Protogryllus (Protogryllus) parallelus Zeuner 1937 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae

Alternative combination: Protogryllus parallelus

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

Belongs to Protogryllus (Protogryllus) according to R. PĂ©rez-de la Fuente et al. 2012

See also Zeuner 1937 and Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: Protogryllus (Protogryllus) acutipennis, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) dobbertinensis, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) femina, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) germanicus, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) grandis, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) lakshmi, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) minor, Protogryllus (Protogryllus) sedgwicki

Type specimen: NHML I 10581, a forewing. Its type locality is Binton, Warwickshire (Brodie coll), which is in a Hettangian marine shale/limestone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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