Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Alternative combination: Elcana magna
Synonyms: Calotermes obtectus Heer 1864, Elcana bodei Handlirsch 1939, Elcana gravida Handlirsch 1939, Elcana obtecta Heer 1864
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 Panorpidium according to D. C. Eades et al. 2012
See also Handlirsch 1906, Handlirsch 1939, Heer 1864 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 media, Panorpidium mesostena, Panorpidium minima, Panorpidium minuta, Panorpidium oppenheimi, Panorpidium parvum, Panorpidium phyllophora, Panorpidium plagiatus, Panorpidium proximum, Panorpidium reticulata, Panorpidium sibirica, Panorpidium spica, Panorpidium tessellatum, Panorpidium westwoodi, Panorpidium yixianensis, Elcana lithophila, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Elcana plagiata, Calotermes troglodytes
Type specimens:
- Panorpidium magna: MBI 6.1ab, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin (Naturkundemuseum Coll.), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Elcana bodei:
- Elcana gravida: MBI 54.1, an exoskeleton (female body). Its type locality is Dobbertin (Naturkundemuseum Coll.), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany.
- Elcana obtecta: Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (4 collections), Switzerland (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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