Miopyrgomorpha fischeri Heer 1864 (gaudy grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Pyrgomorphidae

Alternative combinations: Chimarocephala fischeri, Oedipoda fischeri

Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622

Belongs to Miopyrgomorpha according to D. K. M. Kevan 1964

See also Handlirsch 1907, Heer 1864 and Zeuner 1943

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GIMETH, an exoskeleton (complete body with closed wings). Its type locality is Oeningen (unspecified collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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