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† Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006

Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006: female right forewing; dry-ethanol composite. (Otu).
Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006: female right forewing; dry-ethanol composite. (Otu).
Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006: positive imprint; dry-ethanol composite. (Otu).
Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006: female habitus, lateral view. (Otu).
Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006: (Otu).

Nomenclature (15)

  • † Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006: 514, 519. (fossil)

    Holotype; fossil; 5dcec633-fff8-4f81-8bb4-d044e65175fd; deposited at: College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University (CNU); China: Nei Mongol

  • † Flexaboilus retinervius Li, Ren & Meng, 2007: 175, 181. (fossil)

    Holotype; 89f7bcca-e0b6-4f8b-803a-1d5a78447e85; deposited at: College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University (CNU); China: Nei Mongol

  • † Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006 in Gu, Xu, Huang, Wang, Yue & Ren, 2021
  • † Allaboilus gigantus Ren & Meng, 2006 in Gu, Montealegre-Z., Jonsson, Woodrow, Celiker, Islam, Linde, Sarria-S., Shi, Song, Robert & Ren, 2026

References (9)

  • Ren, D. & Meng, X.-M. (2006) New Jurassic protaboilins from China (Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae, Protaboilinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 31(3), 513–519.
  • Li, L.-M., Ren, D. & Meng, X. (2007) New fossil prophalangopsids from China (Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae, Aboilinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 32(1), 174–181.
  • Li, L.-M., Ren, D. & Wang, Z. (2007) New prophalangopsids from Late Mesozoic of China (Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae, Aboilinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 32, 412–422.
  • Gu, J.-J., Qiao, G.-X. & Ren, D. (2010) Revision and new taxa of fossil Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19(1), 41–56. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.019.0110
  • Gu, J.-J., Ren, D. & Shih, C.-K. (2010) Orthoptera - The Sound of Chirping. In Silent Stories - Insect Fossil Treasures from Dinosaur Era of the Northeastern China. Science Press Beijing, Beijing. pp. 93–105.
  • Wang, H., Fang, Y., Wang, B. & Zhang, H.-C. (2018) The Jurassic orthopteran Allaboilus gigantus Ren and Meng, 2006 (Prophalangopsidae) from Beipiao, Northeast China and its biostratigraphical significance. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 129(5), 629–634.
  • Gu, J.-J., Shih, C.-K. & Ren, D. (2019) Orthoptera - Grasshoppers and Katydids. In Rhythms of Insect Evolution: Evidence from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Northern China. Wiley-Blackwell. 121–136 pp.
  • Gu, J.-J., Xu, Z., Huang, R., Wang, H.-J., Yue, Y. & Ren, D. (2021) Systematic significance of wing morphology in extinct Prophalangopsidae (Insecta, Ensifera) revealed by geometric morphometrics and description of two new species. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 19(22), 1587–1599.
  • Gu, J.-J., Montealegre-Z., F., Jonsson, T., Woodrow, C., Celiker, E., Islam, M.N., Linde, J.B., Sarria-S., F.A., Shi, F.-M., Song, H., Robert, D. & Ren, D. (2026) Reconstruction of an extinct soundscape reveals ultrasonic communication in the Jurassic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(36), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2615107123

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