Panzi mbawa-baka

Panzi mbawa-baka ni panzi wadogo hadi wakubwa (mm 5-110) wa nusufamilia Oedipodinae katika familia Acrididae. Spishi hizi huwa na mabawa ya nyuma yenye baka jeusi na msingi wao una rangi mara nyingi. Wakiruka hutoa sauti kwa kusugua miguu yao ya nyuma dhidi ya mabawa ya mbele. Kwa kusudi hilo miguu ya nyuma ina safu ya matuta madogo na mabawa ya mbele yana safu ya meno madogo sana kati ya vena ya costal na ya cubital. Panzi hao huwa na rangi za kahawia, kijivu, njano na/au kijani. Rangi hizo zinategemea rangi ya mandharinyuma, k.m. mchanga kahawia, mawe kiijvu na uoto kijani au njano. Miundi na pande za ndani za mapaja zina rangi kali mara nyingi, kama nyekundu, urujuani au njano.

Panzi hao hutokea mabara yote duniani isipokuwa Antaktika. Takriban spishi 800 zimeelezewa, 55 kutoka Afrika ya Mashariki.

Wanapatikana katika nyika kavu na nusukavu, ingawa spishi kadhaa hutokea maeneo yenye unyevu. Hukiakia mchana na hula majani, yale ya nyasi hasa.

Spishi za Afrika ya Mashariki
 Acrotylus blondeli, Panzi mchimbaji wa Blondel
 Acrotylus deustus
 Acrotylus elgonensis, Panzi mchimbaji wa Elgon
 Acrotylus incarnatus
 Acrotylus junodi
 Acrotylus knipperi
 Acrotylus longipes, Panzi mchimbaji mabawa-njano
 Acrotylus meruensis, Panzi mchimbaji wa Meru
 Acrotylus ndoloi, Panzi mchimbaji wa Ndolo
 Acrotylus patruelis, Panzi mchimbaji mabawa-mekundu
 Acrotylus somaliensis, Panzi mchimbaji Somali
 Acrotylus trifasciatus
 Aiolopus longicornis, Panzi vipapasio-virefu
 Aiolopus meruensis
 Aiolopus thalassinus, Panzi mabawa-kijani
 Chloebora turkanae
 Conipoda pallida
 Gastrimargus acutangulus
 Gastrimargus africanus, Panzi marumaru
 Gastrimargus determinatus
 Gastrimargus hyla
 Gastrimargus mirabilis
 Gastrimargus rothschildi
 Gastrimargus verticalis
 Heteropternis coerulea
 Heteropternis couloniana
 Heteropternis minuta
 Heteropternis pudica
 Heteropternis pugnax
 Heteropternis thoracica
 Humbe tenuicornis, Panzi shingo-juu
 Jasomenia sansibara, Panzi wa Zanzibar
 Locusta migratoria, Nzige msafiri
 Morphacris fasciata, Panzi milia-mingi
 Oedaleus flavus, Panzi shingo-msalaba mabawa-njano
 Oedaleus instillatus
 Oedaleus nigeriensis, Panzi shingo-msalaba wa Nijeria
 Oedaleus plenus
 Oedaleus senegalensis, Panzi shingo-msalaba wa Senegali
 Paracinema acutipennis
 Paracinema tricolor, Panzi rangi-tatu
 Pycnodictya galinieri
 Pycnodictya kelleri
 Pycnodictya kilosana
 Pycnodictya zinae
 Scintharista notabilis, Panzi wa ajabu
 Sphingonotus canariensis
 Sphingonotus turkanae
 Tmetonota dispar
 Tmetonota rugosa
 Trilophidia burtti
 Trilophidia conturbata, Panzi shingo-meno
 Trilophidia repleta
 Vosseleriana schulthessi
 Vosseleriana somali

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