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Diabolocatantops innotabilis

Diabolocatantops innotabilis

Diabolocatantops innotabilis (Diabolocatantops innotabilis) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Hajiwala, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Diabolocatantops innotabilis
Family
Acrididae, order Orthoptera
Group
Insect

A grasshopper in brown and red.

  • Spot it Brown-patterned body with red hind legs.
  • Home Grass and fields.
  • Food web Eats leaves; birds and lizards eat it.
  • Why it matters Links grasses to birds and lizards in the food chain.

Read more: Diabolocatantops innotabilis on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2025, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  4. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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