''Cryptocatantops debilis '' is a species of grasshoppers 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 the ...
, 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 commonly called ''spur-throated grasshoppers''. The type specimen was a female found in
Omaruru, Namibia.
References
External links
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''Cryptocatantops debilis'' at orthoptera.speciesfile.org''Cryptocatantops debilis'' at the Interim Register of marine and Nonmarine Genera
Acrididae
Insects described in 1901
Insects of Namibia
Taxa named by Hermann August Krauss
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