†Electrotettix attenboroughi 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
Belongs to Electrotettix according to M. J. Thomas et al. 2019
See also Heads and Thomas 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: INHS 10175, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Illinois NHS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Illinois NHS coll)
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