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Cyrtacanthacridinae (spur-throated grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Taxonomy
Cyrtacanthacridinae was named by Kirby (1902). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Catantopinae by Zeuner (1941).

It was assigned to Acrididae by Garai (2010), Chapco (2013) and Cadena-CastaƱeda and Cardona-Granda (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby
2010Cyrtacanthacridinae Garai p. 403
2013Cyrtacanthacridinae Chapco
2015Cyrtacanthacridinae Cadena-CastaƱeda and Cardona-Granda

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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
superfamilyAcridoidea
familyAcrididae()
subfamilyCyrtacanthacridinaeKirby 1902
subfamilyCyrtacanthacridinaeKirby 1902

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.

Subfm. Cyrtacanthacridinae Kirby 1902 [spur-throated grasshopper]
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Tr. Cyrtacanthacridini Kirby 1902
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G. Orthacanthacris Karsch 1896
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Orthacanthacris rhenana Theobald 1937
G. Patanga Uvarov 1923
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: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Orthacanthacris rhenana (122407)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan (Gifu) Patanga sp. (181074)