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Rhicnogryllus zeuneri

Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

Taxonomy
Rhicnogryllus zeuneri was named by Chopard (1936). Its type specimen is BMNH I. 13768, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is East Africa Copal (BMNH coll), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Tanzania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Rhicnogryllus zeuneri Chopard p. 385
2021Rhicnogryllus zeuneri Desutter-Grandcolas et al. p. 86

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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
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGrylloidea
familyTrigonidiidae(Saussure 1874)
subfamilyTrigonidiinaeSaussure 1874
tribeTrigonidiiniSaussure 1874
genusRhicnogryllusChopard 1925
specieszeuneri

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.

†Rhicnogryllus zeuneri Chopard 1936
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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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Rhicnogryllus zeuneri (type locality: 123991)