Subfamily Catantopinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 (spur-throated grasshopper)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae
Synonym: Protocatantops miocaenicus Zeuner 1931 [nomen dubium]
Parent taxon: Acrididae according to F. E. Zeuner 1943
Sister taxa: Acridinae, Acridiopsis, Chorthippus, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Gomphocerinae, Heeracris, Melanoplinae, Oedipodinae
Subtaxa: Catantopini, Euprepocnemini, Euthymiini, Taeniopodites, Tropidacrini
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore