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Araripelocustinae

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Taxonomy
Araripelocustidae was named by Martins-Neto (1995). Its type is Araripelocusta.

It was reranked as the subfamily Araripelocustinae by Gorochov et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Locustopsoidea by Martins-Neto (1995) and Martins-Neto (2003); and to Locustopsidae by Gorochov et al. (2006).

Subtaxa
Araripelocusta (type genus), Britannacrida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Araripelocustidae Martins-Neto p. 311
2003Araripelocustidae Martins-Neto
2006Araripelocustinae Gorochov et al. p. 660

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
—Acridomorpha
superfamilyLocustopsoideaHandlirsch 1906
familyLocustopsidae
subfamilyAraripelocustinae()
subfamilyAraripelocustinae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Araripelocustinae Martins-Neto 1995
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G. †Araripelocusta Martins-Neto 1995
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†Araripelocusta brevis Martins-Neto 1995
†Araripelocusta longinota Martins-Neto 1995
G. †Britannacrida Gorochov et al. 2006
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†Britannacrida distincta Gorochov et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Diet 2: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:51:38
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:51:38
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 145.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Britannacrida distincta (104007)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Araripelocusta longinota, Araripelocusta brevis (125511)