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Subfamily: Hetrodinae (koringkrieks)

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 > Ensifera > Tettigonioidea > Family: Tettigoniidae

Occurs in Africa, Madagascar and the Middle East. Five genera and 13 species are native to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Acanthoplus

Five species, occurring in southern, Central and East Africa. Two species, Acanthoplus discoidalis and Acanthoplus longipes, are native to southern Africa.

Acanthoproctus

Three species, endemic to southern Africa.

Enyaliopsis

An African genus of 23 species with six species native to southern Africa.

Hemihetrodes

One species, Hemihetrodes bachmanni, endemic to southern Africa.

Hetrodes

One species, Hetrodes pupus, endemic to southern Africa.

References (by date)

  • Irish J. 1992. The Hetrodinae (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Bradyporidae) of southern Africa: systematics and phylogeny. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 8: 393-434.

  • Eades DC, Otte D, Cigliano MM, Braun H. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. [retrieved 28 July 2013].