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Voliopus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Haglidae

Taxonomy
Voliopus was named by Gorochov (1986). Its type is Voliopus ancestralis. It is the type genus of Voliopinae.

It was assigned to Voliopinae by Gorochov (1986), Gorochov (1995) and Wappler (2001).

Species
V. ancestralis (type species), V. margueritae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Voliopus Gorochov p. 85
1995Voliopus Gorochov p. 118
2001Voliopus Wappler p. 89

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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
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderTettigoniidea
superfamilyHagloideaHandlirsch 1906
familyHaglidae
subfamilyVoliopinae
genusVoliopus

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. †Voliopus Gorochov 1986
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Voliopus ancestralis Gorochov 1986
Voliopus margueritae Wappler 2001
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: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 242.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) V. ancestralis (105007)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) V. margueritae (23131)