Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Alternative combinations: Elcana tesselata, Elcana tessellata, Panorpidium tesselatum
Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1854. Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:378-396
Belongs to Panorpidium according to D. C. Eades et al. 2012
See also Giebel 1856, Gorochov et al. 2006, Handlirsch 1906, Jarzembowski 1996, Westwood 1854 and Zessin 1987
Sister taxa: Panorpidium beyrichi, Panorpidium bimaculatum, Panorpidium deichmuelleri, Panorpidium geinitzi, Panorpidium lata, Panorpidium liasina, Panorpidium lithophila, Panorpidium longicornis, Panorpidium longirostre, Panorpidium maculosum, Panorpidium magna, Panorpidium media, Panorpidium mesostena, Panorpidium minima, Panorpidium minuta, Panorpidium oppenheimi, Panorpidium parvum, Panorpidium phyllophora, Panorpidium plagiatus, Panorpidium proximum, Panorpidium reticulata, Panorpidium sibirica, Panorpidium spica, Panorpidium westwoodi, Panorpidium yixianensis, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Elcana plagiata, Elcana lithophila, Calotermes troglodytes
Type specimen: NHM I.3982/I.12262, a tegmen. Its type locality is Durlston Bay, Middle Purbeck, Swanage (Brodie collection), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.