Mesoedischia kirgizica Gorochov 1987 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Mesoedischiidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 1987. Novye iskopaemye prjamokrylyx semejstv Bintoniellidae, Mesoedischiidae fam. n. and Pseudelcanidae fam. n. (Orthoptera, Ensifera) iz permskix i triasovyx otlozzenij SSSR. Vestnik Zoologii (1)18-23

Belongs to Mesoedischia according to A. V. Gorochov 2005

See also Gorochov 1987

Sister taxa: Mesoedischia madygenica, Mesoedischia obliqua

Type specimen: PIN 2069/2318, a forewing (fragment). Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 2069, Dzhailoucho area, which is in a Ladinian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Madygen, PIN collection 2069, Dzhailoucho area

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