Family: Stenopelmatidae (Jerusalem crickets)

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Distribution includes North America, Central America, Europe, Africa, Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia. Sia is the only genus of this family in southern Africa - four species, all endemic to the sub-region except for Sia pinguis, which has also been recorded from the Central African Republic.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Sia Four species, all endemic to southern Africa except for Sia pinguis, which has also been recorded from the Central African Republic. canus kuhlgatzi pallidus pinguis

Publications

• Field, L.H. (ed.) 2001. The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.