†Allopterites Cockerell 1920 (tree cricket)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Oecanthidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1920. T. D. A. Cockerell. 1920. Fossil Arthropods in the British Museum, I. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 5:273-279
Parent taxon: Podoscirtinae according to L. D. Campos et al. 2023
See also Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1920 and Gorochov 1995
Sister taxa: Ordicalcaratus, Picogryllus, Podoscirtidi, Stenogryllodes
Subtaxa: Allopterites multilineatus
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Bagshot Beds, Bournemouth (BMNH) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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