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Burmecaelinus armis Uchida, Husemann & Kotthoff, 2023

Nomenclature (3)

  • Burmecaelinus armis Uchida, Husemann & Kotthoff, 2023: 3. (fossil)

    Holotype; immature, female; UMUT Palaeo MA33905; deposited at: University Museum, University of Tokyo (UMUT); Myanmar: Hukawng Valley, amber mine near village Tanai, lowermost Cenomanian, middle-Cretaceous

  • Burmecaelinus armis Uchida, Husemann & Kotthoff, 2023 in Hu, Li & He, 2024: 3.
  • Burmecaelinus armis Uchida, Husemann & Kotthoff, 2023 in Schall, Cumming, Lian & Husemann, 2025: 178,.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hu, T.-H., Li, K. & He, Z. (2024) First report of adult †Burmecaelidae with description of a new species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Cretaceous Research, 162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105937
  • Schall, O.-K.O., Cumming, R.T., Lian, Z. & Husemann, M. (2025) A new species of Burmecaelidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) sheds light on the family’s possible taxonomic placement. Zootaxa, 5636(1), 174–182. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.1.8
  • Uchida, K., Husemann, M. & Kotthoff, U. (2023) A new Cretaceous orthopteran family of the Caelifera (order: Orthoptera) from Burmese amber of northern Myanmar. PalZ, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00670-w

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

The name is derived from Latin and refers to the “armor” like pronotum and hind legs.

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