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Locustopsis spectabilis

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Taxonomy
Locustopsis spectabilis was named by Zeuner (1942). Its type specimen is NHM I 10563, a forewing (single folded forewing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Locustopsis spectabilis Zeuner p. 8 figs. Fig 1
1983Locustopsis spectabilis Zessin p. 182 fig. 6
1985Locustopsis spectabilis Whalley
2023Locustopsis spectabilis Gorochov and Coram p. 203 fig. 3

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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
subfamilyLocustopsinaeHandlirsch 1906
genusLocustopsis
speciesspectabilis

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.

†Locustopsis spectabilis Zeuner 1942
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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 Rhaetian to the top of the Obtusum or 208.50000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Locustopsis spectabilis (type locality: 113961)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Locustopsis spectabilis (115368)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Locustopsis spectabilis (114637)
Turneri196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Locustopsis spectabilis (123282)