Paraxya Cao et al. 2019 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: C. Q. Cao, S. Z. Chen, and Z. Yin. 2019. A new genus and a new species of pygmy mole cricket in Cretaceous amber from Burma (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae). Zootaxa 4559:193-195

Parent taxon: Tridactylidae according to C. Q. Cao et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Cratodactylus, Dentridactylinae, Mongoloxyinae, Tridactylinae

Subtaxa: Paraxya hui

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Type: Paraxya hui

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Leshan Normal University collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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