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
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Böttingen (SMNS collection) (Miocene of Germany)