Lutheria dewetii Wappler 2001 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Xenopteridae

Full reference: T. Wappler. 2001. New orthopteroid insects from the Upper Triassic Molteno Formation, Karoo Basin, southern Africa. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 24(52/53):87-104

Belongs to Lutheria according to A. V. Gorochov 2005

See also Wappler 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PRE/F 10640, a forewing (11 mm fragment of 17 mm wing). Its type locality is (Lut 311), which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small shale/mudstone in the Molteno Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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