Subfamily: Conocephalinae
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> Family: Tettigoniidae
Worldwide distribution except polar regions.
Five genera and 27 species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Conocephalus A total of 123 species, with a worldwide
distribution (except polar regions). Sixteen species are native to southern
Africa. |
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Copiphora Twenty-six species, with a disjointed
distribution that includes southern Africa, Central and South America, and
Washington State, USA. One species,
Copiphora subulata, is native to southern Africa. |
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Odontolakis There are 13 endemic species on Madagascar
and one species,
Odontolakis megacephala, that is native to southern Africa. |
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Pseudorhynchus Twenty-five species, with a distribution
that includes Africa south of the Sahara, Asia and Australia. Three species
are native to southern Africa.
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Ruspolia Forty-one species, with a distribution that
includes Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. Six species are
native to southern Africa.
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