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Family: Pamphagidae (toad grasshoppers)
Life
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> Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea
Toad grasshoppers occur in Africa, Europe and Asia. Twenty
genera and 69 species native to southern Africa. They tend to be thick-set, spiny, camouflaged grasshoppers. In many
species the female is wingless.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Subfamily: Akicerinae |
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Akicera
Two species: Akicera fusca and
Akicera grisea,
endemic to southern Africa. |
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Adephagus
One species: Adephagus cristatus, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Batrachornis
Four species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Batrachotetrix
Fifteen species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Eremotettix
Three species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Subfamily: Echinotropinae |
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Echinotropis
Two species: Echinotropis horrida and
Echinotropis karasensis, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Geloiomimus
One species: Geloiomimus nasicus, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Parageloiomimus
Two species: Parageloiomimus rugulosus and
Parageloiomimus spinosus, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Thrincotropis
Four species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Subfamily: Porthetinae |
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Trachypetrella
One species: Trachypetrella anderssonii, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Cultrinotus
Three species, endemic to subsaharan Africa, with
Cultrinotus poultoni occurring in southern Africa. |
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Hoplolopha
Seven species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Lamarckiana
Five species, native to subsaharan Africa, with four
species occurring in southern Africa. |
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Lobosceliana
Eight species, native to subsaharan Africa, with four
species occurring in southern Africa. |
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Pagopedilum
Five species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Porthetis
One species: Porthetis carinata, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Puncticornia
One species: Porthetis puncticornis, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Stolliana
Four species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Transvaaliana
Five species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Vansoniacris
One species:
Vansoniacris rubricornis, endemic to southern
Africa (Zimbabwe). |
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