Latedactylus Zheng et al. 2023 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: C. J. Zheng, C. Q. Cao, and J. J. Gu. 2023. A new genus and a new species of pygmy mole cricket from mid-Cretaceous amber in North Myanmar (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tridactyloidea). Zootaxa 5339:296-300

Parent taxon: Tridactylinae according to C. J. Zheng et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Amberotridactylus, Ellipes, Phyllotridactylus, Tridactylini, Tridactylus

Subtaxa: Latedactylus longapedi

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Type: Latedactylus longapedi

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

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

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