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Subfamily: Euryphyminae
Life
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Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
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Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Polyneoptera > Anartioptera >
Orthopterida > Orthoptera > Caelifera
(grasshoppers and locusts) > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea > Family:
Acrididae
Distribution includes Africa and Madagascar. Eighteen genera
and 49 species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Orthoptera Species
File.
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Acrophymus
Eight species, distributed through Central and East
Africa, southwards to Zimbabwe. Four species are native to southern
Africa. |
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Amblyphymus
Endemic to southern Africa, with seven species. |
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Anabibia
One species, Anabibia thoracica, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Aneuryphymus
The three species in this genus are all endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Brachyphymus
Three species, occurring in southern Africa, northwards to
Zambia. Two species, Brachyphymus basuto and
Brachyphymus vylderi
are native to southern Africa. |
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Calliptamicus
Two species, Calliptamicus antennatus and
Calliptamicus
semiroseus, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Calliptamuloides
One species, Calliptamuloides minimus, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Calliptamulus
Three species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Catantopoides
One species, Catantopoides minutissimus, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Euryphymus
Six species, occurring in Central
and southern Africa as well as Madagascar. Four species are
native to southern Africa. |
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Pachyphymus
Two species, Pachyphymus
carinatus and Pachyphymus
cristulifer, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Phymeurus
An African genus of 18 species with one,
Phymeurus
illepidus, native to southern Africa. |
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Platacanthoides
Three species, endemic to southern Africa.
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Plegmapteroides
One species, Plegmapteroides minutus, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Plegmapteropsis
One species, Plegmapteropsis gracilis, endemic to
southern Africa. |
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Plegmapterus
Five species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Rhachitopis
Six species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Rhodesiana
Two species, Rhodesiana cuneicerca and
Rhodesiana maculata,
endemic to southern Africa. |
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