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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Acrida

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Polyneoptera > Anartioptera > Orthopterida > Orthoptera > Caelifera (grasshoppers and locusts) > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea > Family: Acrididae > Subfamily: Acridinae

Forty-one species, with distribution including Africa, Europe, and Asia through to Australia. Eight species native to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Acrida acuminata

Acrida bicolor

Acrida coronata

 

 

Acrida crida

 

 

Acrida fumata

 

 

Acrida propinqua

 

 

Acrida sulphuripennis

Acrida testacea

 

 

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