Palaeonemobius Laurent and Desutter-Grandcolas 2023 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

Full reference: M. Laurent and L. Desutter-Grandcolas. 2023. Taxonomic names, in New Cretaceous crickets of the subfamilies Nemobiinae and Podoscirtinae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae, Oecanthidae) attest the antiquity of these clades. Geological Magazine 160:927-940

Parent taxon: Nemobiinae according to M. Laurent and L. Desutter-Grandcolas 2023

Sister taxa: Baltonemobius, Nemobiini, Pteronemobiini

Subtaxa: Palaeonemobius occidentalis

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Type: Palaeonemobius occidentalis

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Buzinie roadworks amber, Champniers (Cretaceous of France)

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