Afroedischia Geertsema and van Dijk 1999 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae

Full reference: H. Geertsema and D. E. van Dijk. 1999. The earliest known Palaeozoic ensiferan insect from Africa, Afroedischia oosthuizeni gen. et sp. nov. (Orthoptera: Oedischiidae). South African Journal of Science 95:229-230

Parent taxon: Oedischiidae according to H. Geertsema and D. E. van Dijk 1999

Sister taxa: Anelcana, Elcanoedischiinae, Iasvia, Kamaites, Mezenoedischiinae, Nobloedischia, Oedischiinae, Plesioidischia, Scalaeoptera, Tcholmanvissia dubia, Tcholmanvissiinae, Xeroptera

Subtaxa: Afroedischia oosthuizeni

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Type: Afroedischia oosthuizeni

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at 2 km west of Laingsburg (Permian of South Africa)

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