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Metoedischia lusitanica

Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae

Taxonomy
Metoedischia lusitanica was named by Laurentiaux and Teixeira (1958). It is an impression. Its type locality is São Pedro da Cova, Poco Novo spoil heap, which is in a Stephanian C lacustrine shale in Portugal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Metoedischia lusitanica Laurentiaux and Teixeira p. 212 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2

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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
infraorderOedischiidea()
superfamilyOedischioidea
familyOedischiidae
subfamilyElcanoedischiinae
genusMetoedischia
specieslusitanica

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.

Metoedischia lusitanica Laurentiaux and Teixeira 1958
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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: Stephanian C or 301.00000 to 300.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Portugal Metoedischia lusitanica (type locality: 172762)