Allaboilus dicrus Ren and Meng 2006 (hump-winged cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Full reference: D. Ren and X. M. Meng. 2006. New Jurassic protaboilins from China (Orthoptera: Prophalangopsidae, Protaboilinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(3):513-519

Belongs to Allaboilus according to H. Wang et al. 2018

See also Ren and Meng 2006

Sister taxa: Allaboilus gigantus, Allaboilus hani, Allaboilus robustus

Type specimen: CNU-O-NN-2006001, a tegmen. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2006 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2006 collection)

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