Pseudotettigonia amoena Henriksen 1929 (katydid)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae

Alternative combination: Tettigonia amoena

Full reference: K. L. Henriksen. 1929. A new Eocene grasshopper Tettigonia (Locusta) amoena n sp. from Denmark. Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening 7:317-320

Belongs to Pseudotettigonia according to A. G. Sharov 1968

See also Henriksen 1929, Zeuner 1937 and Zeuner 1939

Sister taxon: Pseudotettigonia leona

Type specimen: Its type locality is Island of Fur (Copenhagen Museum coll), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp mudstone in the Moler Formation of Denmark

Ecology: slow-moving arboreal folivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Denmark (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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