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Subfamily: Hemiacridinae
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 and Asia. Eight genera and 34
species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
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Acanthoxia
An African genus of six species, with four species native
to southern Africa. |
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Dirshacris
One species, Dirshacris aridus, endemic to southern
Africa. |
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Euloryma
Twenty-two species, endemic to South Africa. |
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Hemiacris
An African genus of eight species, with one species,
Hemiacris fervens, native to southern Africa. |
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Hemiloryma
One species, Hemiloryma deserticola, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Oraistes
One species, Oraistes luridus, distributed through
southern, Central and East Africa. |
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Pristocorypha
An African genus of five species; two of these,
Pristocorypha popa and
Pristocorypha turrigera, are native to
southern Africa. |
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Uvarovidium
Two species, Uvarovidium peninsulare and
Uvarovidium smiti, endemic to southern Africa. |
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