Naginipteryx Schall et al. 2025 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera

Full reference: O. O. Schall, S. W. Heads, and M. Husemann. 2025. New species of Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera, Caelifera) from midCretaceous Burmese amber show an intermediate evolutionary state between extant lineages. Evolutionary Systematics 9:173-181

Parent taxon: Tridactyloidea according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Cylindrachetidae, Ripipterygidae, Tridactylidae

Subtaxa: Naginipteryx pinna

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Type: Naginipteryx pinna

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GPIH collection)

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