South African bell cricket | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Phalangopsidae |
Subfamily: | Cachoplistinae |
Tribe: | Homoeogryllini |
Genus: | Homoeogryllus |
Species: | H. orientalis
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Binomial name | |
Homoeogryllus orientalis (Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985)
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Homoeogryllus orientalis (Desutter-Grandcolas, 1985), the South African bell cricket, is a species in the tribe Homoeogryllini of the subfamily Cachoplistinae.[1] The species is reported from southern tropical Africa including parts of Mozambique and South Africa.[2] Within South Africa it has been reported south of the tropics in the Bushveld and in the Free State.[3]