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Acridites ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5430808https://www.gbif.org/species/5430808
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)192781https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=192781
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acridites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Protorthoptera : Acridites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderProtorthopteraHandlirsch 1906
genusAcriditesGermar 1842
Scientific NameAcridites Germar, 1842
Name Published Inin v. Münster, Beitr. zur Petref., (5)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acriditesgenusbelongs to Oedischiidaestated with evidenceHandlirsch, 1906
Acriditesgenusbelongs to Sthenaropodidaestated with evidenceSharov, 1968
Acriditesgenusbelongs to Protorthopterastated with evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance303 - 301 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance303 - 301 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. F. Germar. 1842. Beschreibung einiger neuen fossilen Insecten I. in den lithographischen Schiefern von Bayern und II. im Schieferthon des Steinkohlen-Gebirges von Wettin. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 5:79-94

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acriditis carbonatus
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Lithosialis carbonaria ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1303 Ma
Carboniferous		303 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1842Acriditis Germar p. 93
1906Acridites Handlirsch p. 143
1919Acridites Handlirsch p. 549
1922Acridites Handlirsch p. 84
1968Acridites Sharov
1992Acridites Carpenter p. 130

References

Germar E. F. Beschreibung einiger neuen fossilen Insecten I. in den lithographischen Schiefern von Bayern und II. im Schieferthon des Steinkohlen-Gebirges von Wettin, Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 5, 79-94
Handlirsch A. (1906) Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV, Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen, 1-640
Handlirsch A. (1919) Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten, Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 96, 511-592
Handlirsch A. (1922) Insecta Palaeozoica, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 16, 1-230
Sharov A. G. (1968) Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118, 1-216
Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
in v. Münster, Beitr. zur Petref., (5) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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