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Proscopioidea

Insecta - Orthoptera

Taxonomy
Proscopiidea was named by Audinet-Serville (1838). It is extant.

It was reranked as the superfamily Proscopioidea by Song et al. (2015) and Song et al. (2020).

It was assigned to Proscopiodea by Kevan and Wighton (1981); and to Acridomorpha by Song et al. (2015) and Song et al. (2020).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Proscopiidea Audinet-Serville
1981Proscopiidea Kevan and Wighton p. 1834
2015Proscopioidea Song et al.
2020Proscopioidea Song et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
Acridomorpha
superfamilyProscopioidea()
superfamilyProscopioidea()

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. Proscopioidea Audinet-Serville 1838
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Fm. Proscopiidae Audinet-Serville 1838
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G. †Eoproscopia Heads 2008
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Eoproscopia martilli Heads 2008
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (CearĂ¡) Eoproscopia martilli (122557 122922)