Prototetrix Sharov 1968 (pygmy grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tetrigidae

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

Parent taxon: Tetrigidae according to A. G. Sharov 1968

Sister taxa: Archaeotetrix, Batrachideinae, Cladonotinae, Eozaentetrix, Tetriginae

Subtaxa: Prototetrix reductus

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 1668) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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