†Pherodactylus micromorphus Poinar et al. 2020 (field cricket)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Synonyms: Petilus zhengi Gu et al. 2024, Pseudogryllotalpa scalprata Gu et al. 2024, Unidigitus longialatus Gu et al. 2024
Full reference: G. Poinar, Y. N. Su, and A. E. Brown. 2020. A new genus of crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Biosis: Biological Systems 1:33-38
Belongs to Pherodactylus according to O. J. Cadena-Castañeda et al. 2024
See also Gu et al. 2024, Gu et al. 2024 and Poinar et al. 2020
Sister taxon: Pherodactylus rectanguli
Type specimens:
- Pherodactylus micromorphus: Poinar B-O-12, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
- Petilus zhengi: SICAU(A)-055, a nymph. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Sichuan Agricultural University SICAU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
- Pseudogryllotalpa scalprata: SICAU(A)-066, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Sichuan Agricultural University SICAU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
- Unidigitus longialatus: SICAU(A)-048, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Sichuan Agricultural University SICAU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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