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]
Stenocatantops vitripennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Genus: | Stenocatantops |
Species: | S. vitripennis
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Binomial name | |
Stenocatantops vitripennis Sjöstedt, 1920
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The adult female is 43 mm (1.7 in) and adult male is 34 mm (1.3 in).[3]
References
edit- ^ "Stenocatantops vitripennis". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.