title: A new fossil cricket of the genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae).
abstract: A new species of the cricket genus Proanaxipha Vickery & Poinar (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Pentacentrinae) from Early Miocene Dominican amber is described and illustrated. Proanaxipha madgesuttonaesp. n. is distinguished from congeners by: (1) head capsule bearing a distinctive posteriorly bilobed colour spot on the vertex; (2) presence of crossveins in the proximal part of the mediocubital area; (3) apical field of tegmen entirely dark; and (4) median process of epiphallus short. The poorly known Proanaxipha bicolorata Vickery & Poinar, of questionable affinity and status, is herein regarded as a nomen inquirendum.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Natural History Survey & Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA.
authors.forename: Sam W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Heads
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Penney
authors.forename: David I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Green