Family Trigonidiidae Saussure 1874 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

Alternative spelling: Trigonidiinae

Parent taxon: Grylloidea according to Z. Q. He 2022

See also Chintauan-Marquier et al. 2016, Desutter-Grandcolas et al. 2021, Gorochov 1995, Gorochov 2012, Harz 1969, Storozhenko et al. 2015, Xu et al. 2020 and Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: Araripegryllus romualdoi, Baissogryllidae, Gryllidae, Mogoplistidae, Oecanthidae, Phalangopsidae, Protogryllidae, Pteroplistinae

Subtaxa: Abanaxipha Birmaninemobius Curvospurus Cyrtoxipha Nemobiinae Qiongqi Trigonidiinae

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Benin (1 collection), Tanzania (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Colorado)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Myanmar (3)

Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences

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