Tribe Catantopini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 (spur-throated grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Full reference: C. Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2 13:1-230

Parent taxon: Catantopinae according to F. E. Zeuner 1941

Sister taxa: Euprepocnemini, Euthymiini, Protocatantops miocaenicus, Taeniopodites

Subtaxa: Miocaenacris Protocatantops

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Böttingen (SMNS collection) (Miocene of Germany)

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