†Protosegestes Pierce 1944 (katydid)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Full reference: W. D. Pierce. 1944. Fossil arthropods of California 4. Two interesting orthopteroids from diatomaceous deposits. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 43:12-17
Parent taxon: Mecopodinae according to W. D. Pierce 1944
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Protosegestes lloydi
Type: Protosegestes lloydi
Ecology: slow-moving arboreal folivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at South of abandoned pier at Fort MacArthur (Miocene of California)
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