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Pyrgomorphoidea

Insecta - Orthoptera

Taxonomy

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl p. 227
2015Pyrgomorphoidea Song et al.
2020Pyrgomorphoidea 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
superfamilyPyrgomorphoidea
superfamilyPyrgomorphoidea

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. Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874
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Fm. Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874 [gaudy grasshopper]
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Subfm. Pyrgomorphinae Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874
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Tr. Pyrgomorphini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874
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Subtr. Pyrgomorphina Brunner von Wattenwyl 1874
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G. †Miopyrgomorpha Kevan 1964
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: Sarmatian or 12.70000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Oedipoda fischeri (117252)