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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Gymnogryllus

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 > Grylloidea > Family: Gryllidae > Gryllinae Group > Subfamily: Gryllinae > Gryllini

Forty-two species, with a distribution that includes Africa, Asia and Australia. Four species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Gymnogryllus capensis

 

 

Gymnogryllus compactus

 

 

Gymnogryllus joburgensis

 

 

Gymnogryllus vicinus

 

 

References

Text and photos by Hamish Robertson ©