Locustavus madygensis Sharov 1968 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustavidae

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216

Belongs to Locustavus according to A. V. Gorochov 2005

See also Sharov 1968

Sister taxa: Locustavus deformatus, Locustavus intermedius, Locustavus lanceolatus, Locustavus minutus, Locustavus problematicus

Type specimen: PIN 2240/4341, a forewing (forewing without anal region). Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 2240, Dzhailoucho area, which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Madygen, PIN collection 2240, Dzhailoucho area

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