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The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as Macrotona may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including the genus Melanoplus from the Melanoplinae.

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Parent taxon
Acrididae
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Catantopinae
taxon name
Catantopinae
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subfamily
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11 sections
Contents
  • Tribes and selected genera
  • Tribes A-D
  • Gereniini
  • Mesambriini
  • Tribes H-P
  • Tauchirini
  • Tribes U-Z
  • genus group Serpusiae
  • ''[[incertae sedis]]''
  • References
  • External links

The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as Macrotona may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including the genus Melanoplus from the Melanoplinae.

==Tribes and selected genera== ===Tribes A-D=== Allagini - Eastern Africa, including Madagascar Allaga Karsch, 1896 Sauracris Burr, 1900 Apoboleini - Africa, Indo-China Apoboleus Karsch, 1891 Pseudophialosphera Dirsh, 1952 Squamobibracte Ingrisch, 1989 thumb|right|Xenocatantops humilis: [[Borneo]] Catantopini - Africa, Asia, Australiamany: see tribe page - including: Catantops Schaum, 1853 Diabolocatantops Jago, 1984 Macrotona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Stenocatantops Dirsh, 1953 Xenocatantops Dirsh, 1953 Diexiini - Western Asia Bufonacridella Adelung, 1910 Diexis Zubovski, 1899

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