Synonym: Proscopiodea
Full reference: K. Ander. 1936. Orthoptera Saltatorias fylogeni på grundval av jämförande anatomiska studier. Opuscula Entomologica 1:93-94
Parent taxon: Orthoptera according to H. J. Song et al. 2020
See also Ander 1936, Heads 2008, Kevan and Wighton 1981, Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004, Sharov 1968, Song et al. 2015 and Whalley 1985
Sister taxa: Aboilodea, Acrydiana, Alekhosara, Blattaceadup, Ensifera, Eremobiinae, Eremobiites, Exaeretopteroidea, Legendreiidae, Lithymnetes, Locustidae, Locustoidea, Loxoedischia, Mantides, Nymphomorpha, Oligogetes, Orthophlebia longissima, Permophyllum, Phasgonuridae, Pinegia, Prophilaenites, Thnetodes, Tillyardiella, Titanoptera, Yinpingia
Subtaxa: Acrididea Burmecaelidae Ochrilidia lineata Pneumoridea Tridactylidea
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore