Cyrtoxipha Brunner von Wattenwyl 1873 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

Full reference: C. Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1873. Système des Gryllides. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 4:163-170

Parent taxon: Trigonidiinae according to A. V. Gorochov 2010

Sister taxa: Abanaxipha, Birmaninemobius, Curvospurus, Nemobiinae, Qiongqi, Trigonidiinae

Subtaxa: Cyrtoxipha electrina Cyrtoxipha illegibilis

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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