Locustavidae
| Locustavidae Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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.
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