Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Alternative spelling: Parapleuri

Full reference: C. Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2 13:1-230

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

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

Subtaxa: Mecostethus

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection) (Pliocene of Germany)

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