Locustavidae
Appearance
Locustavidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Infraorder: | Acrididea |
Superfamily: | †Locustopsoidea |
Family: | †Locustavidae Sharov, 1968 |
Locustavidae is an extinct family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are about 6 genera and 12 described species in Locustavidae, with fossils found in Australia, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.[1][2][3]
Genera
[edit]These six genera belong to the family Locustavidae:
- † Brevilocustavus Gorochov, 2005
- † Locustavus Sharov, 1968
- † Mesacridites Riek, 1954
- † Miolocustavus Gorochov, 2005
- † Praelocustopsis Sharov, 1968
- † Triassolocusta Tillyard, 1922
References
[edit]- ^ "Locustavidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database, family Locustavidae". Retrieved 2019-05-10.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "family Locustavidae Sharov, 1968". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-10.