Catantops

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.[2]

Catantops
Catantops humeralis
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Catantopini
Genus: Catantops
Schaum, 1853[1]
Type species
Catantops melanostictus
Schaum
Species

See text

Synonyms

Cantantops Walker, 1870

Species
  • 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
  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. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 7 August 2019)
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