Hylophalangopsis chinensis 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

Belongs to Hylophalangopsis according to H. Wang et al. 2019

See also Lin and Huang 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 135799(135815), a forewing. Its type locality is Dazhuoma section, Gangni Village, Anduo County, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Niubao Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dazhuoma section, Gangni Village, Anduo County

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