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† Locustopsis elegans Handlirsch, 1906

Nomenclature (9)

  • † Locustopsis elegans Handlirsch, 1906: 421. (fossil)

    Holotype; fossil; 0ec791e6-5541-4e42-9f7a-a90c0aa16786; deposited at: Universität Rostock (ROST); Germany: Mecklenburg

  • † Locustopsis elongata Handlirsch, 1906: 422. (fossil)

    Holotype; fossil; 65b738da-6e4c-42c3-a15f-ebab194a4d4c; deposited at: Universität Rostock (ROST); Germany: Mecklenburg, Dobbertin

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  • † Locustopsis elegans Handlirsch, 1906 in Schall, Lima, Heads, Pinheiro, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025: 488, 503.
  • † Locustopsis elongata Handlirsch, 1906 (subjective synonym of † Locustopsis elegans Handlirsch, 1906) in Schall, Lima, Heads, Pinheiro, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025: 501, 503.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Gu, J.-J., Shih, C.-K. & Ren, D. (2019) Orthoptera - Grasshoppers and Katydids. In Rhythms of Insect Evolution: Evidence from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Northern China. Wiley-Blackwell. 121–136 pp.
  • Handlirsch, A.P.J. (1906) Die fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten Formen. Ein Handbuch für Paläontologen und Zoologen. Engelmann, Leipzig, Vol. 1, Issues 3-4, 321–480, 481–640 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26376
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  • Schall, O.-K.O., Lima, D., Heads, S.W., Pinheiro, A.P., Kotthoff, U. & Husemann, M. (2025) New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa, 5722(4), 485–508. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
  • Zessin, W. (1983) Locustopsis kruegeri n. sp. (Orthopteroida, Caelifera) aus dem oberen Lias von Schandelah bei Braunschweig (BRD). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, 11(7), 905–910.
  • Zessin, W. (1983) Revision der mesozoischen Familie Locustopsidae unter Berücksichtigung neuer Funde (Orthopteroida, Caelifera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 30(1-3), 173–237.

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