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Lusitadischia sai

Insecta - Orthoptera - Oedischiidae

Taxonomy
Lusitadischia sai was named by Correia and Nel (2022). Its type specimen is MHNCUP/PAI-17, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is São Pedro da Cova (UP-MHNFCP collection), which is in a Stephanian C lacustrine shale in Portugal. It is the type species of Lusitadischia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Lusitadischia sai Correia and Nel p. 839 figs. 2, 3

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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
subfamilyOedischiinae
genusLusitadischia
speciessai

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.

Lusitadischia sai Correia and Nel 2022
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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 Lusitadischia sai (type locality: 156371)