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Tribe of grasshoppers

Catantopini
Male Catantops stramineus photographed near Whydah, Benin, in 2006
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Catantopinae
Tribe: Catantopini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Subtribes

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Catantopini is a tribe in the subfamily Catantopinae, a group of grasshoppers found in Africa, Asia and Australia.

Subtribes & genera

Buforania crassa
Catantops humeralis
Diabolocatantops axillaris axillaris
Bark Mimicking Grasshopper, Coryphistes ruricola

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following (genera incomplete):

Subtribes E-

Goniaea sp.
Pardillana sp.
Macrotona australis, female

Subtribes P-

Sigaus piliferus
Phaulacridium marginale
Minyacris nana, Australia
Rectitropis, Australia

subtribe not placed

Xenocatantops humilis Borneo.

References

  1. Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. KB von Wattenwyl, L Fea - 1893
  2. Orthoptera Species File: Catantopini

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Taxon identifiers
Catantopini
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