Mesacridites Riek 1954 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustavidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1954. Further Triassic insects from Brookvale, NSW (orders Orthoptera Saltatoria, Protorthoptera, Perlaria). Records of the Australian Museum 23(4):161-168

Parent taxon: Locustavidae according to O. Béthoux and A. J. Ross 2005

See also Carpenter 1992 and Riek 1954

Sister taxa: Ferganopsis, Hejiafanga, Locustavinae, Praelocustopsinae

Subtaxa: Mesacridites elongata

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Beacon Hill Quarry (AM collection) (Triassic of Australia)

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