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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Tettigoniidae (katydids)

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

Worldwide distribution except polar regions. There are 55 genera and 155 species native to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Subfamily: Conocephalinae

Worldwide distribution except polar regions. Five genera and 27 species are native to southern Africa.

Subfamily: Hetrodinae

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

Subfamily: Meconematinae

Worldwide except polar and north temperate regions. Five genera and 15 species are native to southern Africa.

Subfamily: Mecopodinae

Distributed through Africa, Asia, Australia, South America. Seven genera and 14 species native to southern Africa.

Subfamily: Phaneropterinae

Worldwide except polar regions. Twenty genera and 46 species are native to southern Africa.

Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae

Worldwide except Mediterranean, north temperate and polar regions. Two genera and two species are native to southern Africa.

Subfamily: Saginae

Distributed through southern, Central and East Africa, Europe, Northwestern Asia, North America. Three genera and 20 species are native to southern Africa.

Subfamily: Tettigoniinae

Worldwide except African and South American tropics. Eight genera and 18 species native to southern Africa.

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