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03D88942FFF0FFDF64E9FD3D1FF2A6C6.text	03D88942FFF0FFDF64E9FD3D1FF2A6C6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aestuacrida Schall & Lima & Heads & Pinheiro & Kotthoff & Husemann 2025	<div><p>Genus Aestuacrida new genus urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A2294EFF-9104-4340-B88A-0059EFD0CCFF</p><p>Type species: Aestuacrida stereofemoris sp. nov. by monotypy and present designation. Gender feminine.</p><p>Etymology: The genus name is a combination of the Latin aestuarium (lagoon) and the suffix - acrida. It refers to the hypothesized habitat of the Crato Formation in which the genus is thought to have lived.</p><p>Diagnosis: The new genus is characterized by having two branches of M as well as four branches of CuA + CuPaα in the forewing.</p><p>Remarks: The new genus can be attributed to Locustopsidae by its separated RP, M, and CuA + CuPaα, as well as a long ScP and singular RA. Its main diagnostic character—the presence of four branches of CuA + CuPaα— highlights the great diversity of this family in the Crato Formation, as the trait is unique to this genus and locality.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFF0FFDF64E9FD3D1FF2A6C6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFF0FFDE64E9FB22183DA048.text	03D88942FFF0FFDE64E9FB22183DA048.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aestuacrida stereofemoris Schall & Lima & Heads & Pinheiro & Kotthoff & Husemann 2025	<div><p>Aestuacrida stereofemoris new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F6C61C1D-227D-4533-910E-10D633830634</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Etymology: The species name refers to the heavily built metafemora. It is derived from the Ancient Greek stereós (solidly built) and Latin femur.</p><p>Locality and horizon: Type locality imprecise; from one of the several quarries in the region of Nova Olinda and Santana do Cariri municipalities, Ceará State, Brazil. Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation, Santana Group. Early Cretaceous, Aptian .</p><p>Type material: Holotype male in the collection of Museu de Paleontologia Plácido Cidade Nuvens, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, coll. no. MPSC 9838.</p><p>Diagnosis: Overall stocky body and very sturdy hind femurs (length/width-ratio ca. 3.0). Origin of tegminal RP distinctly posterior to forking of M. RP with five or six branches. Cross vein pattern relatively simple.</p><p>Description: The specimen has body, wings, left hindleg and part of the right hindleg preserved.</p><p>Measurements: Body length 12.9 mm, height (measure taken at thorax) 4.7 mm. Head height 3.3 mm. Forewing length 16 mm, height 2.8 mm. Metafemur 8.3 mm long, ca. 2.8 mm wide. Metatibia 7.1 mm long. Metatarsus 2.2 mm long.</p><p>Body: Body rather stocky (length/height-ratio 2.74). Head rather short, much shorter than thorax.</p><p>Legs: Metathoracic femur very sturdy, length/height-ratio 3.0. Oblique lateral carinae present. Metatibia narrow with no apparent spination other than 2 (?) apical spurs. Metatarsus with no spines or lobes.</p><p>Forewing: Length/height-ratio 5.7. ScP long and narrow, at least 81.5% of total wing length (twl) (venation not preserved in most distal part of wing; ScP would have been longer). Space between ScP and RA 9.4% of total wing height (twh). Origin of RP at 54.5% of twl, distinctly posterior to fork of M. Space between RA and RP 11.3% of wing height. RP with 5 or 6 branches (attribution of RP3 to forewing or hindwing unsure due to strong wing overlap; we suggest RP of forewing with 5 branches). M with two branches; fork of M at 44.5% of twl. CuA + CuPaα with four branches; anterior branch reaching anal margin of forewing at ca. 69.8% of twl. Second branch probably reaching anal wing margin too. Third and fourth branch do not reach anal wing margin but make contact with CuPaβ. CuPaβ reaching anal wing margin at ca. 62.6% of twl. Cross vein pattern rather simple; consisting mainly of simple orthogonal cross veins set at rather wider distance.</p><p>Remarks: The single species of this genus is characterized by relatively thick hindfemora. Whether this trait is a common feature of Aestuacrida remains unanswered until additional species are described. Unfortunately, most locustopsids do not have their hindlegs well-preserved, hence providing little applicability to the character of femur width regarding taxonomy of the family.