Birmitoxya intermedia Gorochov 2010 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 2010. New and little-known orthopteroid insects (Polyneoptera) from fossil resins: communication 4. Paleontological Journal 44:657-671

Belongs to Birmitoxya according to A. V. Gorochov 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH In. 20188-2, 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 grazer-herbivore

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

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