Aboilus perbellus Wang et al. 2015 (hump-winged cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Full reference: H. Wang, S. Li, Q. Zhang, Y. Fang, B. Wang and H. C. Zhang. 2015. A new species of Aboilus (Insecta, Orthoptera) from the Jurassic Daohugou beds of China, and discussion of forewing coloration in Aboilus. Alcheringa 39:250-258

Belongs to Aboilus according to H. Wang et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Aboilus abbreviatus, Aboilus amplus, Aboilus aulietus, Aboilus besobrasovae, Aboilus cellulosus, Aboilus columnatus, Aboilus cornutus, Aboilus dilutus, Aboilus faciatus, Aboilus fasciatus, Aboilus femineus, Aboilus huanghuachunensis, Aboilus jiyuanensis, Aboilus khasurty, Aboilus krassilovi, Aboilus lamina, Aboilus longitudinalis, Aboilus pullus, Aboilus stratosus, Aboilus tigris, Aboilus transversalis, Aboilus tuzigouensis, Aboilus zebra

Type specimen: NIGP 160524, a tegmen. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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