Two New Species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from Mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a Key to the Genera of Tridactyloidea in Amberâ€
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This is an interesting manuscript that can be published. Two serious remarks.
1. Give a key to species of the genus Magnidactylus from Burmese amber.
2. Give the authors of the genera and designate the ambers where these genera were found for the genera key.
3. Some minor flaws that I corrected in the text.
Comments for author File: 
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Author Response
Thank you very much for your kind and valuable revisions, we have modified and corrected all the issues.
- Give a key to species of the genus Magnidactylus from Burmese amber.
Reply: we added a key to species of Magnidactylus in text
- Give the authors of the genera and designate the ambers where these genera were found for the genera key.
Reply: we added the authors of the genera
- Some minor flaws that I corrected in the text.
Reply: we corrected the flaws.
Reviewer 2 Report
Title must be corrected as follow:
Two new species of Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar with a key to genera of Tridactyloidea in amber
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Printed: [2].Wing
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Printed: matetibia
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Printed: Magnidactylus mirus sp. nov. Gu, Zheng, Cao et Yue
Replace to: Magnidactylus mirus Gu, Zheng, Cao et Yue, sp. nov.
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Material. Holotype, CNU-ORT-MA2016021, female. nearly complete specimen of an adult: head, prothoracic legs, mesothoracic legs and terminal abdomen preserved well; matetibiae obscured by metafemurs; tegmina overlapped on hindwings. Paratype, 85 CNU-ORT-MA2018012, female; 6-1014, sex unknown, abdominal crushing, left metatarsus truncated by the edge of the amber, right metatarsus is partially obscured by the bubble.
Replace to: Material. Holotype, CNU-ORT-MA2016021, female; nearly complete specimen of an adult: head, prothoracic legs, mesothoracic legs and terminal abdomen preserved well; metatibiae obscured by metafemurs; tegmina overlapped on hindwings. Paratypes, 85 CNU-ORT-MA2018012, female; and 6-1014, sex unknown, abdominal crushing, left metatarsus truncated by the edge of the amber, right metatarsus is partially obscured by the bubble.
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Printed: Figure 1. Holotype (CNU-ORT-MA2016021) of Magnidactylus mirus sp. nov., holotype : (A) 109 photograph of habitus in dorsal view, (B) line drawing of habitus, ....
Replace to: Figure 1. Holotype (CNU-ORT-MA2016021) of Magnidactylus mirus sp. nov., holotype: (A) photograph of habitus in dorso-lateral view, (B) line drawing of habitus, ....
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Printed: preserved in the holotype)and inserted beneath
Replace to: preserved in the holotype) and inserted beneath
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Printed: about 1.5 times as long as flagellomere, pedicel much
Replace to: about 1.5 times as long as pedicel, pedicel much
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Printed: Figure 2. Paratypes of Magnidactylus mirus sp. nov.. A, B: habitus and linedrawing of 6-1014 in
Replace to: Figure 2. Paratypes of Magnidactylus mirus sp. nov.. A, B: habitus and linedrawing of 6-1014 in
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Printed: Magnidactylus gracilis sp. nov. Gu, Zheng, Cao et Yue
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Printed: Diagnosis. matetibia with relatively large spines on the dorsal margins;
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Printed: slender and straight mesotibia in the Magnidactylus.
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Printed: Figure 3. Habitus of Magnidactylus gracilis sp. nov., holotype (SICAU–A–085): (A) photograph
Replace to: Habitus of Magnidactylus gracilis sp. nov., holotype (SICAU–A–085): (A) photograph
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Printed: The genus Magnidactylus Xu, Fang & Jarzembowski 2020 was erected by Xu et al. [11], and assigned to Tridactylidae by the following characters:
Replace to: The genus Magnidactylus was erected by Xu et al. [11], and assigned to Tridactylidae by the following characters:
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Printed: Thus, Magnidactylus Xu, Fang & Jarzembowski, 2020 should be assigend to Ripipterygidae rather than to Tridactylidae.
Replace to: Thus, the genus Magnidactylus should be assigned to Ripipterygidae rather than to Tridactylidae.
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Printed: denticular process ( in M. mirus, the metatarsi
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Printed: 9 Metatarsus vestigial, reduced to a tiny nub nestled …………………… Ellipes
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Printed: fossil Tridactyloidea and provide new knowledge of morphology in mud crickets.
Replace to: fossil Tridactyloidea and provide new knowledge of morphology in pygmy mole crickets.
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Printed: (Saltatoria, Insecta), Mitt. Zool. Mus.
Replace to: (Saltatoria, Insecta). Mitt. Zool. Mus.
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Printed: Tridactylidae Brunner und zur Klassifi kation der
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Printed: Orthoptera Species File. V ersion 5.0/5.0. 2022.
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Printed: Béthoux, O.; Nel, A. V. enation pattern and revision
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Printed: Gorochov, A. V.; Jarzembowski, E. A. Coram R A. Grasshoppers
Replace to: Gorochov, A. V.; Jarzembowski, E. A.; Coram, R. A. Grasshoppers
Author Response
Dear reviewer:
Thank you for your kind and detailed revisions, we have accepted most of your corrections.
Jun-Jie
Author Response File: 
Author Response.docx
Reviewer 3 Report
This paper presents the descriptions of two new species of pigmy crickets from the Cretaceous; the genus is transferred to a different family and a key is given for fossil genera found in amber.
This paper suffers from many editing errors, which must be corrected by the authors. See attached file.
I am not sure the authors have exploited all the characters visible on the fossils, especially gracilis.
Also, for the key, can all the characters be observed on all the fossils mentioned in the key ? male versus female characters ? juvenile versus adults ? The authors should introduvce the families and if possible the subfamilies into the key.
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
Author Response
Dear reviewer:
thank you for you kind and valuable comments, we have corrected as your suggestions.
This paper suffers from many editing errors, which must be corrected by the authors. See attached file.
Reply: thank you very much, we have checked again and correct the erros.
I am not sure the authors have exploited all the characters visible on the fossils, especially gracilis.
Reply: we have checked the specimens again and improve the description and modified the linedrawings of Magnidactylus gracilis sp. nov.
Also, for the key, can all the characters be observed on all the fossils mentioned in the key ? male versus female characters ? juvenile versus adults ? The authors should introduvce the families and if possible the subfamilies into the key.
Reply: among all genera covered in the key, only Birmitoxya Gorochov, 2010 is based on larvae (male middle or late instar nymph), which are distinguished from adults mainly by the presence or absence of fully developed wings, and characters used in the key can be observed in this genus. And we modified the key as your suggestion.
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript has been corrected according to the comments. I recommend accepting this ms.
Author Response
Dear reviewer:
thank you for your kind revision.
Best wishes
Jun-Jie
