A new fossil cricket of the genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae)
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Heads, Sam W.
Author
Penney, David
Author
Green, David I.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.229.3678
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.229.3678
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Proanaxipha bicolorata Vickery & Poinar, 1994
nomen inquirendum
Proanaxipha bicolorata
Vickery & Poinar, 1994: 16, fig. 4 -
Perez-Gelabert 2001
: 72 -
Otte and Perez-Gelabert 2009
: 142 -
Gorochov 2010
: 80 [442].
Remarks.
Based on Vickery and
Poinar's
(1994) photograph of the holotype (a nymph), it is clear that this species does not belong in
Proanaxipha
or even within
Pentacentrinae
. Unfortunately, neither the illustration nor the original description are sufficient to determine the subfamilial placement of this species, a situation that is further complicated by the nymphal condition of the specimen.
Gorochov (2010)
suggested a possible affinity with
Nemobiinae
or
Eneopterinae
and while both seem possible, neither can be confirmed. Therefore, the species is herein regarded as a nomen inquirendum until the type can be redescribed.