| Xenocatantops humilis | |
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| Xenocatantops humilis. Dorsal view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Catantopinae |
| Tribe: | Catantopini |
| Genus: | Xenocatantops |
| Species: | X. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenocatantops humilis (Serville, 1838) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Xenocatantops humilis is the type species of grasshoppers in its genus, belonging to the family Acrididae and subfamily Catantopinae. [2]
The Catalogue of Life lists: [2]
This species can be found in India, Indo-China, Malaysia (the type locality is Java), and Papua New Guinea. [3] [4]
The head of Xenocatantops humilis shows a straight frons in the profile and filiform antennae. Hind femora are rather slender, with wide black spots on the back. In the males cerci are quite short, without clear apical bifurcation, bilaterally compressed and apically incurved. [5] [6]
Xenocatantops humilis must go through about five stages before becoming a winged adult. [7]
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