A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeysPhylogeny 148: 209–255 and (2011) classification of the Catantopidae at the tribal level (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) 209 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.148.2081 RESEARCH ARTICLE www.zookeys.org Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Phylogeny and classification of the Catantopidae at the tribal level (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) Baoping Li1, Zhiwei Liu2, Zhe-Min Zheng3 1 Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL61920, USA 3 Department of Biology, Shaanxi- Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Corresponding author: Zhiwei Liu (
[email protected]) Academic editor: M.Engel | Received 13 September 2011 | Accepted 24 October 2011 | Published 21 November 2011 Citation: Li B, Liu Z, Zheng ZM (2011) Phylogeny and classification of the Catantopidae at the tribal level (Orthoptera, Acridoidea). In: Engel MS (Ed) Contributions Celebrating Kumar Krishna. ZooKeys 148: 209–255. doi: 10.3897/ zookeys.148.2081 Abstract The grasshopper family Catantopidae is a well-known group, whose members include some of the most notorious agricultural pests. The existing classifications of the family are mostly utilitarian rather than being based on phylogenetic analysis and therefore unable to provide the stability desired for such an eco- nomically important group. In the present study, we present the first comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the family based on morphology. By extensively sampling from the Chinese fauna, we included in the present analysis multiple representatives of each of the previously recognized tribes in the family. In total, we examined 94 genera represented by 240 species and evaluated 116 characters, including 84 for external morphology and 32 for male genitalia.