†Tresdigitus rectanguli Xu et al. 2020 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Pseudogryllotalpidae
Alternative combination: Pherodactylus rectanguli
Synonym: Tresdigitus gracilis Jiang et al. 2022
Full reference: C. P. Xu, Y. Fang, and H. Wang. 2020. A new mole cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 112(104428)
Belongs to Tresdigitus according to J. Gu et al. 2024
See also Cadena-Castañeda et al. 2023, Jiang et al. 2022 and Xu et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Tresdigitus rectanguli: NIGP172169, a nymph. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
- Tresdigitus gracilis: YU-OR-100002, a nymph. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Yangtze University collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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