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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae

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

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

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Cymatomera

One species, Cymatomera denticollis, occurring in wooded regions of Africa south of the Sahara, including southern Africa.

Zabalius

An African genus of 10 species with one species, Zabalius ophthalmicus, native to southern Africa.

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