Taeniopodites Cockerell 1909 (spur-throated grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1909. Description of Tertiary insects, VII. The American Journal of Science, Fourth Series 28:283-286

Parent taxon: Catantopinae according to F. E. Zeuner 1941

Sister taxa: Catantopini, Euprepocnemini, Euthymiini, Protocatantops miocaenicus

Subtaxa: Taeniopodites pardalis

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Type: Taeniopodites pardalis

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 13B (Eocene of Colorado)

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