†Hispanelcana alavensis Peñalver and Grimaldi 2010 (grasshopper)
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Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Full reference: E. Peñalver and D. A. Grimaldi. 2010. Latest occurrences of the Mesozoic family Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera), in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar and Spain. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:88-99
Belongs to Hispanelcana according to E. Peñalver and D. A. Grimaldi 2010
Sister taxa: Hispanelcana arilloi, Hispanelcana lopezvallei
Type specimen: MCNA 9569, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I
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