''Cryptocatantops'' is a genus of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshop ...
in the subfamily
Catantopinae
The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as '' Macrotona'' may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including t ...
, a group of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
s primarily found in Africa. As numerous other genera, it is not yet assigned to a particular tribe.
Species
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Cryptocatantops allessandricus
''Cryptocatantops allessandricus'' is a species of grasshopper in the ''Cryptocatantops
''Cryptocatantops'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae, a group of insects primarily found in Africa. As numerous other genera, it is ...
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Sjรถstedt, 1931
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Cryptocatantops crassifemoralis
''Cryptocatantops crassifemoralis'' is a species of grasshopper in the ''Cryptocatantops'' genus found in southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical ...
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Johnsen, 1991
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Cryptocatantops debilis
''Cryptocatantops debilis '' is a species of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae, a group of insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthro ...
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Krauss, 1901
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Cryptocatantops haemorrhoidalis
''Cryptocatantops haemorrhoidalis'' is a species of grasshopper in the ''Cryptocatantops'' genus.
References
Catantopinae
Insects described in 1877
Fauna of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Krauss, 1877
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Cryptocatantops simlae
''Cryptocatantops simlae'' is a species of grasshopper in the ''Cryptocatantops
''Cryptocatantops'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae, a group of insects primarily found in Africa. As numerous other genera, it is not yet ...
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Dirsh, 1956
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Cryptocatantops uvarovi
''Cryptocatantops uvarovi'' is a species of grasshopper in the ''Cryptocatantops'' genus found in Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic ...
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Dirsh, 1956
References
External links
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''Cryptocatantops'' at orthoptera.speciesfile.org{{Taxonbar, from=Q10462215
Acrididae genera