Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1942. The Locustopsidae and the phylogeny of the Acridodea (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 11:1-18
Belongs to Locustopsis according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2023
See also Whalley 1985, Zessin 1983 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis anatolica, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis elongata, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis gyra, Locustopsis karatavica, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis mecklenburgica, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis sippeli, Gomphocerites heeriana
Type specimen: NHM I 10563, a forewing (single folded forewing). Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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