Gryllotalpa miocaenica Zeuner 1931 (mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae

Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1931. Die Insektenfauna des Böttinger Marmors. Fortschritte der Geologie und Palaeontologie 9:247-406

Belongs to Gryllotalpa according to F. E. Zeuner 1931

Sister taxa: Gryllotalpa africana, Gryllotalpa aveyronensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Böttingen (SMNS collection), which is in a Sarmatian spring travertine in the Thermalsinterkalk Formation of Germany

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Böttingen (SMNS collection)

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