Pseudarachnocephalus dominicanus 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 Pseudarachnocephalus according to A. V. Gorochov 2010

Sister taxon: Pseudarachnocephalus latiusculus

Type specimen: NMNH 504396, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll)

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