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFF0FFDE64E9FB22183DA048	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFF1FFDE64E9FA641854A464.text	03D88942FFF1FFDE64E9FA641854A464.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Parapleurites Brauer, Redtenbacher & Ganglbauer 1889	<div><p>Genus Parapleurites Brauer, Redtenbacher &amp; Ganglbauer, 1889</p><p>Included species: Parapleurites gracilis Brauer, Redtenbacher &amp; Ganglbauer, 1889 (type species); P. sibiricus Sharov, 1968; P. brasiliensis sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFF1FFDE64E9FA641854A464	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFF1FFD064E9F94C18AAA34C.text	03D88942FFF1FFD064E9F94C18AAA34C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Parapleurites brasiliensis Schall & Lima & Heads & Pinheiro & Kotthoff & Husemann 2025	<div><p>Parapleurites brasiliensis new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F7CF6ED7-4E39-475D-9F0F-C108651F9BBB</p><p>Fig. 3</p><p>Etymology: The species is named after its home country Brazil.</p><p>Locality and horizon: Type locality imprecise; from one of the several quarries in the region of Nova Olinda and Santana do Cariri municipalities, Ceará State, Brazil. Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation, Santana Group. Early Cretaceous, Aptian .</p><p>Type material: Holotype male, in the collection of Museu de Paleontologia Plácido Cidade Nuvens, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, coll. no. MPSC 9839.</p><p>Diagnosis: Characterized by having three branches of CuA + CuPaα and two branches of M—a combination that places it within the genus Parapleurites . Third and second branches of CuA + CuPaα strongly concave, first branch convex. RP with four branches. Fork of M above between second and third branches of CuA + CuPaα, slightly inclined toward third branch. Origin of RP distinctly posterior to fork of M. Pronotum possibly rather shallow with elongated hind lobe (pronotal shape not clearly discernible).</p><p>Description: Specimen with impression of body, forewing, metafemurs and proximal part of the right metatibia preserved.</p><p>Measurements: Body length 18 mm. Metafemur ca. 11.2 mm long, 2.4 mm wide. Forewing length 21.6 mm, height 4.05 mm. Pronotum 7.9 mm long (?), 2.1 mm high (pronotum outline unclear).</p><p>Body: Body cylindrical, little alteration in height, “sausage-like” shape. Pronotum outline unclear; possibly very elongate and shallow.Abdominal height dominated by tergites (ca. 79%). Ventral side with conspicuous structure of uncertain identity; possibly associated with fossilized plant material present in matrix).</p><p>Legs: Only metafemur and proximal portion of metatibia preserved. Metafemur length/height ratio 4.7; oblique lateral carinae present; genicular joint not significantly wider than metatibia. Three small spines discernible on posterior half of metatibia.</p><p>Forewing: Length/height ratio 5.3. ScP long, narrow, extending beyond 89.2% of twl. RA distinctly curved upward near distal margin. Distance between ScP and RA 10.9% of twh. RP originates at 53.9% of twl, posterior to fork of M. Distance between RA and RP broad (15.2% of wing height). RP with four branches. M with two branches; fork of M at 46.3% of twl. CuA + CuPaα with three branches, all reaching anal margin at 76.3%, 68.5%, and 60.2% of twl, respectively. Anterior branch convex; second and third strongly concave. CuPaβ reaches anal margin at 51.2% of twl. CuPaβ, CuPb, and 1A narrow and parallel.</p><p>Remarks: The new species can be assigned to Parapleurites based on the presence of two branches of M and three branches of CuA + CuPaα. It differs from the type species, P. gracilis, in several characters: it is significantly larger (forewing length 14 mm in P. gracilis) and exhibits a longer ScP (72.7% of total wing length in P. gracilis). Additionally, the second branch of CuA + CuPaα is strongly concave in P. brasiliensis sp. nov., whereas both the first and second branches are strongly convex in P. gracilis (third branch in P. gracilis is likely concave). Another distinguishing feature is the position of the RP origin, which is anterior to the fork of M in P. gracilis, but