Burmadactylus tenuicerci Fan et al. 2023 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: S. L. Fan, J. J. Gu, and C. Q. Cao. 2023. A new species of the genus Burmadactylus Heads, 2009 from mid-Cretaceous amber in north Myanmar (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tridactyloidea). Zootaxa 5306:595-598

Belongs to Burmadactylus according to S. L. Fan et al. 2023

Sister taxon: Burmadactylus grimaldii

Type specimen: LNU-22, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Leshan Normal University collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Leshan Normal University collection)

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