Magnidactylus gracilis Gu et al. 2022 (grasshopper)

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 mirus, Magnidactylus robustus

Type specimen: SICAU-A-085, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Sichuan Agricultural University SICAU collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Sichuan Agricultural University SICAU collection)

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