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Shieldback Locusts
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Shieldback Locusts

Pamphagidae

Pamphagidae is a family of grasshoppers belonging to the superfamily Acridoidea. The species in this family can be found in Africa, Europe and Asia.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Pamphaginae

subfamilyPamphaginae

Porthetinae

subfamilyPorthetinae

Thrinchinae

subfamilyThrinchinae

Akicerinae

subfamilyAkicerinae

Echinotropinae

subfamilyEchinotropinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120414.