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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 1: 15 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.8
Page range: 174-182
Abstract views: 228
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A new species of Burmecaelidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) sheds light on the family’s possible taxonomic placement

Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Centre for Taxonomy and Morphology (ztm); Hamburg; 20146; Germany
Montreal Insectarium; 4581 rue Sherbrooke est; Montréal; Québec; H1X 2B2; Canada; Richard Gilder Graduate School; American Museum of Natural History; New York; NY 10024; USA; Biology; Graduate Center; City University of New York; NY; USA
2F.; No. 138; Aly. 118; Ln. 235; Dedong St.; East Dist.; Tainan City 701030; Taiwan
State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (SMNK); Karlsruhe; Baden-Württemberg; 76133; Germany
Orthoptera Burmese amber Burmecaelinus yungyenwangae Tridactylidea Moban

Abstract

A new species of the family Burmecaelidae Uchida et al., 2024 is described as Burmecaelinus yungyenwangae sp. nov. based on a well-preserved adult female specimen from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Due to similarities in morphology of the paraproctal lobes and ovipositor to Ripipterygidae Ander, 1939 (Caelifera: Tridactylidea: Tridactyloidea), as well as in forewing venation to Mongoloxyinae Gorochov, 1992 (Tridactyloidea: Tridactylidae), a taxonomic position of Burmecaelidae within Tridactylidea Brullé, 1835 is suggested. The specimen ECNU-AM-0079, formerly interpreted as Burmecaelinus armis Uchida et al., 2024 by Hu & He (2024) probably does not belong to that genus, but rather to Moban Hu & He, 2024.

 

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How to Cite

Schall, O.-K.O., Cumming, R., Lian, Z. & Husemann, M. (2025) A new species of Burmecaelidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) sheds light on the family’s possible taxonomic placement. Zootaxa, 5636 (1), 174–182. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.8