Family Gryllacrididae Blanchard 1845 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllacrididae

Full reference: E. Blanchard. 1845. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, leurs Moeurs, leurs Métamorphoses et leur classification, ou Traité Élémentaire d'Entomologie. Tome Second 1-524

Parent taxon: Stenopelmatoidea according to H. J. Song et al. 2020

See also Carpenter 1992, Garai 2010, Riek 1955, Sharov 1968, Song et al. 2015, Storozhenko et al. 2015, Zeuner 1939 and Zeuner 1941

Sister taxa: Mimnermidae, Stenopelmatidae

Subtaxa: Gryllacridinae Gryllacris mutilata Locustites maculata

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Type: Gryllacris

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Croatia (1), Italy (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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