The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as Macrotona may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including the genus Melanoplus from the Melanoplinae.

Tribes and selected genera

Tribes A-D

many: see tribe page - including:

Gereniini

Distribution: India, Indo-China

Mesambriini

Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893; distribution: Madagascar, India, East Asia

Tribes H-P

Tauchirini

Distribution: South-East Asia

Tribes U-Z

genus group Serpusiae

Auth.: Johnston, 1956; distribution: tropical Africa including Madagascar

incertae sedis

Many other genera are not yet assigned to tribes.