Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Alternative combination: Elcana minuta
Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216
Belongs to Panorpidium according to D. C. Eades et al. 2012
See also Sharov 1968 and Zessin 1987
Sister taxa: Panorpidium beyrichi, Panorpidium bimaculatum, Panorpidium deichmuelleri, Panorpidium geinitzi, Panorpidium lata, Panorpidium liasina, Panorpidium lithophila, Panorpidium longicornis, Panorpidium longirostre, Panorpidium magna, Panorpidium media, Panorpidium mesostena, Panorpidium minima, 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 specimen: PIN 2066/814, a forewing (forewing without apex). Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2066), which is in a Kimmeridgian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.