†Proanaxipha latoca Vickery and Poinar 1994 (true crickets)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Full reference: V. R. Vickery and G. O. Poinar. 1994. Crickets (Grylloptera: Grylloidea) in Dominican amber. The Canadian Entomologist 126:13-22
Belongs to Proanaxipha according to A. V. Gorochov 2010
See also Vickery and Poinar 1994
Sister taxon: Proanaxipha madgesuttonae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca mine (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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