Achetomorpha schindewolfi Zeuner 1937 (true crickets)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Alternative combination: Gryllus schindewolfi

Full reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1937. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, Series B, Taxonomy 6(8):154-159

Belongs to Achetomorpha according to A. V. Gorochov 2019

See also Zeuner 1937 and Zeuner 1939

Sister taxon: Achetomorpha irregularis

Type specimen: NHML In 24774, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll)

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