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Mesogryllus achelous

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Taxonomy
Blattidium achelous was named by Westwood (1854). Its type specimen is NHM I.12302, a tegmen, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Lower Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie coll.), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Mesogryllus achelous by Handlirsch (1906), Zeuner (1939), Gorochov et al. (2006) and Wang et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Blattidium achelous Westwood pp. 390, 396 figs. Pl 18, fig 26
1864Blattidium achelous Heer p. 290
1906Mesogryllus achelous Handlirsch p. 523 figs. Pl XLIV fig 14
1939Mesogryllus achelous Zeuner p. 187 figs. Pl 37, fig 1; pl 54, fig 1
2006Mesogryllus achelous Gorochov et al. p. 650
2018Mesogryllus achelous Wang et al. p. 149

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderTettigoniidea
superfamilyHagloideaHandlirsch 1906
familyProphalangopsidaeKirby 1906
subfamilyTermitidiinae
genusMesogryllus
speciesachelous()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mesogryllus achelous Westwood 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Early/Lower Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Blattidium achelous (type locality: 105966)