun H. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. [retrieved 31 July 2013].
  • Field, L.H. (ed.) 2001. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.