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Protogryllus (Protogryllus) lakshmi

Insecta - Orthoptera - Protogryllidae

Taxonomy
Protogryllus (Protogryllus) lakshmi was named by Pérez-de la Fuente et al. (2012). Its type specimen is MCZ Tasch coll 3046, a forewing (female forewing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kota Formation outcrop K-2, which is in a Toarcian terrestrial mudstone in the Kota Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Protogryllus (Protogryllus) lakshmi Pérez-de la Fuente et al. p. 55 figs. 1-2

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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
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGrylloidea
familyProtogryllidae()
subfamilyProtogryllinae
genusProtogryllus
subgenusProtogryllusHandlirsch 1906
specieslakshmi

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.

Protogryllus (Protogryllus) lakshmi Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2012
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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: Toarcian or 182.70000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1India (Andhra Pradesh) Protogryllus lakshmi (type locality: 79229)