†Electrotettix Heads and Thomas 2014 (pygmy grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Tetrigidae
Full reference: S. W. Heads and M. J. Thomas. 2014. Taxonomic names, in A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys 429:87-100
Parent taxon: Cladonotinae according to S. W. Heads and M. J. Thomas 2014
Sister taxa: Antillotettix, Baeotettix
Subtaxa: Electrotettix attenboroughi
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Illinois NHS coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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