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species

† Sinolocustopsis elongatus Huang & Nel, 2024

Type specimen

Holotype; NIGP206064; deposited at: Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China (NIGPAS); Peizhuang village, Yan’an City; Middle Jurassic Yan’an Formation.

Nomenclature (1)

  • † Sinolocustopsis elongatus Huang & Nel, 2024: 17. (fossil)

    Holotype; NIGP206064; deposited at: Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China (NIGPAS); Peizhuang village, Yan’an City; Middle Jurassic Yan’an Formation.

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Huang, D.-Y. & Nel, A. (2024) New locustopsid fossils from the Middle Jurassic Yan’an Formation (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 60(1), 16–23. https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2024.60.1.5
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveelongatus, elongata, elongatum
Etymology:

Named after the narrow elongate wing, elongate part of RA distal of apex of ScP, and elongate stem of MP+CuA, main difference with the other Locustopsidae

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