Family Episactidae Burr 1899 (grasshopper)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Episactidae
Alternative spelling: Episacti
Full reference: M. Burr. 1899. Essai sur les Eumastacides, tribu de Acridiodea. Anales de la Sociedad EspaƱola de Historia Natural 28:75-112
Parent taxon: Eumastacoidea according to H. J. Song et al. 2020
See also Burr 1899, Matt et al. 2008 and Song et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Chorotypidae, Eumastacidae, Promastacidae
Subtaxa: Episactinae Espagnolinae
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence