Are the recently described fossil Mole Crickets of Myanmar amber real gryllotalpids? (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae & Gryllidae)
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
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Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “ Kumangui ” ojccorthoptera @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5646 - 0602
ojccorthoptera@gmail.com
Author
Liu, Yi-Jiao
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Author
Yu, Zhe-Yuan
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Author
Hu, Tian-Hao
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Author
Wu, Shi-Yang
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Author
He, Zhu-Qing
Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-06-28
5311
1
48
64
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.2
1175-5326
0657CB5C-6912-4886-A2DF-E0B325672886
Key to
Sclerogryllini
subtribes and genera
1. Body slender, with yellowish-brown coloration. Forelegs modified for digging and with only three conspicuous movable spurs on inner side of fore tibia. Fossil species from the Cretaceous............... †
Pherodactylina
n. subtr.
............... 2 Body robust, with jet black coloration. Forelegs not modified for digging, with six spurs on the apex of the fore tibia, three on the inner and three on the outer side. Extant species................. Sclerogryllina
n. stat.
(only included
Sclerogryllus
)
2. Fore tibia flattened with tympana on one or both sides. Pronotal disc not curved dorsally, with two distinct large dark “eyespots”. At least one of the sexes with developed wings. Hind tibia with more than ten small spines on the dorsal margin...................................................................................................†
Pherodactylus
Fore
tibia moderately flattened, without tympanum. Pronotal disc curving dorsally and unspotted.
Holotype
of the only known species without wings. Hind tibia with less than ten small spines on the dorsal margin................. †
Burmagryllotalpa