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Subfamily: Saginae (predatory katydids)

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 > Tettigonioidea > Family: Tettigoniidae

Distributed through southern, Central and East Africa, Europe, Northwestern Asia, North America. Three genera and 20 species are native to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Clonia

Twenty-one species, distributed through southern, Central and East Africa. Fifteen species are native to southern Africa.

Cloniella

Two species: Cloniella praedatoria is endemic to southern Africa and the other species has been recorded from Zambia.

Peringueyella

Four species, endemic to southern Africa.

References

  • Kaltenbach A. 1972. An illustrated key for identifying African Saginae (Saltatoria: Tettigoniidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 21: 281-295.

  • Eades DC, Otte D, Cigliano MM, Braun H. 2013. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. [retrieved 28 July 2013].