Subfamily Gryllotalpinae Leach 1815 (mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae

Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172

Parent taxon: Gryllotalpidae according to A. V. Gorochov 2019

See also Gorochov 1995, Gorochov 2012, Martins-Neto 1991, Storozhenko et al. 2015, Wang et al. 2019 and Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: Gryllotalpa stricta, Marchandiinae, Scapteriscinae

Subtaxa: Gryllotalpini Neocurtilla Pterotriamescaptor

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Type: Gryllotalpa

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (2)

• Oligocene of France (3)

• Eocene of Italy (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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