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

By

Heads, Sam
Thomas, M. Jared
Wang, Yinan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

429

Pages

87-100

Subjects

Amber , Caribbean , fossil , grouse locust , Hispaniola , Orthoptera , pygmy locust , Tetrigidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.429.8020

 

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.