Ellca nevelka Kočárek 2020 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Full reference: P. Kočárek. 2020. A diminutive elcanid from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Ellca nevelka gen. et sp. nov., and the function of metatibial spurs in Elcanidae (Orthoptera). Cretaceous Research 116(104574)

Belongs to Ellca according to P. Kočárek 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: University of Ostrava PK249Bu, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (University of Ostrava coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (University of Ostrava coll)

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