Hiemalidactylus eileenae Schall et al. 2025 (pygmy mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

Full reference: O. O. Schall, J. Gu, and M. Husemann. 2025. Two new members of Tridactylidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Zootaxa 5693:168-178

Belongs to Hiemalidactylus according to O. O. Schall et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIH07247, a nymph. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GPIH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore

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

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