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Gryllotalpoidea

Insecta - Orthoptera

Taxonomy
Gryllotalpoidea was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Grylloidea by Gorochov (1995).

It was assigned to Ensifera by Martins-Neto (1995); and to Gryllidea by Martins-Neto (1991), Song et al. (2015) and Song et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Gryllotalpoidea Leach p. 119
1991Gryllotalpoidea Martins-Neto p. 102
1995Gryllotalpoidea Martins-Neto p. 328
2015Gryllotalpoidea Song et al.
2020Gryllotalpoidea Song et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGryllotalpoidea
superfamilyGryllotalpoidea

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.

Superfm. Gryllotalpoidea Leach 1815
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Fm. Gryllotalpidae Leach 1815 [mole cricket]
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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
Subfm. †Marchandiinae Gorochov 2010
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G. †Archaeogryllotalpoides Martins-Neto 1991
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†Archaeogryllotalpoides ornatus Martins-Neto 1991
G. †Cratotetraspinus Martins-Neto 1997
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†Cratotetraspinus fossorius Martins-Neto 1995
Invalid names: Tetraspinus Martins-Neto 1995 [replaced]
G. †Marchandia Perrichot et al. 2002
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†Marchandia magnifica Perrichot et al. 2002
G. †Palaeoscapteriscops Martins-Neto 1991
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†Palaeoscapteriscops cretacea Martins-Neto 1991
Invalid names: Gryllotalpa stricta Heer 1864 [nomen dubium], Scapteriscinae Zeuner 1939 [empty]
Fm. Myrmecophilidae Saussure 1874 [ant-loving cricket]
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Invalid names: Myrmecophilinae Saussure 1874 [empty]
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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Piacenzian or 122.46000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Palaeoscapteriscops cretacea, Archaeogryllotalpoides ornatus (149767) Tetraspinus fossorius (105330)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceara) Cratotetraspinus fossorius (34899)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Poitou-Charentes) Marchandia magnifica (99114)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Gryllotalpa tridactylina (122230)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Pterotriamescaptor americanus (138808)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Gryllotalpa prima (123960) Pterotriamescaptor primus (21976)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Pterotriamescaptor primus (157666)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Gryllotalpa sp. (123943)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Gryllotalpa aveyronensis (160863)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Gryllotalpa sp. (122488)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany Neocurtilla schmidtgeni (123872)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gryllotalpa stricta (117252)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Wurttemberg) Gryllotalpa miocaenica (113752)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Gryllotalpa africana (109196)