Eozaentetrix furi Zessin 2017 (pygmy grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tetrigidae

Full reference: W. Zessin. 2017. Neue Insekten aus dem Moler (Paläozän/Eozän) von Dänemark Teil 3 (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Eumastacidae, Tetrigidae). Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 19:77-83

Belongs to Eozaentetrix according to W. Zessin 2017

Sister taxon: Eozaentetrix wittecki

Type specimen: Witteck 2452, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Island of Fur (Witteck coll), which is in a Ypresian offshore ramp mudstone in the Moler Formation of Denmark.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Island of Fur (Witteck coll)

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