Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea Burmeister 1838 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera

Synonyms: Gryllacrididea Stal 1874, Gryllacridoidea Stal 1874

Full reference: H. C. Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Zweite Abtheilung. Kaukerfe. Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte; vulgo Orthoptera) 397-756

Parent taxon: Tettigoniidea according to H. J. Song et al. 2020

See also Gorochov 1995, Martins-Neto 1991, Martins-Neto 1995, Martins-Neto 2007, Riek 1954 and Song et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Aenigmaraphidophora, Hagloidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Schizodactyloidea, Tettigonioidea, Tettoraptor

Subtaxa: Gryllacrididae Mimnermidae Stenopelmatidae

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Croatia (2), Italy (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Colorado)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Brazil (1)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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