Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Synonyms: Brodiana Zeuner 1942, Gomphocerites Heer 1852
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Locustopsinae according to J. J. Gu et al. 2016
See also Ansorge 1991, Ansorge 1996, Bode 1953, Eades et al. 2012, Gorochov et al. 2006, Handlirsch 1906, Martins-Neto 1990, Martynov 1937, Sharov 1968, Whalley 1985, Zessin 1983, Zessin 1983, Zessin 1988 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Mesolocustopsis, Plesioschwinzia, Zessinia, Zeunerella
Subtaxa: Gomphocerites heeriana 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 Locustopsis spectabilis
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection)
• Jurassic of China (1), Germany (13), Kazakhstan (2), Kyrgyzstan (5), the Russian Federation (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 31 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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