Protomogoplistes asquamosus Gorochov 2010 (scaly cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Mogoplistidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 2010. New and little known orthopteroid insects (Polyneoptera) from fossil resins: communication 3. Paleontological Journal 44:434-450

Belongs to Protomogoplistes according to A. V. Gorochov 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHM In. 20188-1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH)

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