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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: species †Araneagryllus dylani Heads, 2010
Historical: Araneagryllus dylani; holotype of species †Araneagryllus dylani Heads, 2010; cited by Heads. 2010. The first fossil spider cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Phalangopsinae): 20 million years of troglobiomorphosis or exaptation in the dark? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 158:56-65
Specimen
Basis of record: not specified
Counts: females 1
Depository: AMNH, New York City; catalog number AMNH DR-12-32
Data source: not recorded
Other: no data
Locality
Caribbean, Dominican Republic; Fossil: Early Miocene: Burdigalian: Early Miocene (Burdigalian, 18-20 m.y.a.) Dominican amber (not included in map)
Collecting event
[no data recorded]
Images      
Araneagryllus dylani Heads, holotype female AMNH DR-12-32. Photomicrograph showing general habitus. Scale bar = 3 mm.
Araneagryllus dylani Heads, holotype AMNH DR-12-32. Camera lucida drawings showing (A) general habitus (scale bar = 3 mm); and (B) left lateral view of head (scale bar = 1 mm).
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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