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Family: Tettigoniidae (katydids)
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Polyneoptera > Anartioptera >
Orthopterida > Orthoptera > Ensifera > Tettigonioidea
Worldwide distribution except polar regions.
There are 55 genera and 155 species native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Subfamily:
Conocephalinae Worldwide
distribution except polar regions. Five genera and 27 species are native to
southern Africa. |
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Subfamily:
Hetrodinae Occurs in Africa, Madagascar and the Middle
East. Five genera and 13 species are native to southern Africa. |
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Subfamily:
Meconematinae Worldwide
except polar and north temperate regions. Five genera and 15 species are
native to southern Africa. |
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Subfamily:
Mecopodinae Distributed
through Africa, Asia, Australia, South America. Seven genera and 14 species
native to southern Africa.
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Subfamily:
Phaneropterinae Worldwide
except polar regions. Twenty genera and 46 species are native to southern
Africa. |
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Subfamily:
Pseudophyllinae
Worldwide except Mediterranean, north temperate and polar regions. Two
genera and two species are native to southern Africa. |
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Subfamily:
Saginae Distributed through
southern, Central and East Africa, Europe, Northwestern Asia, North America.
Three genera and 20 species are native to southern Africa. |
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Subfamily:
Tettigoniinae Worldwide
except African and South American tropics. Eight genera and 18 species
native to southern Africa. |
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