''Catantops'' is a genus of

grasshoppers Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grassh ...

in the tribe

Catantopini Catantopini is a tribe in the subfamily Catantopinae, a group of grasshoppers found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Subtribes & genera The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following (genera incomplete): * subtribe Apotropina Key, 1993 - ...

and is typical of the subfamily

Catantopinae The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family (biology), family Acrididae. Genera such as ''Macrotona'' may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamili ...

. Species can be found in Africa, including Madagascar and subcontinental India.Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 7 August 2021)
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Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: * '' Catantops annexus'' Bolívar, 1917 * '' Catantops australis'' Jago, 1984 * '' Catantops brevipennis'' Wintrebert, 1972 * '' Catantops erubescens'' (Walker, 1870) * '' Catantops humeralis'' (Thunberg, 1815) * '' Catantops ituriensis'' Rehn, 1914 * '' Catantops janus'' Rehn, 1914 * '' Catantops kasengo'' Jago, 1994 * '' Catantops magnicercus'' Uvarov, 1953 * '' Catantops melanostictus'' Schaum, 1853 - type species * '' Catantops minor'' Dirsh, 1956 * '' Catantops modestus'' Karny, 1917 * '' Catantops momboensis'' Sjöstedt, 1931 * '' Catantops nephiostictus'' Jago, 1984 * '' Catantops ochthephilus'' Jago, 1984 * '' Catantops parasylvestris'' Jago, 1984 * '' Catantops stenocrobyloides'' Karny, 1907 * '' Catantops stramineus'' (Walker, 1870) * '' Catantops sylvestris'' Jago, 1984 * '' Catantops tanganus'' Dirsh, 1956 * '' Catantops terminalis'' Ramme, 1929 * '' Catantops trimaculatus'' Uvarov, 1953 * '' Catantops unimaculata'' Mahmood, Yousuf & Khaliq, 2002

Synonyms

The names ''Catantops debilis'' Krauss 1901 and ''Catantops elegans'' Karny, 1907 are synonyms for '' Cryptocatantops debilis'' (Krauss, 1901).

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10443728 Acrididae genera Taxa named by Hermann Rudolph Schaum Catantopinae Orthoptera of Asia Orthoptera of Africa