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]

Zamunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Podoscirtinae
Tribe: Aphonoidini
Genus: Zamunda
Gorochov, 2007

Species edit

Zamunda includes the following species:[2]

Fictitious Use edit

Zamunda is the name of the 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 Africa.

References edit

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

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