Global InformationPlangia information
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| Female of Plangia graminea. Note the curved, coloured ovipositor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Tribe: | Amblycoryphini |
| Genus: | Plangia Stål, 1873 |
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