A new species of Burmecaelidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) sheds light on the family’s possible taxonomic placement
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 Brull, 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.
Authors
- R. S. Cumming
- Martin Husemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5536-6681)
- Ole-Kristian Odin Schall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1784-6064)
- Zhendong Lian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6118-4163)
Institutions
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- Espace pour la vie (CA)
- State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (DE)
- Institute for Biodiversity (DE)
- Far East University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.03