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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Sia

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: Stenopelmatidae

Four species, all endemic to southern Africa except for Sia pinguis, which has also been recorded from the Central African Republic.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Sia canus

 

Sia kuhlgatzi

Sia pallidus

 

 

Sia pinguis

 

 

Publications

  • Field, L.H. (ed.) 2001. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.