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Locustopsis bucklandi

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Taxonomy
Gryllus bucklandi was named by Brodie (1845). Its type specimen is NHM I 3555, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Grafton, Warwickshire, which is in a Hettangian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Gomphocerites bucklandi by Heer (1852); it was recombined as Locustopsis bucklandi by Handlirsch (1906), Cockerell (1915), Zeuner (1942) and Zessin (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Gryllus bucklandi Brodie pp. 76, 96, 101, 125 figs. Pl 7, fig 16
1852Gomphocerites bucklandi Heer p. 15 fig. 43
1906Locustopsis bucklandi Handlirsch p. 422
1915Locustopsis bucklandi Cockerell p. 473
1942Locustopsis bucklandi Zeuner p. 10
1983Locustopsis bucklandi Zessin p. 186 fig. 12

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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
speciesbucklandi()

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 bucklandi Brodie 1845
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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 Early/Lower Hettangian or 208.50000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Locustopsis bucklandi (113961)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Gryllus bucklandi (type locality: 113960)