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Arctolocusta groenlandica

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae

Taxonomy
Locusta groenlandica was named by Heer (1883). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Upper Atanekerdluk, which is in a Selandian lacustrine mudstone in the Atanikerluk Formation of Greenland.

It was recombined as Arctolocusta groenlandica by Zeuner (1937), Zeuner (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Locusta groenlandica Heer p. 146 figs. Pl 109, fig 11a,b
1907Locusta groenlandica Handlirsch p. 683
1937Arctolocusta groenlandica Zeuner p. 157
1939Arctolocusta groenlandica Zeuner p. 266 figs. Pl 45, fig 1

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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
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderTettigoniidea
superfamilyTettigonioideaKrauss 1902
familyTettigoniidaeKrauss 1902
subfamilyPseudotettigoniinae
genusArctolocusta
speciesgroenlandica()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsuperf
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussuperf
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: arborealsuperf
Diet: folivoresuperf
Diet 2: herbivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedsuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Dispersal: direct/internalsuperf
Dispersal 2: mobilesuperf
Created: 2011-07-02 10:00:03
Modified: 2011-07-01 19:00:03
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Selandian or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Greenland Locusta groenlandica (type locality: 124000)