†subfamily Pseudotettigoniinae Sharov 1962 (katydid)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae

Synonym: Pseudotettigoniinae Kevan and Wighton 1981 [objective synonym]

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1962. Order Orthoptera. Osnovy Paleontologii. Tom 9: Chlenistonogie, Trakheinye i Khelitserovye 146-157

Parent taxon: Tettigoniidae according to D. E. Greenwalt and J. Rust 2014

See also Kevan and Wighton 1981, Kevan and Wighton 1983 and Sharov 1962

Sister taxa: Amblycorypha perdita, Brachypoda, Conocephalinae, Conocephalus martyi, Decticus umbraceus, Eodecticus, Gryllacris cineris, Hexacentrinae, Lipotactinae, Lithymnetoides, Locusta exstincta, Locusta silens, Locustites, Locustopsites, Meconematinae, Meconematini, Meconeminae, Mecopodinae, Phaneroptera vetusta, Phaneropterinae, Phlugidini, Prophasgonura, Protempusa, Pseudophyllinae, Rammeinae, Tettigoidinae, Tettigoniinae, Tympanophorinae

Subtaxa: Arctolocusta Pseudotettigonia

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Ecology: slow-moving arboreal folivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Denmark (3 collections), United States (1: Montana)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), Greenland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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