Hispanelcana Peñalver and Grimaldi 2010 (grasshopper)

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

Parent taxon: Elcanidae according to E. Peñalver and D. A. Grimaldi 2010

Sister taxa: Archelcaninae, Cenoelcanus, Elcaninae, Letoelcana, Liaonemobius, Longioculus, Monitelcana, Paraxelcana, Trigonelca

Subtaxa: Hispanelcana alavensis Hispanelcana arilloi Hispanelcana lopezvallei

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Type: Hispanelcana arilloi

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I (Cretaceous of Spain)

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