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Genus: Orthochtha

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

Twenty-six species, distributed in Africa, India and the Malay Peninsula. Six species are native to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Orthochtha browni

Orthochtha dasycnemis

Orthochtha modesta

Orthochtha rosacea

Orthochtha tunstalli

Orthochtha zuluensis

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