Zamunda Explained

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 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.

Notes and References

1. Gorochov AV (2007) Zoosystematica Rossica 15(2): 256.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1125415 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 30 August 2019)