posterior in P. brasiliensis . The stratigraphic and geographic provenance further differentiates the species: P. gracilis originates from the Lower Jurassic of Siberia, while P. brasiliensis is from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. From P. sibiricus, the new species differs by having one fewer branch of RP as well as the position of RP origin, which is proximal to the fork of M in P. brasiliensis . Parapleurites sibiricus is known from the Middle Jurassic of Siberia. Parapleurites morrisonensis Smith, Gorman, Pardo &amp; Small, 2011 from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America, does not have three branches of CuA + CuPaα and should not be retained in Parapleurites . Its venation features— three branches of M and single branch of CuA + CuPaα, with MP and CuA + CuPaα fused in the holotype —suggests a more appropriate placement in Mesolocustopsis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFF1FFD064E9F94C18AAA34C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFFFFFD064E9FEA518F3A168.text	03D88942FFFFFFD064E9FEA518F3A168.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cratolocustopsis Martins- Neto 2003	<div><p>Genus Cratolocustopsis Martins-Neto, 2003</p><p>Included species: Cratolocustopsis cretacea (Martins-Neto, 1990) (type species); C. contumax Martins-Neto, 2003; C. aquila sp. nov.</p><p>Remarks: Cratolocustopsis was originally described by Martins-Neto (2003) as having forewing with two branches of CuA + CuPaα (referred to as MP + CuA in the original text) and a relatively short and robust hindfemur, with a width/length ratio ranging from 0.2 to 0.35. Unfortunately, the drawings given in the same publication for species assigned to Cratolocustopsis did not match this description, leading to taxonomic uncertainty regarding the validity of the genus (e.g., Gorochov et al., 2006). In addition to the new species of Cratolocustopsis described herein, we report a new specimen that, based on its morphology and original description of Cratolocustopsis cretacea (Martins-Neto, 1990), can be confidently assigned to that species. This new specimen reveals the presence of two branches of CuA + CuPaα—features that were not depicted in the original figure provided by Martins-Neto—thus reaffirming the diagnostic traits of the genus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFFFFFD064E9FEA518F3A168	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFFFFFD364E9FC411AB3A626.text	03D88942FFFFFFD364E9FC411AB3A626.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cratolocustopsis aquila Schall & Lima & Heads & Pinheiro & Kotthoff & Husemann 2025	<div><p>Cratolocustopsis aquila sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6013C196-AEE9-4A17-9992-196C40D28AAB</p><p>Fig. 4</p><p>Etymology: The species name derives from the Latin aquila, meaning “eagle”. It refers to the head shape of the specimen, which resembles the beak of a bird of prey. This appearance is the result of damage to the fossil and does represent the actual morphology of the species.</p><p>Locality and horizon: Type locality imprecise; from one of the several quarries in the region of Nova Olinda and Santana do Cariri municipalities, Ceará State, Brazil. Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation, Santana Group. Early Cretaceous, Aptian .</p><p>Type material: Holotype, sex unknown, in the collection of Museu de Paleontologia Plácido Cidade Nuvens, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, coll. no. MPSC 9840.</p><p>Diagnosis: Species recognized by MP strongly concave in distal fourth, almost parallel to anal wing margin. RP originates posterior to fork of M. RP bifurcates shortly after origin. Note: latter character may represent an individual aberration.</p><p>Description: Body, forewing and left metafemur as well as most of metatibia preserved.</p><p>Measurements: Body length 20.4 mm; abdomen ca. 10.3 mm. Head height 4.3 mm. Metafemur 12.1 mm long, 2.6 mm wide. Preserved part of metatibia 8.8 mm long. Forewing length 24.6 mm, 4.1 mm high.</p><p>Legs: Length/height-ratio of metafemur 4.65. Oblique lateral carinae present. Metatibia with 7 small dorsal spines on preserved part (probably ca. 80% of metatibia length preserved).