Diabolocatantops

Diabolocatantops
Diabolocatantops innotabilis in Kerala, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Tribe:	Catantopini
Genus:	Diabolocatantops Jago, 1984

Diabolocatantops is a genus of grasshoppers (Caelifera: Acrididae), in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Catantopini, erected by Nick Jago in 1984. ^[1] Species can be found in Africa, India, China and Indo-China. ^[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File ^[2] lists the following:

1. Diabolocatantops axillaris (Thunberg, 1815) - type species (as Gryllus axillarisThunberg = D. axillaris axillaris)
2. Diabolocatantops consobrinus (Karny, 1907)
3. Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Walker, 1870)
4. Diabolocatantops pinguis (Stål, 1861)
5. Diabolocatantops pulchellus (Walker, 1870)
6. Diabolocatantops rufipennis Li & Jin, 1984
7. Diabolocatantops signatipes (Walker, 1870)
8. Diabolocatantops sukhadae Bhowmik, 1986

Gallery

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  D. axillaris
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  D. pinguis

References

1. Jago N (1984) Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.110(3): 295.
2. Orthoptera Species File:genus Diabolocatantops Jago, 1984 (retrieved 1 November 2024)

External links

• Media related to Diabolocatantops at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Diabolocatantops at Wikispecies
• Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.