Gryllobencain Haug et al. 2022 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera

Full reference: J. T. Haug, M. K. Hörnig, C. Kiesmüller, P. G. Pazinato, V. Baranov and C. Haug. 2022. A 100-million-year-old ensiferan with unusual mouthparts and comments on the evolution of raptorial appendages within Polyneoptera. Geodiversitas 44:57-73

Parent taxon: Ensifera according to J. T. Haug et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Acridiites, Acridiites liasinus, Araripemyrmecophilops, Elcanidea, Elcanopsis, Falsirameus, Gryllidea, Kulmbachiellon fragile, Liadolocusta auscultans, Liassogrylloides, Locusta prisca, Locustopsites gigantea, Oedischiidea, Palaeorehniidae, Phasmomimoidea, Tettavidae, Tettigoniidea, Thnetus, Triassomanteidae, Vitimiidae, Yuxiania

Subtaxa: Gryllobencain patrickmuelleri

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Type: Gryllobencain patrickmuelleri

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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