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Locustavidae

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.

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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.123

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

References

  1. "Locustavidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. 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.