Sigmaboilus gorochovi Fang et al. 2007 (hump-winged cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Full reference: Y. Fang, H. Zhang, B. Wang and Y. Zhang. 2007. New taxa of Aboilinae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 1637:55-62

Belongs to Sigmaboilus according to H. Wang et al. 2018

See also Fang et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Sigmaboilus calophlebius, Sigmaboilus fuscus, Sigmaboilus longus, Sigmaboilus peregrinus, Sigmaboilus sinensis

Type specimen: NIGP 148111, a tegmen (male tegmen, slightly damaged). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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