Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combination: Locustopsis lacera
Full reference: W. Zessin. 1983. Revision der mesozoischen Familie Locustopsidae unter Berücksichtigung neuer Funde (Orthopteroida, Caelifera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 30:173-237
Belongs to Plesioschwinzia according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2023
See also Zessin 1983
Sister taxa: Plesioschwinzia bernstorffi, Plesioschwinzia constricta, Plesioschwinzia gracilis, Plesioschwinzia kruegeri, Plesioschwinzia lacoei, Plesioschwinzia posterior, Plesioschwinzia procera, Plesioschwinzia pulchella, Plesioschwinzia reticulata, Plesioschwinzia sharovi, Plesioschwinzia thalassophila, Plesioschwinzia uvarovi
Type specimen: LD 1525/1(2), a tegmen. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Zessin collection), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Zessin collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.