Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
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Acrididae
Worldwide except Antarctica. Twenty-five genera and 50
species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Acocksacris
Five species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Anablepia
An African genus of ten species, with three species native
to southern Africa. |
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Aulacobothrus
Seventeen species, with a distribution including Africa,
India, southern China, and Myanmar. One species,
Aulacobothrus dorsatus,
is native to southern Africa. |
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Berengueria
An African genus of three species, with one,
Berengueria rotundifrons, native to southern Africa. |
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Brachycrotaphus
Sixteen species with a distribution that includes Africa,
Madagascar, southern Europe and Indian subcontinent. One species,
Brachycrotaphus tryxalicerus,
is native to southern Africa. |
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Brainia
Two species, Brainia
hirsuta and Brainia holmi, endemic to southern
Africa. |
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Crucinotacris
Three species, occurring in Africa and India. One of them,
Crucinotacris cruciata, is native to southern Africa. |
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Diablepia
One species, Diablepia viridis, endemic to southern
Africa. |
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Dnopherula
Twenty-four species, occurring in Africa and Asia. Two
species, Dnopherula crassipes and Dnopherula pictipes, are
native to southern Africa. |
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Faureia
An African genus of three species, one of which,
Faureia milanjica, is native to southern Africa. |
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Karruhippus
One species, Karruhippus albicornis, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Leva
Twenty species, distributed through Africa, Middle East,
Indian subcontinent, and Mynamar. One species,
Leva callosa, is
native to southern Africa. |
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Lounsburyna
Two species, Lounsburyna capensis and
Lounsburyna fumosa, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Mesopsis
Seven species, occurring in Africa, the Middle East and
the Indian Subcontinent. One species, Mesopsis hessei, is native to
southern Africa. |
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Ovambohippus
One species, Ovambohippus anderssoni, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Paragymnobothrus
Three species, with a distribution that includes southern
and Central Africa. Two of them, Paragymnobothrus rectus and
Paragymnobothrus rufipes, are native to southern Africa. |
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Platypternodes
An African genus of three species, two of which,
Platypternodes brevipes and Platypternodes minutus, are native to
southern Africa. |
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Pnorisa
An African genus of seven species, two of which,
Pnorisa angulata and Pnorisa squalus, are native to southern
Africa. |
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Pseudegnatius
One species, Pseudegnatius reyneckei, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Pseudoarcyptera
Four species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Pseudogmothela
Eight species, occurring in southern, Central and West
Africa, with four of them native to southern Africa. |
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Pseudoleva
Two species, occurring in southern and Central Africa,
with one of them, Pseudoleva vittatus, native to southern Africa. |
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Rhaphotittha
An African genus of ten species, five of which are native
to southern Africa. |
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Stenohippus angulatus
Ten species, distributed through Africa, the Middle East
and the Indian subcontinent. One species,
Stenohippus angulatus, is
native to southern Africa. |
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Thyridota
Four species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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