†Archaeoellipes engeli Heads 2010 (pygmy mole cricket)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae
Full reference: S. W. Heads. 2010. New Tridactyloidea in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:204-210
Belongs to Archaeoellipes according to A. V. Gorochov 2010
See also Heads 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH DR-14-1260, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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