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Gryllotalpa

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Gryllotalpa Latreille p. 275
1907Gryllotalpa Handlirsch p. 686
1937Gryllotalpa Theobald p. 293
1939Gryllotalpa Zeuner p. 238
1969Gryllotalpa Harz p. 737
1992Gryllotalpa Carpenter p. 175
2015Gryllotalpa Storozhenko et al.

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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
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGryllotalpoidea
familyGryllotalpidae()
subfamilyGryllotalpinae
tribeGryllotalpini
genusGryllotalpa

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.

G. Gryllotalpa Latreille 1802
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Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvais 1805
Gryllotalpa aveyronensis Handschin 1944
Gryllotalpa miocaenica Zeuner 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Piacenzian or 28.10000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) G. sp. (123943)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) G. sp. (122488)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France G. aveyronensis (160863)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Wurttemberg) G. miocaenica (113752)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) G. africana (109196)