Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Synonyms: Locustopsis lacera Zessin 1983, Plesioschwinzia lacera Zessin 1983

Full reference: W. Zessin. 1983. Revision der mesozoischen Familie Locustopsidae unter Berücksichtigung neuer Funde (Orthopteroida, Caelifera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 30:173-237

Belongs to Locustopsis according to J. Ansorge 1996

See also Gorochov and Coram 2023, Schall et al. 2025, Zessin 1983 and Zessin 1988

Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis brodiei, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis constricta, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis godoii, Locustopsis gracilis, Locustopsis karatavica, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis lacoei, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis nervosa, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis posterior, Locustopsis procera, Locustopsis pulchella, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis sharovi, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis sinensis, Locustopsis sippeli, Locustopsis soaresi, Locustopsis spectabilis, Locustopsis thalassophila, Locustopsis titanella, Locustopsis uvarovi, Gomphocerites heeriana

Type specimens:

• Locustopsis gyra: Humboldt Museum LD 968, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Zessin collection), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.
• Locustopsis lacera: LD 1525/1(2), a tegmen. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Zessin collection), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution:

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