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Catantops

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Catantops
Catantops humeralis
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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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.[2]

Species

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Catantops sylvestris male

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

Synonyms

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

References

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  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. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 7 August 2021)
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