Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative spelling: Locustopseidae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Locustopsoidea according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2023
See also Ansorge 1991, Bode 1953, Gorochov et al. 2006, Handlirsch 1906, Martins-Neto 2003, Martynov 1937, Riek 1955, Sharov 1968, Smith et al. 2011, Tillyard 1922, Tillyard 1923, Whalley 1985 and Zeuner 1941
Sister taxa: Bouretidae, Locustavidae
Subtaxa: Araripelocustinae Conocephalella Cratolocustopsis Cratozeunerella Eolocustopsis Liadolocusta Locustopsinae Locustrix Parapleurites Phaneropterites Pseudoacrida Schwinzia
Type: Locustopsis
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Montana collections)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (6), China (4), Egypt (1), Kazakhstan (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Jurassic of China (1), Germany (18), Kazakhstan (2), Kyrgyzstan (5), the Russian Federation (4), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Colorado)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (2)
• Permian of South Africa (1)
Total: 62 collections including 115 occurrences