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Triassolocusta leptoptera

Insecta - Orthoptera - Locustavidae

Taxonomy
Triassolocusta leptoptera was named by Tillyard (1922). Its type specimen is GSQI99, a forewing, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan 1915-1916 collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Triassolocusta leptoptera Tillyard p. 451
1923Triassolocusta leptoptera Tillyard
1942Triassolocusta leptoptera Zeuner p. 8
1955Triassolocusta leptoptera Riek p. 681
1956Triassolocusta leptoptera Riek p. 106
1983Triassolocusta leptoptera Zessin p. 179 figs. 4, 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
—Acridomorpha
superfamilyLocustopsoideaHandlirsch 1906
familyLocustavidae
subfamilyPraelocustopsinae
genusTriassolocusta
speciesleptoptera

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.

†Triassolocusta leptoptera Tillyard 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Diet 2: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:51:38
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:51:38
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Australia (Queensland) Triassolocusta leptoptera (106484 type locality: 111558)