Subfamily: Oxyinae
Life
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(grasshoppers and locusts) > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea > Family:
Acrididae
Distribution includes Africa, Madagascar, Asia and Australia.
Two genera and three species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Dirshia
One species, Dirshia abbreviata, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Oxya
Of the 49 species distributed over Africa, Madagascar,
Asia and Australia, two species, Oxya glabra and
Oxya hyla,
are native to southern Africa. |
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