Catantops Explained

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.^[1]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[1] lists:

• 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).

Notes and References

1. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1107686 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 7 August 2021)