Mecostethus Fieber 1852 (band-winged grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Full reference: F. X. Fieber. 1852. Orthoptera Oliv. (et omn. Auct.) Oberschlesiens. Grundlage zur Kenntnis der Orthopteren (Gradflügler) Oberschlesiens, und Grundlage zur Kenntnis der Käfer Oberschlesiens, erster Nachtrag (Schulprogr.) 1-19

Parent taxon: Parapleurini according to S. Y. Storozhenko et al. 2015

See also Harz 1967

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection) (Pliocene of Germany)

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