Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Revision of American Paleozoic insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1441):661-820
Parent taxon: Ensifera according to A. V. Gorochov 2005
See also Gorochov 1987, Gorochov 1995, Sharov 1968, Wappler 2001 and Whalley 1985
Sister taxa: Acridiites, Acridiites liasinus, Araripemyrmecophilops, Elcanidea, Elcanopsis, Falsirameus, Gryllidea, Gryllobencain, Kulmbachiellon fragile, Liadolocusta auscultans, Liassogrylloides, Locusta prisca, Locustopsites gigantea, Palaeorehniidae, Phasmomimoidea, Tettavidae, Tettigoniidea, Thnetus, Triassomanteidae, Vitimiidae, Yuxiania
Subtaxa: Oedischioidea Permotettigoniidae Rimnosentomon Triassomanteoidea Xenopteroidea
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore