Pycnophlebia deichmuelleri Zeuner 1939 (hump-winged cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1939. Fossil Orthoptera Ensifera 1-321

Belongs to Pycnophlebia according to F. E. Zeuner 1939

Sister taxa: Pycnophlebia minor, Pycnophlebia obesa, Pycnophlebia robusta, Pycnophlebia speciosa

Type specimen: Munich Pal. Museum 107, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll)

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