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Heeracris Zeuner 1937 (short-horned grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1937. Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (series B) 6(8):154-159

Parent taxon: Acrididae according to D. C. Eades et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Acridinae, Acridiopsis, Catantopinae, Chorthippus, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Gomphocerinae, Melanoplinae, Oedipodinae

Subtaxa: Heeracris oeningensis

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore