Superfamily Gryllotalpoidea Leach 1815 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera

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

Parent taxon: Gryllidea according to H. J. Song et al. 2020

See also Gorochov 1995, Martins-Neto 1991, Martins-Neto 1995 and Song et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Gryllavoidea, Grylloidea, Pseudogryllotalpidae

Subtaxa: Gryllotalpidae Myrmecophilidae

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (3)

• Oligocene of France (3)

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

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3), France (1)

Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences

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