taxonID	type	description	language	source
525F72F719275E0AB82135A2779DA893.taxon	description	Figs 3, 4, 5, 6	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
525F72F719275E0AB82135A2779DA893.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species’ name refers to the protibia with (only) two dactyls.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
525F72F719275E0AB82135A2779DA893.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis of species. As for genus (monotypic).	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
525F72F719275E0AB82135A2779DA893.taxon	description	Description. The specimen is relatively well preserved, but unfortunately the apical region of the metatibia and the metatarsus are missing. Measurements: Body length (head to abdominal apex) 1.4 mm. Head height 0.6 mm. Eye height 0.21 mm, width 0.11 mm. Interocular distance (mid-eye level) ca. 0.2 mm. Protibia 0.24 mm long. Longest dactyl 0.05 mm long. Mesofemur 0.67 mm long. Mesotibia 0.59 mm long. Mesotarsus 0.27 mm long. Metafemur 1.4 mm. Cercus 0.12 mm long. Paraproctal lobes 0.1 mm long. Head: Antennae not preserved. Interocular distance wider than compound eye width. Eyes somewhat tear-shaped, laterally protruding from head. Ocelli not visible. Thorax: Pronotum with posterior margin straight (not rounded or pointed), covering base of forewings. Pronotum without elevation. Forewings present with four or five simple veins visible. Hindwings present, shorter than abdomen. Legs: Prothoracic leg: Femur and tibia setulose with long hairs. Tibia only slightly inflated with two relatively long dactyls. Tarsus with two claws. Mesothoracic leg: Very long and slender along entire length. Femur inconspicuous. Tibia not inflated. With 8 – 11 fine spines on the ventral margin of the distal half and five hairs subapically on the dorsal side. Tarsus two-segmented with first segment much shorter than second. Bulbous apical lobe on first tarsal segment. Second tarsal segment with two claws. Metathoracic leg: Femur long and inflated along its entire length. Only ca. proximal third of metatibia preserved. Abdomen: Cercus one-segmented, cylindrical in shape with some hairs. Paraproctal lobes one-segmented, sligthly clavate and slightly shorter than cercus; setulose with long hair, especially apically. From a dorsal view apices of ovipositor valves just visible between paraproctal lobes.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
C6C19835AB245A88BB9163C8D4145A76.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Ciconipteryx bidactylus sp. nov.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
C6C19835AB245A88BB9163C8D4145A76.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new genus is named after its long legs. Ciconi- is derived from the bird family Ciconiidae, the storks.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
C6C19835AB245A88BB9163C8D4145A76.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Very small body. Interocular distance larger than width of compound eye. Protibia with two dactyls. Mesothoracic leg longer than body (head to abdominal apex) and very slender along entire length (femur and tibia not much wider than tarsus). Metafemur as long as body. Forewings present, four to five veins visible. Cercus somewhat longer than paraproctal lobes. Both structures setulose; setae more prominent on paraproctal lobes. Valves of ovipositor visible, much shorter than paraproctal lobes.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
47B1B6E51849549F9BDF1C47210ED43D.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
47B1B6E51849549F9BDF1C47210ED43D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species’ name is Latin for “ bell ”. It is meant to refer to the “ Great Bell of Dhammazedi ”, a treasure lost in time.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
47B1B6E51849549F9BDF1C47210ED43D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis of species. As for genus (monotypic).	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
47B1B6E51849549F9BDF1C47210ED43D.taxon	description	Description. Preservation of complete specimen, unfortunately with some parts obscured by structural damage inside the amber. Measurements: Some measurements could not be precisely made, because the corresponding feature was somewhat obscured. Such measurements are indicated with a “ ca. ”. Body length ca. 1.72 – 1.76 mm (head to abdominal apex). Forewing length ca. 0.72 mm. Hindwing length ca. 1.26 mm. Head height ca. 0.5 mm. Mesofemur length 0.89 mm. Mesotibia length 0.72 mm. Mesofemur width / mesotibia width 1.18 (both at max. width). Pronotum length (dorsal) 0.42 mm. Metafemur length 1.18 mm, width 0.54 mm. Metatibia length 1.17 mm, width 0.09 mm. Length of subapical spurs 0.08 mm and of apical spurs 0.32 mm. Cercus length ca. 0.24 mm. Head: Antennae 10 - segmented (including scape and pedicel). 10 th antennomere larger than previous and bean shaped. Compound eyes protruding from head. Ocelli not visible. Thorax: Pronotum not prolonged over abdomen, with elevation from thorax. Both forewings and hindwings present. Hindwings not prolonged over abdomen. Legs: Prothoracic leg: Tibia inflated. Dorsal margin with four evenly spaced hairs. No dactyls present. Tarsus very slender, with two claws. Mesothoracic leg: Femur without hair or appendages. Tibia not inflated, with hairs on ventral margin along the entire length and also on dorsal margin towards apex. Tarsus two-segmented, bearing two claws. Metathoracic leg: Femur greatly inflated along its entire length. Two small protrusions apically. Dorsal tibial ridge distally with slight serration proximal to subapical spurs. Two subapical and two apical spurs present. Apical spurs much longer than subapical spurs. Metatarsus not visible, either absent or too vestigial to be seen. Abdomen: Only one cercus visible, one-segmented and cylindrical in shape. Setulose with long hair.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
525A35CCF38E58FFA6FDD9C55D737BE8.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Ozymandipteryx campana sp. nov.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
525A35CCF38E58FFA6FDD9C55D737BE8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after Ozymandias, a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1818) about the loss of greatness and forgetting of glory by the passing of time. It refers to the state of absent / very reduced metatarsi in the genus, which can be found in the modern-day Tridactylidae genera Ellipes Scudder, 1902 and Xya Latreille, 1809, but is not present in any extant Ripipterygidae.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
525A35CCF38E58FFA6FDD9C55D737BE8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Absence or almost complete reduction of the metatarsus. Protibiae without dactyls. Mesotibiae not inflated. Cerci one-segmented, cylindrical, with long hairs. Forewing and hindwing present. Metafemur with two small apical protrusions. Dorsal metatibial ridge distally with slight serration. Apical spurs of metatibia much longer (4 ×) than subapical spurs.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
C6144F34AC695A7B9F3F82D20EEADDB0.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Yakkhapipteryx mirus comb. nov. (Gu et al., 2022)	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
C6144F34AC695A7B9F3F82D20EEADDB0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the Yakkha (Sanskrit: Yaksha), guardians of buried treasures (in reference to amber) from Burmese mythology.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
C6144F34AC695A7B9F3F82D20EEADDB0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. As provided by Gu et al. (2022) for Magnidactylus, which the authors based on the specimens now assigned to Yakkhapipteryx.	en	Schall, Ole-Kristian Odin, Cao, Chengquan, Husemann, Martin (2025): New genera and species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Contributions to Entomology 75 (2): 253-262, DOI: 10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e154529
