Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622
Belongs to Calotermes according to O. Heer 1864
See also Hagen 1858, Handlirsch 1906 and Zessin 1987
Sister taxa: Panorpidium beyrichi, Panorpidium bimaculatum, Panorpidium damianii, Panorpidium deichmuelleri, Panorpidium geinitzi, Panorpidium lata, Panorpidium liasina, Panorpidium lithophila, Panorpidium longicornis, Panorpidium longirostre, 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 tessellatum, Panorpidium westwoodi, Panorpidium yixianensis, Elcana plagiata, Elcana lithophila, Elcana (Clathrotermes)
Type specimen: Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau
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