Curvospurus He 2022 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

Full reference: Z. Q. He. 2022. Taxonomic names, in A new genus with a new species of cricket from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Kachin amber (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae). Cretaceous Research 138(105269)

Parent taxon: Trigonidiidae according to Z. Q. He 2022

Sister taxa: Abanaxipha, Birmaninemobius, Cyrtoxipha, Nemobiinae, Palaeotrigonidium, Qiongqi, Tricalcaratus, Trigonidiinae

Subtaxa: Curvospurus huzhengkun

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Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

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

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