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Plangia
Sign in to savePlangia is a genus of insect in family Tettigoniidae. In Afrikaans they are generally known as krompokkels, roughly meaning "little fat hunchbacks"; this name refers to their arched dorsal profile. The genus is indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa. It includes the following species:
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Within Vinony's link graph, Plangia is referenced by 1 other article, and connects out to anatomical placement, Phaneropterinae and Animalia.
It is catalogued under topics including Phaneropterinae and Tettigoniidae genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Collections
- MNHN, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Congo, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania
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Encyclopedic overview
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Plangia is a genus of insect in family Tettigoniidae. In Afrikaans they are generally known as krompokkels, roughly meaning "little fat hunchbacks"; this name refers to their arched dorsal profile. The genus is indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa. It includes the following species: Plangia albolineata Plangia deminuta Plangia compressa Plangia graminea Plangia guttatipennis Plangia karschi Plangia laminifera Plangia nebulosa Plangia ovalifolia Plangia segonoides Plangia unimaculata Plangia venata Plangia villiersi
== Description ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plangia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.