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Parelcana

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Parelcana Handlirsch p. 420
1968Parelcana Sharov
1987Parelcana Zessin p. 28
1995Parelcana Gorochov p. 105
1996Parelcana Ansorge p. 22
2006Parelcana Gorochov et al. p. 642
2019Parelcana Tian et al. p. 21
2022Parelcana Gorochov and Coram p. 2
2022Parelcana Heads et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderElcanidea
superfamilyElcanoidea
familyElcanidae
subfamilyArchelcaninae
genusParelcana

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Parelcana Handlirsch 1906
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Parelcana anglicana Handlirsch 1939
Parelcana dubia Handlirsch 1939
Parelcana pulchmacula Tian et al. 2019
Parelcana tenuis Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Parelcana platyptera Handlirsch 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hettangian to the top of the Oxfordian or 201.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) P. dubia (139593)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) P. anglicana (113956)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) P. tenuis (114993)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany P. tenuis (123987)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany P. platyptera (114990)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) P. pulchmacula (183155)