Chunxiania Xu et al. 2022 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Pseudogryllotalpidae

Full reference: C. P. Xu, H. Wang, and Y. Fang. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Chunxiania fania: a new genus and species of mole cricket (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Gryllotalpidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Cretaceous Research 134(105159)

Parent taxon: Pseudogryllotalpidae according to J. Gu et al. 2024

See also Cadena-CastaƱeda et al. 2023 and Xu et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Burmagryllotalpa, Petilus, Pherodactylus, Pseudogryllotalpa, Tresdigitus, Unidigitus

Subtaxa: Chunxiania fania Chunxiania fascia

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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