genus
† Yakkhapipteryx Schall, Cao & Husemann, 2025
Type
† Magnidactylus mirus Gu, Zheng, Cao & Yue, 2022 type species by original designation of † Yakkhapipteryx Schall, Cao & Husemann, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- † Yakkhapipteryx Schall, Cao & Husemann, 2025: 256. (fossil)
type species by original designation † Magnidactylus mirus Gu, Zheng, Cao & Yue, 2022
Nomenclature references (1)
- Schall, O.-K.O., Cao, C.-Q. & Husemann, M. (2025) New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology, 75(2), 253–262. Available at https://contributions-to-entomology.arphahub.com/article/154529/
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Named after the Yakkha (Sanskrit: Yaksha) from Burmese mythology, guardians of buried treasures (in reference to amber).
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |