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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Pamphagodidae

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 > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea

This small family consists of four genera, three of which are endemic to southern Africa (with four species) and one endemic to Morocco (with one species).

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Charilaus

One species: Charilaus carinatus

Hemicharilaus

Two species: Hemicharilaus brunneri and Hemicharilaus monomorphus.

Paracharilaus

One species: Paracharilaus curvicollis.

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