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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Symbellia

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 > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Eumastacoidea > Family: Euschmidtiidae

Twelve species, occurring mainly on West Indian Ocean islands (including Madagascar) but, oddly, there are three species endemic to Namibia.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Symbellia citrea

 

 

Symbellia conspersa

 

 

Symbellia stigmatica

 

 

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