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Genus: Sphingonotus

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: Sphingonotini

A large genus of 145 species, with a distribution that includes Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. Five species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Sphingonotus basutensis

 

Sphingonotus capensis

Sphingonotus lobutatus

 

 

Sphingonotus nigripennis

Sphingonotus scabriculus

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