Iasvia secunda Béthoux et al. 2002 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae

Full reference: O. Béthoux, A. Nel, G. Gand, J. Lapeyrie, and J. Galtier. 2002. Discovery of the genus Iasvia Zalessky, 1934 in the Upper Permian of France (Lodève basin) (Orthoptera, Ensifera, Oedischiidae). Geobios 35:293-302

Belongs to Iasvia according to O. Béthoux et al. 2002

Sister taxon: Iasvia reticulata

Type specimen: Coll Lapeyrie Ld LAP 571ab, a forewing (almost complete forewing). Its type locality is F28, Notre Dame des Clans, Lodève basin, which is in an Artinskian pond siltstone in the Salagou Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at F28, Notre Dame des Clans, Lodève basin

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