Unidigitus Gu et al. 2024 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Pseudogryllotalpidae

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

Parent taxon: Pseudogryllotalpidae according to J. Gu et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Burmagryllotalpa, Chunxiania, Petilus, Pherodactylus, Pseudogryllotalpa, Tresdigitus

Subtaxa: Unidigitus longialatus

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Type: Unidigitus longialatus

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

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

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