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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Oxyinae

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

Distribution includes Africa, Madagascar, Asia and Australia. Two genera and three species are native to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Dirshia

One species, Dirshia abbreviata, endemic to southern Africa.

Oxya

Of the 49 species distributed over Africa, Madagascar, Asia and Australia, two species, Oxya glabra and Oxya hyla, are native to southern Africa.

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