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Locustopsis elegans

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Taxonomy
Locustopsis elegans was named by Handlirsch (1906). It is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Locustopsis elegans Handlirsch p. 421 figs. Pl xl fig 1
1942Locustopsis elegans Zeuner p. 9
1983Locustopsis elegans Zessin p. 191 fig. 16

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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
genusLocustopsis
specieselegans

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.

Locustopsis elegans Handlirsch 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available