</p><p>Forewing: Length/height-ratio 6. ScP length at least 85.9% of twl. Space between ScP and RA 11.4% of total wing height. Origin of RP at 50.5% of twl, posterior to M bifurcation. Space between RA and RP rather wide, 15% of wing height. RP with four branches. Shortly after its origin, RP is bifurcated; the upper branch is the “normal” RP, considered as RP1. Lower branch is fused to RA slightly anterior to branching of RP4. M with two branches. Fork of M at 45.9% of twl. Anterior and posterior branch of M parallel along most of their length, however MP describing a strong concave curve distally, almost making contact with MA2 as the latter touches wing margin. CuA + CuPaα with two branches. Anterior branch relatively parallel to MA2, reaching wing margin at 72.7% of twl. Posterior branch strongly concave similar to distal part of MP. Base of CuA + CuPaα (connection to CuPaβ) at 30% of twl. CuPaβ reaching anal wing margin at ca. 42.5% of twl (anal wing margin slightly damaged in the fossil, last millimeters of branch are lost). Cross vein pattern rather simple, consisting mainly of straight cross veins.</p><p>Remarks: Cratolocustopsis aquila sp. nov. is assigned to Cratolocustopsis based on the presence of two branches of CuA+ CuPaα and two branches of M. It differs from C. cretacea by its MP being strongly concave distally (MP is parallel to MA2 along its entire length in C. cretacea (Fig. 6A in Martins-Neto (2003) and Fig. 5 from this study). Cratolocustopsis aquila further differs from the type species by the distal extent of the CuA + CuPaα branches: in the new species, both branches reach the wing margin, whereas in C. cretacea, only the anterior branch does so, with the posterior branch terminating in contact with CuPaβ. The new species also differs from C. contumax by being significantly larger; the forewing of C. contumax measures 18 mm in length, whereas that of C. aquila is 24.6 mm long.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFFFFFD364E9FC411AB3A626	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFFCFFD564E9FB031848A0D4.text	03D88942FFFCFFD564E9FB031848A0D4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cratolocustopsis cretacea (Martins-Neto 1990)	<div><p>Cratolocustopsis cretacea (Martins-Neto, 1990)</p><p>Figs. 5, 6</p><p>Locality and horizon: Type locality imprecise; from one of the several quarries in the region of Nova Olinda and Santana do Cariri municipalities, Ceará State, Brazil. Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation, Santana Group. Early Cretaceous, Aptian .</p><p>Type material: Holotype male (coll. no. GP/1 T-1671) and paratype male (coll. no. GP/1 T-1618a), both specimens are in the collection of Instituto de Geociências da Universidade de São Paulo (IGc/ USP) (Fig. 6).</p><p>Additional material examined in this study: A relatively well-preserved specimen of uncertain sex in the collection of Museu de Paleontologia Plácido Cidade Nuvens, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, coll. no. MPSC 9841. Donation from Museum der Natur — Paläontologie / Geologie ( Museum of Nature — Palaeontology / Geology), Hamburg, Germany (Collection number CNBS _00410), as part of the guidelines discussed at the “Brazil-German Colloquium on Paleontology: Science, Cooperation, and Diplomacy for the Future” .</p><p>Description of new material: Large parts of the body and wings preserved. Missing are most details of the prothoracic leg, the mesothoracic leg as well as the tarsus of the metathoracic leg. Structures of the abdominal apex obscured by metathoracic legs.</p><p>Measurements: Body length (head to abdominal apex) 17.9 mm. Head height 3.6 mm. Pronotum length 8.65 mm. Metafemur ca. 11.4 mm long. Metatibia (as preserved) 9.9 mm long. Forewing 20.6 mm long, 3.4 mm high.</p><p>Body: Head relatively small. Pronotum rather large and posteriorly elongated. Lateral margin with very prominent concave curve.</p><p>Legs: Prothoracic leg inconspicuous. Femur slightly wider than tibia. Metathoracic leg: femur relatively slender. Distal half of tibia dorsally with some small spines of which four are preserved.