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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Comicus (dune 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 > Schizodactyloidea > Schizodactylidae

Eight species of which seven are endemic to southern Africa. The remaining species, Comicus cabonegrus, is endemic to Angola.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Comicus arenarius

Comicus calaharicus

 

Comicus calcaris

Comicus campestris

Comicus capensis

Comicus carnalli

 

Comicus cavillorus

 

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