Amberotridactylus Du et al. 2021 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: X. H. Du, C. P. Xu, and L. Y. Zhang. 2021. Two new pygmy mole crickets from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar (Orthoptera: Tridactyloidea: Tridactylidae). Cretaceous Research 129(105002)

Parent taxon: Tridactylinae according to X. H. Du et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Ellipes, Latedactylus, Phyllotridactylus, Tridactylini, Tridactylus

Subtaxa: Amberotridactylus cheni

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Type: Amberotridactylus cheni

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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