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Family: Mogoplistidae
(scaly crickets)
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
Worldwide, except polar and north temperate
regions. Five genera and seven species are native to southern
Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
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Arachnocephalus
Twenty-five species with distribution including Africa,
southern Europe, South-east Asia and Australia. Two species,
Arachnocephalus angustifrons and Arachnocephalus brincki are
native to southern Africa. |
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Derectaotus
Distribution of the 14 species includes Africa and
southern Asia. Derectaotus latifrons is the only species native to
southern Africa (recorded from Zimbabwe). |
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Ectatoderus
The 36 species are patchily distributed over Africa,
Madagascar, South-east Asia, southern North America and northern South
America. Ectatoderus meridionalis is the only species native to
southern Africa (recorded from Namibia). |
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Eucycloptilum
Three species, recorded from Namibia and Angola, with two
species, Eucycloptilum longipes and Eucycloptilum veali,
native to Namibia. |
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Micrornebius
Sixteen species, occurring mainly in the Indian
subcontinent and South-East Asia, but with one species, Micrornebius
lesnei, recorded from Mozambique. |
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