Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combination: Locustopsis lacoei
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1915. British fossil insects. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49:469-499
Belongs to Plesioschwinzia according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2023
See also Cockerell 1915, Zessin 1983 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Plesioschwinzia bernstorffi, Plesioschwinzia constricta, Plesioschwinzia gracilis, Plesioschwinzia kruegeri, Plesioschwinzia lacera, Plesioschwinzia posterior, Plesioschwinzia procera, Plesioschwinzia pulchella, Plesioschwinzia reticulata, Plesioschwinzia sharovi, Plesioschwinzia thalassophila, Plesioschwinzia uvarovi
Type specimen: USNM 61390, a tegmen. Its type locality is Binton (Museum of Practical Geology collection), which is in a Hettangian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Binton (Museum of Practical Geology collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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