Subfamily: Acridinae
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Acrididae
Worldwide distribution except polar regions. Sixteen genera
and 39
species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Acrida
Forty-one species, with distribution including Africa,
Europe, and Asia through to Australia. Eight species native to southern
Africa. |
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Anaeolopus
One species: Anaeolopus dorsalis, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Brachyacrida
One species: Brachyacrida distanti, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Cannula
Three species, distributed through Africa south of the
Sahara. Cannula gracilis is native to southern Africa. |
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Coryphosima
Ten species, distributed through Africa south of the
Sahara. Two species native to southern Africa:
Coryphosima stenoptera
and Coryphosima vumbaensis. |
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Duronia
Three species, distributed through Africa south of the
Sahara. Two species native to southern Africa:
Duronia chloronota
and Duronia curta. |
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Gymnobothroides
Five species, distributed through Africa south of the
Sahara. One species, Gymnobothroides
hemipterus,
native to southern Africa. |
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Keya
One species, Keya capicola, endemic to southern
Africa. |
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Machaeridia
Two species, native to Africa, with one of them,
Machaeridia conspersa,
occurring in southern Africa. |
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Odontomelus
Thirty-five species, native to Africa south of the Sahara,
with five species occurring in southern Africa. |
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Orthochtha
Twenty-six species, distributed in Africa, India and the
Malay Peninsula. Six species are native to southern Africa. |
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Parga
Eleven species, native to Africa. Two species occur in
southern Africa: Parga
cyanoptera
and Parga
xanthoptera. |
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Truxalis
Twenty-three species, distributed in Africa, southern
Europe, and Asia. One species, Truxalis burtti, is native to
southern Africa. |
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Truxaloides
Eight species, native to Africa. Four species are native
to southern Africa. |
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Weenenia
Two species, Weenenia lineata and Weenenia thomasseti,
endemic to southern Africa. |
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Xenocymochtha
One species, Xenocymochtha barkeri, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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