Prophalangopsidae

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Prophalangopsidae

The family Prophalangopsidae are insects belonging to the order Orthoptera. They are the only extant members of the superfamily Hagloidea. There is only one extant genus in North America, where they are known as grigs, four genera in Asia, and many extinct genera (see below).

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Prophalangopsidae
Temporal range: Early Jurassic – Present
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Cyphoderris buckelli
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Pycnophlebia speciosa, a Jurassic species
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Hagloidea
Family: Prophalangopsidae
Kirby, 1906
Genera

Extant genera:
Aboilomimus
Cyphoderris
Paracyphoderris
Prophalangopsis
Tarragoilus

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The earliest fossils of the family date to the Early Jurassic around 200 million years ago, and the family exhibited great diversity between the Middle Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous, with their fossil record after that time being sparse.[1]

The closest living relatives to the Prophalangopsidae are the family Tettigoniidae (katydids or bush-crickets), but the evolutionary split occurred more than 230 million years ago in the Permian.[2][3]

The female of the species consumes the wings of the male during mating.[4]

Haglidae is often used as a synonym of the family,[5] but is used to refer to a distinct grouping of extinct hagloids by paleontologists.[6]

Subfamilies and genera

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The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[7] Archibald, Gu, and Mathewes (2022) removed the genera †Albertoilus and †Palaeorehnia from the family, moving them to a revised †Palaeorehniidae which they considered unplaced as to superfamily.[8]

References

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