title: A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic.
abstract: Tetrigidae) is described from Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Dominican amber. Electrotettix attenboroughi Heads & Thomas, gen. et sp. n. is assigned to the subfamily Cladonotinae based on the deeply forked frontal costa, but is remarkable for the presence of tegmina and hind wings, hitherto unknown in this subfamily.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, 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.affiliation: Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA.
authors.forename: M Jared
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: 1101 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA.
authors.forename: Yinan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Caribbean; Hispaniola; Orthoptera; Tetrigidae; amber; fossil; grouse locust; pygmy locust