Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Alternative spelling: Mecopodidae
Full reference: F. Walker. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum, Supplement 1-116
Parent taxon: Tettigoniidae according to J. D. Mugleston et al. 2018
See also Gorochov 1995, Storozhenko et al. 2015 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Amblycorypha perdita, Brachypoda, Conocephalinae, Conocephalus martyi, Decticus umbraceus, Eodecticus, Gryllacris cineris, Hexacentrinae, Lipotactinae, Lithymnetoides, Locusta exstincta, Locusta silens, Locustites, Locustopsites, Meconematinae, Meconematini, Meconeminae, Phaneroptera vetusta, Phaneropterinae, Phlugidini, Prophasgonura, Protempusa, Pseudophyllinae, Pseudotettigoniinae, Rammeinae, Tettigoidinae, Tettigoniinae, Tympanophorinae
Subtaxa: Protosegestes
Distribution: found only at South of abandoned pier at Fort MacArthur (Miocene of California)