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Subfamily: Eyprepocnemidinae
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
Distribution includes Africa, Madagascar, Europe and Asia.
Seven genera
and 22 species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
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Cataloipus
Fifteen species, distributed over Africa south of the
Sahara, southern Arabia and India. Four species are native to southern
Africa. |
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Cyathosternum Two species, occurring
in Africa south of the Sahara, with one, Cyathosternum roseum,
native to southern Africa. |
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Eyprepocnemis
Thirty-five species, distributed over Africa, Madagascar,
Europe and Asia. Three species are native to southern Africa. |
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Heteracris
Sixty-four species, occurring in Africa, southern Europe,
Middle East and Kazakhstan. Eleven species are native to
southern Africa. |
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Jucundacris One species,
Jucundacris pictipes, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Metaxymecus Four species,
distributed in Africa and Madagascar, with one species,
Metaxymecus gracilipes,
native to southern Africa. |
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Tylotropidius Six species,
distributed through African and the southern regions of Asia. One species,
Tylotropidius didymus, is native to southern Africa. |
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References
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