Prototetrix reductus Sharov 1968 (pygmy grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tetrigidae

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216

Belongs to Prototetrix according to M. J. Thomas et al. 2019

See also Sharov 1968

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 1668/1665, a forewing (whole forewing). Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1668), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 1668)

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