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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Gastrimargus

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: Oedipodinae > Tribe: Locustini

Twenty-three species, with a distribution that includes Africa, Madagascar, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Caledonia. Eight species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Gastrimargus acutangulus

Gastrimargus africanus

Gastrimargus crassicollis

Gastrimargus determinatus

Gastrimargus drakensbergensis

Gastrimargus marmoratus

 

Gastrimargus verticalis

Gastrimargus wahlbergii

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