Proschistocerca Zeuner 1937 (short-horned grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1937. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, Series B, Taxonomy 6(8):154-159

Parent taxon: Acrididae according to A. V. Gorochov 2019

See also Zeuner 1937 and Zeuner 1941

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Proschistocerca oligocaenica

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Type: Proschistocerca oligocaenica

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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