Brachypoda Zhang 1989 (katydid)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459

Parent taxon: Tettigoniidae according to A. V. Gorochov 1995

See also Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Amblycorypha perdita, Conocephalinae, Conocephalus martyi, Decticus umbraceus, Eodecticus, Gryllacris cineris, Hexacentrinae, Lipotactinae, Lithymnetoides, Locusta exstincta, Locusta silens, Locustites, Locustopsites, Meconematinae, Meconematini, Meconeminae, Mecopodinae, Phaneroptera vetusta, Phaneropterinae, Phlugidini, Prophasgonura, Protempusa, Pseudophyllinae, Pseudotettigoniinae, Rammeinae, Tettigoidinae, Tettigoniinae, Tympanophorinae

Subtaxa: Brachypoda stagna

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Type: Brachypoda stagna

Ecology: slow-moving arboreal folivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 3 (Miocene of China)

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