Locusta Linnaeus 1758 (band-winged grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Locustini according to S. Y. Storozhenko et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Lyon) (Oligocene of France)

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