Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvais 1805 (mole cricket)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae
Full reference: A. M. F. Palisot de Beauvais. 1805. Insectes Recueillis en Afrique et en Amérique, dans les Royaumes d'Oware et de Benin, a Saint-Domingue et dans les Etats-Unis, Pendant les Années 1786-1797 1-276
Belongs to Gryllotalpa according to H. Weidner 1968
See also Palisot de Beauvais 1805
Sister taxa: Gryllotalpa aveyronensis, Gryllotalpa miocaenica
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Willershausen clay pit (GZG collection) (Pliocene of Germany)
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