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Subfamily: Calliptaminae
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
(grasshoppers and locusts) > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea > Family:
Acrididae
Distributed from Africa and Europe through to Russia and
southeast Asia. Three genera and seven species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
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Acorypha
Thirty-four species, occurring in Africa, and India
through to Indonesia. Five species are native to southern Africa. |
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Damaracris
One species, Damaracris rupestris, endemic to
Namibia. |
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Sphodromerus
Twenty-five species, occurring from Africa through to
India. One species, Sphodromerus gilli is native to southern
Africa. |
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