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Pterotriamescaptor primus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae

Taxonomy
Gryllotalpa prima was named by Cockerell (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 24327, a tegmen, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pterotriamescaptor.

It was recombined as Pterotriamescaptor primus by Gorochov (1992) and Gorochov (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Gryllotalpa prima Cockerell p. 474 fig. 39
1992Pterotriamescaptor primus Gorochov p. 122 fig. 1c
2019Pterotriamescaptor primus Gorochov p. 319 figs. 1a-c, 2a-c

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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
genusPterotriamescaptor
speciesprimus()

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.

†Pterotriamescaptor primus Cockerell 1921
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Gryllotalpa prima (type locality: 123960) Pterotriamescaptor primus (21976)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Pterotriamescaptor primus (157666)