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Polysarcus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1687551	https://www.gbif.org/species/1687551
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	311257	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=311257

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae : Polysarcus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Orthopterida	Boudreaux 1979
order	Orthoptera	Olivier 1789
suborder	Ensifera	Chopard 1920
infraorder	Tettigoniidea
superfamily	Tettigonioidea	Krauss 1902
family	Tettigoniidae	Krauss 1902
subfamily	Phaneropterinae
tribe	Barbitistini	Jacobson 1905
genus	Polysarcus	Fieber 1853

Scientific Name

Polysarcus Fieber, 1853

Name Published In

Fieber. 1853. Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos 3:90-104, 115-129, 138-154, 168-176, 184-188, 201-207, 232-238, 252-261

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Polysarcus	genus	belongs to Barbitistini	stated with evidence	Eades et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Type Specimen

Barbitistes denticauda Charpentier, 1825

Designated By

Fieber. 1853. Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos 3:99

Type Information Source

Orthoptera Species File

Environment

terrestrial (based on Tettigonioidea)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Tettigonioidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Tettigonioidea)

Diet

folivore, herbivore (based on Tettigonioidea)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Tettigonioidea)

Ontogeny

molting (based on Ensifera)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Tettigonioidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. X. Fieber. 1853. Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera. Lotos: Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 3:168-176

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Polysarcus denticauda species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Polysarcus elbursianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polysarcus scutatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polysarcus zacharovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polysarcus zigana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hadrosoma Fieber, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae : *Hadrosoma*
Orphania Fischer, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae : *Orphania*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Polysarcus Fieber p. 175
1853	Orphania Fischer
1939	Orphania Zeuner p. 262
1992	Orphania Carpenter p. 165
2012	Polysarcus Eades et al.

References

Fieber F. X. Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera, Lotos: Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 3, 168-176

Zeuner F. E. (1939) , Fossil Orthoptera Ensifera, 1-321

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Eades D. C., Otte D., et al (2012) , Orthoptera Species File Online

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Lotos, 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Coray & A.W. Lehmann. 1998. Taxonomie der Heuschrecken Deutschlands (Orthoptera): Formale Aspekte der wissenschaftlichen Namen. Articulata Beiheft 7:7 - via Orthoptera Species File

Defaut [Ed.]. 2001. La détermination des Orthoptères de France, Defaut, Bedeilhac 7, 11 - via Orthoptera Species File

Defaut. 1999. La détermination des Orthoptères de France, Defaut, Bedeilhac 11 - via Orthoptera Species File

Kirby, W.F. 1906. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 2:374 - via Orthoptera Species File

Ullrich, B., Reinhold, Niehuis & Misof. 2010. Secondary structure and phylogenetic analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacers 1 and 2 of bush crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Barbitistini). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.) 48:223 - via Orthoptera Species File

Defaut. 2001. Actualisation taxonomique et nomenclaturale du "Synopsis des orthoptères de France". Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 6:109 - via Orthoptera Species File

Fieber. 1853. Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos 3:175 - via Orthoptera Species File

Harz. 1969. Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica (Ser. Entomol.) 5:168 - via Orthoptera Species File

Ramme. 1951. Zur Systematik, Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Südost-Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin (Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin) 27:329 - via Orthoptera Species File

Bey-Bienko. 1954. Orthoptera Vol. II No. 2. Tettigonioidea. Phaneropterinae. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. 59:367 - via Orthoptera Species File

Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé. 2012. Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera, Calderini, Bologna 48:192 - via Orthoptera Species File

Otte, D. 1997. Tettigonioidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 7:127 - via Orthoptera Species File

Rehn, J.A.G. 1902. Notes on some generic names employed by Serville, in the Revue Methodique, and Fieber, in the Synopsis du Europaischen Orthopteran. Canadian Entomologist (Canadian Ent.) 34(12):317 - via Orthoptera Species File

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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