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Family: Euschmidtiidae
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
> Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Eumastacoidea
The distribution of this family is limited to the
Afrotropical region (i.e. Africa south of the Sahara as well as the
West Indian Ocean islands (including Madagascar). Four genera and
nine species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Amatonga
Two species, Amatonga inhacae and Amatonga spicata, endemic to
Mozambique. |
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Loboschmidtia
One species, Loboschmidtia milleri, endemic to southern Africa
(Zimbabwe). |
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Pseudamatonga
Three species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Symbellia
Twelve species, occurring mainly on West Indian Ocean islands (including
Madagascar) but, oddly, there are three species endemic to Namibia. |
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