Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
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> Family: Tettigoniidae
Worldwide except polar regions. Twenty genera
and 46 species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Arantia An African genus of 28 species, with one
species,
Arantia fasciata,
native to southern Africa. |
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Austrodontura Two species,
Austrodontura capensis
and
Austrodontura castletoni,
endemic to southern Africa. |
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Brinckiella Eight species, endemic to southern Africa.
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Catoptropteryx An African genus of 15 species, with one
species,
Catoptropteryx aurita,
endemic to southern Africa. |
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Conchotopoda Six species are endemic to southern
Africa and two species are endemic to Madagascar.
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Corymeta One species,
Corymeta amplectens,
occurring in East Africa and southern Africa. |
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Debrona One species,
Debrona cervina,
which is native to southern and East Africa. |
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Ducetia
Thirty-one species, distributed in Africa south of
the Sahara, and Asia. One species,
Ducetia chelocerca,
native to southern Africa. |
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Eulioptera An African genus of sixteen species, with
three species native to southern Africa.
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Eurycorypha Thirty-seven species, with a
distribution that includes Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. Five species are
native to southern Africa. |
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Horatosphaga Twenty-nine species, occurring in Africa
south of the Sahara, and Madagascar. Two species,
Horatosphaga serrifera
and
Horatosphaga stylifera,
native to southern Africa. |
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Melidia Three species, occurring in southern and East
Africa, with one species,
Melidia brunneri,
native to southern Africa. |
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Monteiroa Two species, one from West Africa and the
other,
Monteiroa latifrons,
native to southern Africa (Mozambique). |
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Oxyecous Four species, mainly from East Africa,
extending south to Mozambique, where
Oxyecous lesnei
occurs. |
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Phaneroptera Thirty-seven species, with a
distribution that includes Africa, Europe, Asia and western North America.
Three species native to southern Africa. |
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Plangia Twelve species, with a distribution that
includes Africa south of the Sahara and Madagasca. Three species are native
to southern Africa. |
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Prosphaga Two species, distributed in Africa south of
the Sahara, with one species,
Prosphaga calaharica,
native to southern Africa. |
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Symmetropleura Eight species, with a distribution that
includes Africa, Madagascar and South America. One species,
Symmetropleura plana,
is native to southern Africa. |
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Terpnistria Two
species,
Terpnistria lobulata
and
Terpnistria zebrata, both native to southern Africa, one of them with a
distribution that also includes East Africa. |
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Tylopsis
Fourteen species, distributed in Africa and Europe, with two species,
Tylopsis bilineolata and
Tylopsis continua,
native to southern Africa. |
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