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Polysarcus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae

Taxonomy

Polysarcus was named by Fieber (1853). It is extant.

It was assigned to Barbistini by Harz (1969); and to Barbitistini by Garai (2010), Mugleston et al. (2018).

Species

P. denticauda

Synonyms

Orphania was named by Fischer (1853). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Polysarcus by Eades et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Phaneropterinae by Zeuner (1939); and to Tettigoniidae by Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1853	Polysarcus Fieber p. 175
1853	Orphania Fischer
1939	Orphania Zeuner p. 262
1969	Polysarcus Harz p. 165
1992	Orphania Carpenter p. 165
2010	Polysarcus Garai p. 399
2018	Polysarcus Mugleston et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
order	Orthoptera
suborder	Ensifera	Chopard 1920
infraorder	Tettigoniidea
superfamily	Tettigonioidea	Krauss 1902
family	Tettigoniidae	Krauss 1902
subfamily	Phaneropterinae	()
tribe	Barbitistini	Jacobson 1905
genus	Polysarcus

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. Polysarcus Fieber 1853

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Polysarcus denticauda Charpentier 1825

Invalid names: Orphania Fischer 1853 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinsuperf

Ontogeny:

moltingsubo

Grouping:

gregarioussuperf

Environment:

terrestrialsuperf

Locomotion:

slow-movingsuperf

Life habit:

arborealsuperf

Diet:

folivoresuperf

Diet 2:

herbivoresuperf

Vision:

well-developedsuperf

Reproduction:

oviparoussuperf

Dispersal:

direct/internalsuperf

Dispersal 2:

mobilesuperf

Created:

2011-07-02 10:00:03

Modified:

2011-07-01 19:00:03

Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder

Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Ukraine	Orphania denticauda (113753)