†subfamily Protogryllinae Zeuner 1937 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae

Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1937. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, Series B, Taxonomy 6(8):154-159

Parent taxon: Protogryllidae according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2023

See also Gorochov 1995 and PĂ©rez-de la Fuente et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Aenigmagryllus, Falsispeculinae, Karataogryllinae

Subtaxa: Bacharogryllus Daniilacheta Protogryllus

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Type: Protogryllus

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (10), India (1), Mongolia (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (5)

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 22 collections including 46 occurrences

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