Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Alternative combination: Elcana phyllophora

Synonyms: Elcana bavarica Handlirsch 1906, Elcana bavaricus Handlirsch 1906

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 Carpenter 1932, Handlirsch 1906 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 magna, Panorpidium media, Panorpidium mesostena, Panorpidium minima, Panorpidium minuta, Panorpidium oppenheimi, Panorpidium parvum, Panorpidium plagiatus, Panorpidium proximum, Panorpidium reticulata, Panorpidium sibirica, Panorpidium spica, Panorpidium tessellatum, Panorpidium westwoodi, Panorpidium yixianensis, Elcana plagiata, Elcana lithophila, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Calotermes troglodytes

Type specimens:

• Panorpidium phyllophora: Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Naturhistorischen Museum Wien collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
• Elcana bavarica: Wiener Hof-museum, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Naturhistorischen Museum Wien collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

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