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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Ochrophlegma

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 > Pyrgomorphoidea > Family: Pyrgomorphidae

Three species, endemic to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File. These genera all fall in the broadly distributed subfamily Pyrgomorphinae. The other subfamily, Orthacridinae, is more patchily distributed and does not occur in the subregion.

Ochrophlegma pygmaea

Ochrophlegma violacea

Ochrophlegma vittifera

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