Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combination: Locustopsis araripensis
Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 1990. The family Locustopsidae (Insecta, Caelifera) in the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous, northeast Brazil). I - description of two new species of the genus Locustopsis Handlirsch and three new species of the genus Zessinia n. gen. I Simpósio Sobre a Bacia do Araripe e Bacias Interiores do Nordeste 277-291
Belongs to Cratolocustopsis according to R. G. Martins-Neto 2003
See also Martins-Neto 1990
Sister taxa: Cratolocustopsis contumax, Cratolocustopsis cretacea
Type specimen: GP/1T-1672, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato, Tatajuba farm, Araripe Basin, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large limestone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Crato, Tatajuba farm, Araripe Basin
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