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Spur-throated Grasshoppers
Catantopinae
The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Commonly called spur-throated grasshoppers, that name is also used for some grasshoppers from related subfamilies, namely the genus Melanoplus from the Melanoplinae. Indeed, the delimitation of these two subfamilies needs restudy: the Podismini for example are sometimes placed here, sometimes in the Melanoplinae.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Catantopini
tribeCatantopini
Mesambriini
tribeMesambriini

Abisares
genusAbisares
Melicodes
genusMelicodes

Gereniini
tribeGereniini

Arminda
genusArminda

Tauchirini
tribeTauchirini

Oxyrrhepini
tribeOxyrrhepini

Cingalia
genusCingalia

Oxycatantops
genusOxycatantops

Bibracte
genusBibracte

Eupropacris
genusEupropacris

Vitticatantops
genusVitticatantops

Pareuthymia
genusPareuthymia

Apoboleini
tribeApoboleini

Histrioacridini
tribeHistrioacridini

Sedulia
genusSedulia

Traulacris
genusTraulacris

Urnisiellini
tribeUrnisiellini

Opharicus
genusOpharicus

Harpezocatantops
genusHarpezocatantops

Auloserpusia
genusAuloserpusia

Serpusilla
genusSerpusilla

Exopropacris
genusExopropacris

Frontifissia
genusFrontifissia

Burmacris
genusBurmacris

Striatosedulia
genusStriatosedulia

Pelecinotus
genusPelecinotus

Cardeniopsis
genusCardeniopsis

Palniacris
genusPalniacris

Serpusia
genusSerpusia

Coloracris
genusColoracris

Duviardia
genusDuviardia

Perakia
genusPerakia

Assamacris
genusAssamacris

Pteropera
genusPteropera

Anthermus
genusAnthermus

Paracardenius
genusParacardenius

Aresceutica
genusAresceutica

Enoplotettix
genusEnoplotettix

Allotriusia
genusAllotriusia

Pagdenia
genusPagdenia

Digrammacris
genusDigrammacris

Zeylonacris
genusZeylonacris

Cardenius
genusCardenius

Eliya
genusEliya

Dubitacris
genusDubitacris

Navasia
genusNavasia

Mopla
genusMopla

Apalniacris
genusApalniacris

Paraconophymatini
tribeParaconophymatini

Gemeneta
genusGemeneta

Carsula
genusCarsula

Parapropacris
genusParapropacris

Maga
genusMaga

Genimenoides
genusGenimenoides

Pezocatantops
genusPezocatantops

Parastenocrobylus
genusParastenocrobylus

Hadrolecocatantops
genusHadrolecocatantops

Pteroperina
genusPteroperina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Catantopinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 437924.