Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae
Alternative spellings: Prophalangopseidae, Prophalangopsiidae, Prophalangopsinae
Synonym: Pamphagopsidae Martynov 1925
Parent taxon: Hagloidea according to J. J. Gu et al. 2022
See also Archibald and Mathewes 2000, Carpenter 1992, Gorochov 1986, Gorochov 1988, Gorochov 1995, Gorochov et al. 2006, Hong 1986, Kevan and Wighton 1981, Martins-Neto 1991, Martins-Neto 1995, Martynov 1925, Riek 1954, Riek 1955, Sharov 1968, Song et al. 2015, Song et al. 2020, Wang et al. 2018, Wang et al. 2018, Zeuner 1939 and Zeuner 1962
Sister taxa: Eospilopteron, Eospilopteronidae, Haglidae, Hagloedischiidae, Haglopsis, Jurassobatea, Kevania, Mesoprophalangopsis, Neohagla, Prezottophlebiidae, Pseudogryllacris, Pseudohumbertiella, Tuphellidae, Tzetzenulia, Yenshania, Zalmonites
Subtaxa: Aboilinae Chifengiinae Cratohaglopsis Cyphoderrinae Hylophalangopsis Prophalangopsinae Protaboilinae Sinuijus Termitidiinae Tettohaglinae
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), China (15), Japan (1), North Korea (2), the Russian Federation (11), the United Kingdom (8)
• Jurassic of China (23), Germany (7), Kazakhstan (9), Kyrgyzstan (3), Mongolia (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (9)
Total: 92 collections including 168 occurrences