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Proscopiidae

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Proscopiidae is a family of Neotropical grasshoppers, now placed in its own superfamily, the Proscopioidea. Some species may be known as stick grasshoppers or jumping sticks.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscopiidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9398	https://www.gbif.org/species/9398
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	383750	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=383750

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Proscopiidae

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	Caelifera	Ander 1936
infraorder	Acrididea	MacLeay 1821
-	Acridomorpha
infraorder	Proscopioidea
family	Proscopiidae	Audinet-Serville 1838

Scientific Name

Proscopiidae

Name Published In

Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris i-xviii, 1-776, pl. 1-14

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proscopiidae	family	belongs to Pneumoridea	stated with evidence	Sharov, 1968
Proscopiidae	family	belongs to Eumastacoidea	stated with evidence	Heads, 2008
Proscopiidae	family	belongs to Proscopioidea	stated with evidence	Song et al., 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Caelifera)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Caelifera)

Vision

well-developed (based on Caelifera)

Diet

grazer, herbivore (based on Caelifera)

Reproduction

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

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Caelifera)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. G. Audinet-Serville. 1838. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, Orthoptères

Common Name(s)

Jumping Sticks, Stick Grashoppers

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscopiidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Albascopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Altograciosa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchocoema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchotatus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Apioscelis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astroma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astromoides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bazylukia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bolidorhynchus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callangania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carbonellis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carphoproscopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cephalocoema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Corynorhynchus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoproscopia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Epigrypa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epsigrypa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hybusa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mariascopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microcoema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Milenascopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nodutus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orienscopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthophastigia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paraproscopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prosarthria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proscopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudastroma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudoanchotatus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudoproscopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scleratoscopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scopaeoscleratoscopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stiphra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetanorhynchus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Wattenwylscopia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xenium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetanoerhynchus bihastatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetanoerhynchus smithi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Proscopidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Proscopidae
Proscopides	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Proscopides

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1968	Proscopiidae Sharov
2008	Proscopiidae Heads
2015	Proscopiidae Song et al.
2019	Proscopiidae Mendes et al. p. 439

References

Sharov A. G. (1968) Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118, 1-216

Heads S. W. (2008) The first fossil Proscopiidae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea) with comments on the historical biogeography and evolution of the family, Palaeontology 51 2, 499-507

Song H. J., Amédégnato C., et al (2015) 300 million years of diversification: elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling, Cladistics

Mendes M., Lopes de Vasconcelos S. M. O., et al (2019) A new fossil stick grasshopper (Proscopioidea: Proscopiidae) from the Crato Formation of Brazil, Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ 42, 437-443

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bentos-Pereira. 2006. The tribe Proscopiini, nov. (Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea, Proscopiidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):143-148 - via Orthoptera Species File

Matt, Flook & Rowell. 2008. A partial molecular phylogeny of the Eumastacoidea s. lat. (Orthoptera, Caelifera). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 17(1):49 - via Orthoptera Species File

Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:110 - via Orthoptera Species File

Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1983. A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory (Lyman ent. Mus. Res. Lab.) 13(1):3003 - via Orthoptera Species File

Ander. 1939. Vergleichend-anatomische und phylogenetische Studien über die Ensifera (Saltatoria). Opuscula Entomologica 2(Suppl.):6 - via Orthoptera Species File

Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):240 - via Orthoptera Species File

Eades. 2000. Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 9:204 - via Orthoptera Species File

Flook & Rowell. 1997. The phylogeny of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) as deduced from mtRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.) 8:89-103 - via Orthoptera Species File

Hebard. 1924. Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 76:161 - via Orthoptera Species File

Liebermann. 1939. Catálogo sistemático y biogeográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina (Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent.) 10:142 - via Orthoptera Species File

Mello-Leitão. 1939. Notes sur les Proscopides. VII. Internationaler Kongress fur Entomologie, Verhandlungen (Ver. VII int. kongr. Ent.) 1:292, 302 - via Orthoptera Species File

Rehn, J.A.G. 1952. On attempts to correlate the presence of Brunner's organ in grasshoppers with habits or habitats. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Entomological News (Entomol. News) 63(1):5 - via Orthoptera Species File

Song, H. 2010. Grasshopper systematics: past, present and future. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 19(1):57 - via Orthoptera Species File

Carbonell. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Proscopioidea, fam. Proscopiidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 17:5 - via Orthoptera Species File

De Domenico & Bentos-Pereira. 2011. New synonyms and combinations in the family Proscopiidae (Orthoptera, Caelifera). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 20(1):61-73 - via Orthoptera Species File

Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 14 - via Orthoptera Species File

Mello-Leitão. 1939. Estudio monográfico de los Proscopidos. Revista del Museo del La Plata, Sección Zoología (Rev. Mus. La Plata Zool.) (N.S.) 1:279 - via Orthoptera Species File

Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris 565, 570 - via Orthoptera Species File

Slifer. 1943. The internal genitalia of female Tetrigidae, Eumasticidae and Proscopiidae (Orthoptera). Journal of Morphology 73(1):89-101, 2 pls. - via Orthoptera Species File

Bentos-Pereira, Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Familia Proscopiidae. In Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 95-141 - via Orthoptera Species File

Bentos-Pereira. 2006. Three new genera of Proscopiidae (Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):117-141 - via Orthoptera Species File

Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1890. Monographie der Proscopiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien) 40:87 - via Orthoptera Species File

Dirsh. 1961. A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent.) 10(9):363 - via Orthoptera Species File

Jago. 1990[1989]. The genera of the Central and South American grasshopper family Proscopiidae (Orthoptera: Acridomorpha). Eos, Revista española de Entomología (Eos) 65(1):252 - via Orthoptera Species File

Liana. 1980. Materiaux pour la connaissance des Proscopiidae (Orthoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut (Mitt. Hamburg. zool. Mus. Inst.) 77:230 - via Orthoptera Species File

Soukup. 1944. Los Proscopidos del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado". Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural Javier Prado, Ser. A, Zoología (Pub. Mus. Hist. Nat. Javier Prado, Ser. A, Zool.) 8:242-259 - via Orthoptera Species File

Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum, London 3:485 - via Orthoptera Species File

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