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Plesioschwinzia constricta

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustopsidae

Taxonomy
Locustopsis constricta was named by Zeuner (1942). Its type specimen is NHM I 10545, an elytra (anal area not preserved), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Strensham, Worcestershire, which is in a Rhaetian marine horizon in the Lilstock Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Plesioschwinzia constricta by Gorochov and Coram (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Locustopsis constricta Zeuner p. 12 fig. 5
1983Locustopsis constricta Zessin p. 183 fig. 9
2023Plesioschwinzia constricta Gorochov and Coram p. 202

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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
genusPlesioschwinzia
speciesconstricta()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available