Tribe Sphingonotini Johnson 1956 (band-winged grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Alternative spelling: Sphingonoti

Full reference: H. B. Johnson. 1956. Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers 1-924

Parent taxon: Oedipodinae according to S. Y. Storozhenko et al. 2015

See also Chapco and Contreras 2011, Fries et al. 2007, Garai 2010 and Husemann et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Aestilocusta, Bryodemini, Chimarocephala, Gryllacris kittli, Hippiscini, Locustini, Mioedipoda, Nymphacrida, Oedemastopoda, Oedipoda nigrofasciolata, Oedipodini, Parapleurini, Trimerotropini

Subtaxa: Spharagemon Sphingonotus

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Type: Sphingonotus

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Wyoming collection)

• Pliocene of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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