- Prophalangopsidae
Taxobox
name = Grigs and relatives
fossil_range=Permian to Recent
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Orthoptera
subordo =Ensifera
superfamilia =Hagloidea
familia = Prophalangopsidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Aboilomimus " "Cyphoderris " "Paracyphoderris " "Prophalangopsis " "Tarragoilus ""Grig" redirects here. For the fictional Dungeons and Dragons creature, see
Fey (Dungeons & Dragons) ."Grigs are
insect s belonging to theorthoptera n family Prophalangopsidae (formerly known in some classifications as Haglidae). There is only one extantgenus inNorth America , several lesser known genera inAsia and at least 12 fossil genera.The closest living relatives to the Prophalangopsidae are the family
Tettigoniidae (katydids or bush-crickets); the evolutionary split occurred more than 230 million years ago in thePermian .
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