Mongoloxya fossor Gorochov 2020 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: A. V. Gorochov. 2020. Taxonomic names, in The Khasurty fossil insect Lagerstätte. Paleontological Journal 54:1221-1394

Belongs to Mongoloxya according to A. V. Gorochov 2020

Sister taxon: Mongoloxya ponomarenkoi

Type specimen: PIN 5340/1740, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Khasurty (PIN collection 5340), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Khasurty (PIN collection 5340)

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