Locustopsis sharovi Gorochov and Coram 2023 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Alternative combination: Plesioschwinzia sharovi

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov and R. A. Coram. 2023. New and little known taxa of the order Orthoptera (Insecta) from the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic of England. Palaeoentomology 6:198-204

Belongs to Locustopsis according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025

See also Gorochov and Coram 2023

Sister taxa: Locustopsis africanus, Locustopsis apicalis, Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis brodiei, Locustopsis bucklandi, Locustopsis cockerelli, Locustopsis constricta, Locustopsis cubitalis, Locustopsis dubia, Locustopsis elegans, Locustopsis ferghanensis, Locustopsis germari, Locustopsis godoii, Locustopsis gracilis, Locustopsis gyra, Locustopsis karatavica, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis lacoei, Locustopsis latipennis, Locustopsis maculosa, Locustopsis nana, Locustopsis nervosa, Locustopsis picta, Locustopsis posterior, Locustopsis procera, Locustopsis pulchella, Locustopsis reducta, Locustopsis rhytofemoralis, Locustopsis shurabica, Locustopsis sinensis, Locustopsis sippeli, Locustopsis soaresi, Locustopsis spectabilis, Locustopsis thalassophila, Locustopsis titanella, Locustopsis uvarovi, Gomphocerites heeriana

Type specimen: ZIN RS/Orth 1, a tegmen. Its type locality is Blue Anchor (Coram collection), which is in a Rhaetian carbonate limestone in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Blue Anchor (Coram collection)

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