Sunoprophalangopsis scupta Hong 1982 (hump-winged cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1982. Fossil Haglidae (Orthoptera) in China. Scientia Sinica (Series B) 25:1118-1129

Belongs to Sunoprophalangopsis according to Y. C. Hong 1983

See also Hong 1982

Sister taxa: Sunoprophalangopsis clathrata, Sunoprophalangopsis elegantis, Sunoprophalangopsis sparsula, Sunoprophalangopsis superba

Type specimen: Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Hr2106, a tegmen. Its type locality is Zhouyingzi village, sample H7934, Luoping County, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Zhouyingzi village, sample H7934, Luoping County

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