Alternative spelling: Tettigoniodea
Synonym: Locustariae Handlirsch 1926
Parent taxon: Ensifera according to H. J. Song et al. 2020
See also Gorochov 1995, Gorochov 2005, Gorochov 2012, Gorochov et al. 2006, Martins-Neto 1991, Sharov 1968 and Song et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acridiites, Acridiites liasinus, Araripemyrmecophilops, Elcanidea, Elcanopsis, Falsirameus, Gryllidea, Gryllobencain, Kulmbachiellon fragile, Liadolocusta auscultans, Liassogrylloides, Locusta prisca, Locustopsites gigantea, Oedischiidea, Palaeorehniidae, Phasmomimoidea, Tettavidae, Thnetus, Triassomanteidae, Vitimiidae, Yuxiania
Subtaxa: Aenigmaraphidophora Hagloidea Rhaphidophoroidea Schizodactyloidea Stenopelmatoidea Tettigonioidea Tettoraptor
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore