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Gryllotalpinae

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Gryllotalpinae Leach p. 119
1939Gryllotalpinae Zeuner p. 237
1991Gryllotalpinae Martins-Neto p. 105
1995Gryllotalpinae Gorochov p. 11
2012Gryllotalpinae Gorochov p. 359
2015Gryllotalpinae Storozhenko et al. p. 160
2019Gryllotalpinae Gorochov p. 317
2019Gryllotalpinae Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGryllotalpoidea
familyGryllotalpidae()
subfamilyGryllotalpinae
subfamilyGryllotalpinae

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. Gryllotalpinae Leach 1815
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Tr. Gryllotalpini Leach 1815
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G. Gryllotalpa Latreille 1802
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Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvais 1805
†Gryllotalpa aveyronensis Handschin 1944
†Gryllotalpa miocaenica Zeuner 1931
G. Neocurtilla Kirby 1906
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†Neocurtilla schmidtgeni Zeuner 1937
G. †Pterotriamescaptor Gorochov 1992
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†Pterotriamescaptor primus Cockerell 1921
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 Bridgerian to the top of the Piacenzian or 50.50000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Gryllotalpa tridactylina (122230)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Pterotriamescaptor americanus (138808)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Gryllotalpa prima (123960) Pterotriamescaptor primus (21976)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Pterotriamescaptor primus (157666)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Gryllotalpa sp. (122488)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Gryllotalpa aveyronensis (160863)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Gryllotalpa sp. (123943)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany Neocurtilla schmidtgeni (123872)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Wurttemberg) Gryllotalpa miocaenica (113752)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Gryllotalpa africana (109196)