Tridactylus Olivier 1789 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: G. A. Olivier. 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle, Tome Quatrieme, Insectes 1-331

Parent taxon: Tridactylinae according to X. H. Du et al. 2021

See also Latreille 1802, Olivier 1789 and Theobald 1937

Sister taxa: Amberotridactylus, Ellipes, Latedactylus, Phyllotridactylus, Tridactylini

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Inst. Geol. Lyon) (Oligocene of France)

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