Archelcana britannica Handlirsch 1906

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Alternative combination: Elcana britannica

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Belongs to Archelcana according to S. W. Heads et al. 2022

See also Handlirsch 1906, Sharov 1968 and Zessin 1987

Sister taxa: Archelcana durnovaria, Archelcana numbergerae, Archelcana ornata, Archelcana shurabica, Archelcana tina

Type specimen: Its type locality is Binton (Museum of Practical Geology collection), which is in a Hettangian marine limestone in the United Kingdom

Distribution: found only at Binton (Museum of Practical Geology collection)

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