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Genus: Scintharista

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

Eight species, with a distribution that includes Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Taiwan. Three species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Scintharista magnifica

Scintharista rosacea

Scintharista saucia

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