Hylophalangopsis Lin and Huang 2006 (hump-winged cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Full reference: Q. B. Lin and D. Y. Huang. 2006. Discovery of Paleocene Prophalangopsidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) in the Jiangtang Basin, Northern Tibet, China. Alcheringa 30(1):97-102

Parent taxon: Prophalangopsidae according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2022

See also Lin and Huang 2006 and Wang et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Aboilinae, Chifengiinae, Cratohaglopsis, Cyphoderrinae, Prophalangopsinae, Protaboilinae, Sinuijus, Termitidiinae, Tettohaglinae

Subtaxa: Hylophalangopsis chinensis

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Type: Hylophalangopsis chinensis

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dazhuoma section, Gangni Village, Anduo County (Paleocene of China)

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