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

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Synonyms: Flexaboilus retinervius Li et al. 2007, Furcaboilus excelsus Li et al. 2007

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 Gu et al. 2010, Li et al. 2007 and Ren and Meng 2006

Sister taxa: Allaboilus dicrus, Allaboilus hani, Allaboilus robustus

Type specimens:

  • Allaboilus gigantus: CNU-O-NN-2006002, 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.
  • Flexaboilus retinervius: CNU-ORT-NN2006107, 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.
  • Furcaboilus excelsus: CNU-ORT-NN2006109, 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:

• Jurassic of China (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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