A new genus and species of fossil mole cricket in the Lower Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime, SW France (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)

Abstract A new deposit of Lower Cretaceous amber, found in Charente-Maritime, SW France, has yielded an important entomofauna with numerous characteristic moist ground arthropods. We describe a new genus and species of mole cricket, Marchandia magnifica gen. et sp. nov., in an exceptional state of preservation.