| Catantopinae | |
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| Catantops humeralis: South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
| Tribes | |
See text | |
The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. [1] Genera such as Macrotona may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", [2] but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including the genus Melanoplus from the Melanoplinae.
Distribution: India, Indo-China
Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; distribution: Madagascar, India, East Asia
Distribution: South-East Asia
Auth.: Johnston, 1956; distribution: tropical Africa including Madagascar
Many other genera are not yet assigned to tribes.