Caelielca Uchida 2021 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Full reference: K. Uchida. 2021. Two new genera of the Elcanidae (order: Orthoptera) from middle Cretaceous Burmese amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 131(105092)

Parent taxon: Elcaninae according to K. Uchida 2021

Sister taxa: Cratoelcana, Ellca, Eubaisselcana, Hukawnelca, Minelcana, Panorpidium, Probaisselcana

Subtaxa: Caelielca spinocrus

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Type: Caelielca spinocrus

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (UMIT collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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