Locustavidae is an extinct family of grasshoppers in the order
Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grass ...
. There are about 6 genera and 12 described species in Locustavidae, with fossils found in Australia, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.
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Genera
These six genera belong to the family Locustavidae:
* † '' Brevilocustavus'' Gorochov, 2005
* † '' Locustavus'' Sharov, 1968
* † '' Mesacridites'' Riek, 1954
* † '' Miolocustavus'' Gorochov, 2005
* † '' Praelocustopsis'' Sharov, 1968
* † '' Triassolocusta'' Tillyard, 1922
References
Caelifera
Prehistoric insect families
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