Chunxiania fascia Gu et al. 2024 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Pseudogryllotalpidae

Full reference: J. Gu, W. Yuan, and L. Ma. 2024. Taxonomic names, in More than a name: mid‐Cretaceous amber fossils link crickets and mole crickets (Orthoptera, Ensifera). Systematic Entomology 49:412-428

Belongs to Chunxiania according to J. Gu et al. 2024

Sister taxon: Chunxiania fania

Type specimen: SICAU(A)-027, 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 herbivore

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

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