Pseudaboilus ningchengensis Wang et al. 2018 (hump-winged cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Prophalangopsidae

Full reference: H. Wang, Y. Fang, B. Wang and H. C. Zhang. 2018. The first discovery of Termitidiinae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research 89:148-153

Belongs to Pseudaboilus according to H. Wang et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Pseudaboilus purbeckensis, Pseudaboilus wealdensis

Type specimen: NIGP 164946, a forewing. Its type locality is Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection)

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