Burmadactylus grimaldii Heads 2009 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: S. W. Heads. 2009. A new pygmy mole cricket in Cretaceous amber from Burma (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae). Denisia 26:75-82

Belongs to Burmadactylus according to S. W. Heads 2009

Sister taxon: Burmadactylus tenuicerci

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-1452, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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