Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combinations: Gomphocerites bernstorffi, Locustopsis bernstorffi
Synonyms: Locustopsis dobbertinensis Handlirsch 1906, Locustopsis magnifica Handlirsch 1920
Full reference: F. E. Geinitz. 1880. Der Jura von Dobbertin in Mecklenburg und seine Versteinerungen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 32:510-535
Belongs to Plesioschwinzia according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2023
See also Ansorge 1996, Geinitz 1880, Geinitz 1884, Handlirsch 1906, Zessin 1983, Zessin 1988 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Plesioschwinzia constricta, Plesioschwinzia gracilis, Plesioschwinzia kruegeri, Plesioschwinzia lacera, Plesioschwinzia lacoei, Plesioschwinzia posterior, Plesioschwinzia procera, Plesioschwinzia pulchella, Plesioschwinzia reticulata, Plesioschwinzia sharovi, Plesioschwinzia thalassophila, Plesioschwinzia uvarovi
Type specimens:
- Plesioschwinzia bernstorffi: GPI EMAU 117/6, an elytra. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Locustopsis dobbertinensis: GPI EMAU 122/3,5, an elytra. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Locustopsis magnifica: GPI EMAU 123/116, an elytra. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (3 collections)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
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