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Stenocatantops vitripennis

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Stenocatantops vitripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Stenocatantops
Species:
S. vitripennis
Binomial name
Stenocatantops vitripennis
Sjöstedt, 1920
Synonyms[1]
  • Catantops vitripennis Sjöstedt, 1920
  • Catantops australis Sjöstedt, 1921

Stenocatantops vitripennis is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in north Australian savannas in the wet season.[2]

The adult female is 43 mm (1.7 in) and adult male is 34 mm (1.3 in).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Stenocatantops vitripennis". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ^ Rentz, David C. F. (1996). Grasshopper country: the abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia (1. print ed.). Canberra: UNSW Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-063-1.
  3. ^ Rentz, David C. (2003). A guide to Australian grasshoppers and locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Australian Plague Locust Commission, Orthopterists' Society. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo). ISBN 978-983-812-074-6. OCLC 55753685.