A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic

Abstract. A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is described from Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Dominican amber. Electrotettix attenboroughi Heads & Thomas, gen. et sp. n. is assigned to the subfamily Cladonotinae based on the deeply forked frontal costa, but is rem...

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Autores principales: Heads, Sam W., Thomas, M. Jared, Wang, Yinan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25147472
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.429.8020
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description Abstract. A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is described from Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Dominican amber. Electrotettix attenboroughi Heads & Thomas, gen. et sp. n. is assigned to the subfamily Cladonotinae based on the deeply forked frontal costa, but is remarkable for the presence of tegmina and hind wings, hitherto unknown in this subfamily.
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spelling pubmed-41373002014-08-21 A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic Heads, Sam W. Thomas, M. Jared Wang, Yinan Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is described from Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Dominican amber. Electrotettix attenboroughi Heads & Thomas, gen. et sp. n. is assigned to the subfamily Cladonotinae based on the deeply forked frontal costa, but is remarkable for the presence of tegmina and hind wings, hitherto unknown in this subfamily. Pensoft Publishers 2014-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4137300/ /pubmed/25147472 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.429.8020 Text en Sam W. Heads, M. Jared Thomas, Yinan Wang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic
title A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic
title_full A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic
title_fullStr A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic
title_full_unstemmed A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic
title_short A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic
title_sort remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (orthoptera, tetrigidae) in miocene amber from the dominican republic
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25147472
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.429.8020
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