Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Alternative combination: Locustopsis gracilis
Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1942. The Locustopsidae and the phylogeny of the Acridodea (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 11:1-18
Belongs to Plesioschwinzia according to A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram 2023
See also Zessin 1983 and Zeuner 1942
Sister taxa: Plesioschwinzia bernstorffi, Plesioschwinzia constricta, Plesioschwinzia kruegeri, Plesioschwinzia lacera, Plesioschwinzia lacoei, Plesioschwinzia posterior, Plesioschwinzia procera, Plesioschwinzia pulchella, Plesioschwinzia reticulata, Plesioschwinzia sharovi, Plesioschwinzia thalassophila, Plesioschwinzia uvarovi
Type specimen: NHM I 10555, an elytra (most of anal area destroyed). Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Strensham, Worcestershire
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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