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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Tettigoniinae

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

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Orthoptera Species File.

Alfredectes

Two species, Alfredectes browni and Alfredectes semiaeneus, endemic to southern Africa.

Anarytropteris

Two species, one from Malawi, and the other, Anarytropteris chirinda, is endemic to Zimbabwe.

Arytropteris

Three species, endemic to southern Africa.

Ceresia

One species, Ceresia pulchripes, endemic to southern Africa.

 

Namaquadectes

One species, Namaquadectes irroratus, endemic to southern Africa.

 

Thoracistus

Eight species, endemic to southern Africa.

Transkeidectes

One species, Transkeidectes multidentis, endemic to southern Africa.

Zuludectes

One species, Zuludectes modestus, endemic to southern Africa.

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