Subfamily Eruciinae Burr 1899 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Chorotypidae

Alternative spellings: Erucii, Eruciidae

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: Chorotypidae according to S. Matt et al. 2008

See also Kevan and Wighton 1981

Sister taxon: Paleochina

Subtaxa: Erucius

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Type: Erucius

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ruby River, between Peterson and Morman Creeks (Oligocene of Montana)

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