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Trichogryllus macrocercus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Taxonomy
Gryllus macrocercus was named by Germar and Berendt (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was recombined as Trichogryllus macrocercus by Chopard (1936), Zeuner (1939), Weidner (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Gryllus macrocercus Germar and Berendt p. 36 figs. Pl 4, fig 8
1885Gryllus macrocercus Scudder p. 770 fig. 970
1936Trichogryllus macrocercus Chopard p. 378
1939Trichogryllus macrocercus Zeuner p. 209 figs. Pl 40, fig 6; pl 41, figs 10,11; pl 60, figs 3,4
1956Trichogryllus macrocercus Weidner p. 89 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-4; text-fig 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cercofilata
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
familyGryllidae()
genusTrichogryllusChopard 1936
speciesmacrocercus()

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.

Trichogryllus macrocercus Germar and Berendt 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Gryllus macrocercus (type locality: 109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Trichogryllus macrocercus (123771)