</p><p>Forewing: Length/height-ratio 6.1. ScP length at least 89% of twl. Termination of ScP (costal wing margin or fused to RA) not preserved. Space between ScP and RA 13.6% of total wing height (measured between RP4 and RP5). Origin of RP at 48.1% of twl, posterior to M bifurcation. Space between RA and RP 14% of wing height. RP with five branches. M with two branches. Fork of M at 43% of twl. Branches of M and RP more or less parallel. CuA + CuPaα with two branches. Anterior branch relatively parallel to M and RP, reaching wing margin at 61.3% of twl. Posterior branch strongly concave and fused to CuPaβ. Base of CuA + CuPaα (connection to CuPaβ) at 31.5% of twl. CuPaβ not reaching anal wing margin but fused to CuPb at 43.3% of twl. CuPb long and narrow, reaching anal wing margin after 54.8% of twl. 1A narrow, reaching anal wing margin after 27% of twl. Cross vein pattern unsure due to overlapping of fore- and hindwings.</p><p>Remarks: The specimen MPSC 9841 originates from the same stratigraphic unit (Crato Formation) and general geographic region as the holotype of Cratolocustopsis cretacea . It preserves diagnostic features consistent with the original description and emended diagnosis of C. cretacea, including a forewing with two branches of CuA + CuPaα and two branches of M. The description of the additional specimen will hopefully provide reference for future comparative and systematic studies.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFFCFFD564E9FB031848A0D4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFFAFFD564E9FCD51B0DA1F4.text	03D88942FFFAFFD564E9FCD51B0DA1F4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Araripelocusta Martins-Neto 1995	<div><p>Genus Araripelocusta Martins-Neto, 1995</p><p>Included species: Araripelocusta longinota Martins-Neto, 1995 (type species); A. brevis Martins-Neto, 1995; A. imperatrix sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFFAFFD564E9FCD51B0DA1F4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFFAFFD664E9FC3D182CA380.text	03D88942FFFAFFD664E9FC3D182CA380.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Araripelocusta imperatrix Schall & Lima & Heads & Pinheiro & Kotthoff & Husemann 2025	<div><p>Araripelocusta imperatrix new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2C21DFDC-A19A-458A-86E8-A3EB48B4D793</p><p>Figs. 7–9</p><p>Etymology: The species name is derived from the Latin word imperatrix, meaning “female sovereign”. It refers to the rather large size of the specimen, which makes it the largest known species of its genus. The name also alludes to the leaf-like appendages on the head, which resembles a crown or antlers.</p><p>Locality and horizon: Type locality imprecise; from one of the several quarries in the region of Nova Olinda and Santana do Cariri municipalities, Ceará State, Brazil. Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation, Santana Group. Early Cretaceous, Aptian .</p><p>Type material: Holotype female, in the collection of Museu de Paleontologia Plácido Cidade Nuvens, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil, MPSC 9842 . Paratype female, in the collection of Museum der Natur —Paläontologie/Geologie, Hamburg Germany, coll. no. CNBS00417 .</p><p>Diagnosis of species: Large species; forewing length 37.8–39.1 mm. Hindwing with conspicuous dark band near distal margin and irregular dark blotches across wing surface. Wings very elongate with length/width-ratio of forewing 7.4. RP with five branches. Apex of head bearing two leaf-like appendages with fine lateral spines/hairs (Fig. 9). Ovipositor straight, 5.5 mm long.</p><p>Description of holotype: Head, body, wings and fragmented metathoracic leg.</p><p>Measurements: Body length 30.1 mm. Head height 6.2 mm. Appendages of head 0.85 mm. Ovipositor 2.1 mm (fragmented). Forewing length 37 mm, 5 mm high.</p><p>Body: Head conically pointed with front convexly curved. On the top of the head above the eyes is a pair of leaf-shaped appendages somewhat like little antlers. Anterolateral margin of appendages distally with fine spines or hairs. Pronotum saddle-shaped, exact outline unsure. Valvulae of ovipositor broad.</p><p>Legs: Attribution of fragmentary metathoracic leg parts unsure; either rather broad metafemur or metatibial folded in front of metafemur. Apparently with oblique lateral carinae on metafemur.