Phyllotridactylus wangi Xu et al. 2022 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: C. P. Xu, B. Wang, L. Fan, E. A. Jarzembowski, Y. Fang, H. Wang, T. Li, D. Zhuo, M. Ding and M. S. Engel. 2022. Widespread mimicry and camouflage among mid-Cretaceous insects. Gondwana Research 101:94-102

Belongs to Phyllotridactylus according to C. P. Xu et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LPAM BA19007, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Lingpoge Amber Museum coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Lingpoge Amber Museum coll)

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