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Nomenclature (4)

  • Catantops australis Jago, 1984: 312.

    Holotype; male; 8bb2416e-652f-42e3-beac-0d0f88a6e350; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Eastern Cape: Somerset East

  • Catantops australis Jago, 1984 (primary homonym of Catantops australis Sjöstedt, 1921)
  • Catantops capensis Braun, 2024: 123.

    Holotype; male; 8bb2416e-652f-42e3-beac-0d0f88a6e350; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Eastern Cape: Somerset East

  • Catantops australis Jago, 1984 (replaced by Catantops capensis Braun, 2024) in Braun, 2024: 123.

References (3)

  • Braun, H. (2024) Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera. Zootaxa, 5453(1), 121–126. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7
  • Jago, N.D. (1984) The alate genera of east African Catantopinae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) including revision of the genus Catantops Schaum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 110(3), 295–387.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up

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Etymology:

Reference to type locality in the Eastern Cape Province.

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