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Family: Thericleidae
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
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Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Polyneoptera > Anartioptera >
Orthopterida > Orthoptera > Caelifera
> Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Eumastacoidea
The distribution of this family is limited to
Africa and Arabia. Twenty-four genera and 70 species are native to
southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
Bispinosi |
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Thericleinae |
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Lophothericleini |
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Lophothericles
Forty-one species, distributed through southern and East
Africa, with 22 species native to southern Africa. |
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Whitea
Four species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Microthericleini |
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Athlithericles
One species, Athlithericles concordiae, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Dysidiothericles
One species, Dysidiothericles soni, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Microthericles
One species, Microthericles fascipes, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Xenothericles
Two species, Xenothericles gibbosus and
Xenothericles humilis, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Pseudothericleini |
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Bufothericles
One species, Bufothericles terreus, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Icmalides
Three species, occurring through Namibia, Angola and
Zambia, with one species, Icmalides browni, native to southern
Africa. |
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Mistothericles
One species, Mistothericles whitei, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Nepiothericles
Seven species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Ophthalmothericles
One species,
Ophthalmothericles variegatus, endemic
to southern Africa. |
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Pseudothericles
Two species,
Pseudothericles compressifrons and
Pseudothericles jallae, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Stenothericles
Seven species, distributed through southern Africa, Zambia
and Angola. Three species are native to southern Africa. |
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Raphithericleini |
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Pseudharpethericles
One species, Pseudharpethericles taurus, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Raphithericles
Two species, Raphithericles cuneatus and
Raphithericles rotundatus, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Schulthessiellini |
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Hollisia
One species, Hollisia nigropicta, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Oncothericles
Nine species, distributed through Africa and Arabia, with
one species, Oncothericles isolatus, native to southern Africa. |
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Pseudoschulthessiella
Six species, occurring mainly in East Africa, extending
south the Mozambique. One species,
Pseudoschulthessiella mitrata, is
native to southern Africa (Mozambique). |
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Schulthessiella
Six species, endemic to the eastern parts of southern
Africa. |
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Thericleini |
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Henicothericles
One species, Henicothericles spectabilis, endemic
to southern Africa (Zimbabwe). |
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Thericles
Eight species, distributed through southern, Central and
East Africa. Six species are native to southern Africa. |
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Trispinosi |
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Afromastacinae |
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Megalithericles
One species, Megalithericles coloratus, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Thericlesiella
Two species, Thericlesiella granulata and
Thericlesiella meridionalis, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Barythericleinae |
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Barythericles
One species, Barythericles pumilus, endemic to
southern Africa (Namibia). |
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