</p><p>Forewing: Length/height-ratio 7.4. ScA narrow with multiple branches, reaching anterior wing margin at 41% of twl. ScP length 97.8% of wing length, slightly turned upwards distally. Space between RA and ScP 13.3% of total wing height. Origin of RP at 41.5% of twl, relatively close to M veering off RA. Space between RA and RP 10.7% of total wing height. RA distinctly turned upwards distally. RP with five branches; RP1 distinctly turned upwards parallel to RA. M with one branch, parallel to RP branches. CuA + CuPaα with one branch, reaching anal wing margin at ca. 67.6% of twl (contact point not discernible). CuPaβ parallel to CuA + CuPaα. Base of CuA + CuPaα at 25.8% of twl. Cross vein pattern rather simple over majority of wing surface but getting very complicated and net-like towards distal area between M and RP as well as branches of RP.</p><p>Description of paratype: Body outline with fragmented pro- and mesothoracic leg as well as ovipositor preserved. Wing apparatus fully intact.</p><p>Measurements: Body length 31.6 mm. Head height 5.9 mm. Eye height 2.0 mm. Ovipositor 5.5 mm. Forewing length 39.1 mm, 5.3 mm high.</p><p>Body: Head conically pointed. Valvulae of ovipositor rather prominent (for Caelifera), possibly serrated distally (impression of serration could be due to state of preservation).</p><p>Legs: Pro- and mesothoracic extremities slim, almost looking fragile compared to the animal’s larger size.</p><p>Forewing: Length/height-ratio 7.4. ScA narrow with multiple branches (18+), reaching anterior wing margin at 52% of twl. ScP length at least 72.5% of twl, but likely significantly longer (the branch is lost in the dark coloration present towards the anterior wing margin). Origin of RP at 49.6% of twl, relatively close to M veering of RA. Space between RA and RP 10.5% of total wing height. RP with five branches. M with one branch, parallel to RP branches. CuA + CuPaα with one branch, reaching anal wing margin at 73.1% of twl. CuPaβ parallel to CuA + CuPaα; not reaching wing margin but in contact with CuPb at 60.7% of twl. CuPb very long and narrow, reaching wing margin very shortly anterior of CuA + CuPaα reaching wing margin. Cross vein pattern rather simple over majority of wing surface but getting very complicated and net-like towards distal area between M and RP as well as branches of RP.</p><p>Remarks: The new species is assigned to Araripelocustinae based on the presence of a single branch of M, and to Araripelocusta due to the presence of a single branch of CuA + CuPaα. Araripelocusta imperatrix sp. nov. is clearly distinct from the other two species of the genus known from the Crato Formation by being significantly larger, exceeding 37 mm ( A. longinota and A. brevis have forewings about 22.5 mm long (Martins-Neto &amp; Gallego, 2006)). It further differs from its congeners as well as all known species of Locustopsidae so far by having a pair of small, leaf-like appendages located dorsally above the eyes, reminiscent of antlers. The precise identity of this structure remains uncertain; however, the presence of similar shape in the same position in the paratype specimen (Fig. 8), albeit less clearly preserved, supports the interpretation that this appendage is part of its morphology rather than an extrinsic element of the matrix.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFFAFFD664E9FC3D182CA380	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
03D88942FFE6FFC964E9FD8C1E03A168.text	03D88942FFE6FFC964E9FD8C1E03A168.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cratolocustopsis Martins- Neto 2003	<div><p>5. Cratolocustopsis and Mesolocustopsis are not synonyms</p><p>While Mesolocustopsis is defined by one branch of CuA + CuPaα and three branches of M (with MA2 contacting MA1), Cratolocustopsis possesses two branches of both CuA + CuPaα and M. These character combinations justify their distinction as separate genera. Unfortunately, earlier figures of C. cretacea and C. contumax (Martins-Neto, 2003) did not clearly depict these venation patterns. However, review of the holotype as well as new material of C. cretacea confirms the diagnostic features of Cratolocustopsis and supports its validity.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88942FFE6FFC964E9FD8C1E03A168	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin;Lima, Daniel;Heads, Sam W.;Pinheiro, Allysson P.;Kotthoff, Ulrich;Husemann, Martin	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Lima, Daniel, Heads, Sam W., Pinheiro, Allysson P., Kotthoff, Ulrich, Husemann, Martin (2025): New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa 5722 (4): 485-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2
