A new fossil cricket of the genus
Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera,Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae)
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| Authors: | Sam W. Heads David Penney David I. Green |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Illinois Natural History Survey & Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA ; 2.Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK ; 3.Department of Geology, Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK |
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| Abstract: | A new species of the cricket genus Proanaxipha Vickery & Poinar (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Pentacentrinae) from Early Miocene Dominican amber is described and illustrated. Proanaxipha madgesuttonaesp. n. is distinguished from congeners by: (1) head capsule bearing a distinctive posteriorly bilobed colour spot on the vertex; (2) presence of crossveins in the proximal part of the mediocubital area; (3) apical field of tegmen entirely dark; and (4) median process of epiphallus short. The poorly known Proanaxipha bicolorata Vickery & Poinar, of questionable affinity and status, is herein regarded as a nomen inquirendum. |
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| Keywords: | Orthoptera Grylloidea Gryllidae Pentacentrinae Proanaxipha Dominican amber Miocene |
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