Locustavidae

Locustavidae

Locustavidae

Extinct family of grasshoppers

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]

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Genera

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

  1. [1]
    "Locustavidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. [3]
    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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