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Plesioschwinzia

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Plesioschwinzia Zessin p. 111
2023Plesioschwinzia Gorochov and Coram p. 201

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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
genusPlesioschwinzia

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. †Plesioschwinzia Zessin 1988
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Invalid names: Locustopsis dobbertinensis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Locustopsis magnifica Handlirsch 1920 [synonym]
†Plesioschwinzia gracilis Zeuner 1942
†Plesioschwinzia kruegeri Zessin 1983
†Plesioschwinzia lacera Zessin 1983
†Plesioschwinzia lacoei Cockerell 1915
†Plesioschwinzia posterior Gorochov et al. 2006
†Plesioschwinzia procera Zessin 1983
†Plesioschwinzia reticulata Handlirsch 1939
†Plesioschwinzia sharovi Gorochov and Coram 2023
†Plesioschwinzia uvarovi Zeuner 1942
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 Berriasian or 208.50000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Somerset) P. sharovi (193353)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Locustopsis gracilis, Locustopsis dobbertinensis, Locustopsis constricta (113961)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Locustopsis lacoei (114682)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Locustopsis reticulata, Locustopsis magnifica, Locustopsis dobbertinensis, Gomphocerites bernstorffi (123987) P. thalassophila (114991)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis kruegeri (114993) Locustopsis kruegeri (114994)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis procera (114995)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Locustopsis bernstorffi, Locustopsis kruegeri, Locustopsis pulchella, Locustopsis lacera, Locustopsis procera (104056)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Locustopsidae indet. (104004)