Prophasgonura Piton 1940 (katydid)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae

Full reference: L. Piton. 1940. Paléontologie du Gisement Éocéne de Menat (Puy-de-Dôme) (Flore et Faune) 1-303

Parent taxon: Tettigoniidae according to T. Schubnel et al. 2020

See also Gorochov 1995 and Piton 1940

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, Protempusa, Pseudophyllinae, Pseudotettigoniinae, Rammeinae, Tettigoidinae, Tettigoniinae, Tympanophorinae

Subtaxa: Prophasgonura lineatocollis

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Type: Prophasgonura lineatocollis

Ecology: slow-moving arboreal folivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Menat (Piton collection) (Paleocene of France)

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