Stenocatantops vitripennis is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in north Australian savannas in the wet season.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Stenocatantops |
| Species: | S. vitripennis
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| Stenocatantops vitripennis Sjöstedt, 1920
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The adult female is 43mm and adult male is 34mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.