Insecta - Orthoptera - Ripipterygidae
Full reference: J. J. Gu, C. J. Zheng, C. Q. Cao and Y. L. Yue. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Two new species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a key to the genera of Tridactyloidea in amber. Insects 13(979)
Belongs to Magnidactylus according to J. J. Gu et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Magnidactylus gracilis, Magnidactylus robustus
Type specimen: CNU-ORT-MA2016021, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (CNU coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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