Plesioschwinzia Zessin 1988 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Full reference: W. Zessin. 1988. Neue Saltatoria (Insecta) aus dem Oberlias Mitteleuropas. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 419:107-121

Parent taxon: Locustopsinae according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2023

See also Zessin 1988

Sister taxa: Locustopsis, Mesolocustopsis, Zessinia, Zeunerella

Subtaxa: Plesioschwinzia bernstorffi Plesioschwinzia constricta Plesioschwinzia gracilis Plesioschwinzia kruegeri Plesioschwinzia lacera Plesioschwinzia lacoei Plesioschwinzia posterior Plesioschwinzia procera Plesioschwinzia pulchella Plesioschwinzia reticulata Plesioschwinzia sharovi Plesioschwinzia thalassophila Plesioschwinzia uvarovi

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Type: Plesioschwinzia thalassophila

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (6), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 10 collections including 21 occurrences

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