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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Mecopodinae

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

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

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Anoedopoda

Two species, occurring in Africa south of the Sahara, with one species, Anoedopoda lamellata, native to southern Africa.

Aprosphylus

Three species, endemic to southern Africa.

Cedarbergeniana

One species, Cedarbergeniana imperfecta, endemic to southern Africa, where it occurs in rocky crevices and caves of the Cedarberg in the Western Cape.

Griffiniana

Four species, endemic to southern Africa.

Pomatonota

One species, Pomatonota dregii, endemic to southern Africa.

Pseudosaga

Four species, occurring in southern African and Angola, with three species native to southern Africa.

Zitsikama

One species, Zitsikama tessellata, endemic to southern Africa.

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