Catantops

Catantops
Catantops humeralis
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Catantopini
Genus: Catantops
Schaum, 1853
Type species
Catantops melanostictus
Schaum
Species

See text

Synonyms

Cantantops Walker, 1870

Catantops is a genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Catantopini and is typical of the subfamily Catantopinae. Species can be found in Africa, including Madagascar and subcontinental India.

Species

Catantops sylvestris male

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

Synonyms

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

References

  1. ↑ Schaum. 1853. In Peters. Übersicht der von ihm in Mossambique beobachteten Orthopteren nebst Beschreibung der neu entdeckten Gattungen und Arten durch Hrn. Dr. Hermann Schaum. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 779
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 7 August 2021)