Latedactylus longapedi 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

Belongs to Latedactylus according to C. J. Zheng et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LNU-5, 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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