Regiatidae 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 at least three genera and four described species in Regiatidae.
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Genera
These three genera belong to the family Regiatidae:
* † '' Micromacula'' Whalley, 1985 Charmouth Mudstone Formation
The Charmouth Mudstone Formation is a geological formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the early part of the Jurassic period (Sinemurian–Pliensbachian). It forms part of the lower Lias Group. It is most prominently exposed a ...
, United Kingdom, Sinemurian
In the geologic timescale, the Sinemurian is an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series. It spans the time between 199.3 ± 2 Ma and 190.8 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Sinemurian is preceded by the Hettangian an ...
* † '' Protochaeta'' Handlirsch, 1939 Green Series, Germany, Toarcian
The Toarcian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic. It spans the time between 182.7 Ma (million years ago) and 174.1 Ma. It follows the Pliensbachian and is followed by the Aalenian.
The Toarc ...
* † '' Regiata'' Whalley, 1985 Charmouth Mudstone Formation, United Kingdom, Sinemurian
References
Caelifera
Prehistoric insect families
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