Amusurgus Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

Full reference: C. Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2 13:1-230

Parent taxon: Trigonidiini according to I. C. Chintauan-Marquier et al. 2016

See also Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: Anaxipha, Rhicnogryllus

Subtaxa: Amusurgus africanus

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at East Africa Copal (BMNH coll) (Quaternary of Tanzania)

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