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Zamunda

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Zamunda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

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Zamunda includes the following species:[2]

Fictitious Use

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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

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  1. Gorochov AV (2007) Zoosystematica Rossica 15(2): 256.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 30 August 2019)
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