Zamunda

Zamunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Oecanthidae
Subfamily: Podoscirtinae
Tribe: Aphonoidini
Genus: Zamunda
Gorochov, 2007

Zamunda[1] is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Podoscirtinae and tribe Aphonoidini. Species have been found in southern China and peninsular Malaysia (known distribution may be incomplete).[2]

Species

Zamunda includes the following species:[2]

  • Zamunda fuscirostris (Chopard, 1969) – type species (as Aphonoides fuscirostris Chopard)
  • Zamunda humeralis Gorochov, 2007

Fictitious Use

Zamunda is the name of the sub-Saharan African nation where Eddie Murphy's character, crown prince Akeem Joffer, is from in the 1988 film Coming to America. There is no such nation in sub-Saharan Africa.

References

  1. ^ Gorochov AV (2007) Zoosystematica Rossica 15(2): 256.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 30 August 2019)
  • Data related to Zamunda at Wikispecies