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Panorpidium

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Taxonomy
Panorpidium was named by Westwood (1854).

It was considered a nomen oblitum by Gorochov (1995).

It was assigned to Elcanidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Elcaninae by Gorochov et al. (2006), Fang et al. (2015), Kim et al. (2021) and Zhou et al. (2022).

Species
Calotermes troglodytes, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Elcana lithophila (syn. Elcana quaerula, Elcana amanda), Elcana plagiata, P. beyrichi, P. bimaculatum, P. deichmuelleri, P. geinitzi (syn. Elcana geinitziana, Elcana signata, Elcana trifasciata, Elcana recta, Elcana perdix, Elcana dilatata, Elcana mutilata, Elcana analis, Elcana littoralis, Elcana similis, Elcana hubertiana, Elcana obscura, Elcana striata, Elcana latrunculorum, Elcana latibasis, Elcana marginalis, Elcana emiliae, Elcana fusca, Elcana strix, Elcana flexuosa, Elcana robusta, Elcana ligulaeformis, Elcana hildesiana, Elcana tincta, Elcana rudis, Elcana germanica, Elcana lacunosa, Elcana intercalata, Elcana obliqua, Elcana calopteryx, Elcana acuta, Elcana spiloptera, Elcana rotundata, Elcana picta, Elcana retrolaesa, Elcana plicata, Elcana orchestes, Elcana aquila, Elcana saltans, Elcana trifurcata, Elcana roemermusei, Elcana belli), P. lata, P. liasina (syn. Elcana angustior, Elcana brodiei), P. lithophila, P. longicornis, P. longirostre, P. maculosum, P. magna (syn. Elcana gravida, Elcana obtecta, Elcana bodei), P. media (syn. Elcana grandis, Elcana rescripta, Elcana arcuata, Elcana truncatula, Elcana infralaesa, Elcana postflexa, Elcana basalis, Elcana prominens, Elcana simplex, Elcana bodeana, Elcana imperfecta, Elcana muta, Elcana taeniata, Elcana replicata, Elcana varia, Elcana aequelata, Elcana aversa, Elcana abnormis), P. mesostena, P. minima (syn. Elcana brunsvicensis, Calotermes maculatus, Elcana halophila, Elcana grasseliana, Elcana saliens, Elcana agilis, Elcana triquetra, Elcana continentalis, Elcana praetruncata, Elcana parvula, Elcana gracillima, Elcana longicosta, Elcana simplicissima, Elcana hirundo, Elcana gracilis, Elcana bialata, Elcana pygmaea, Elcana tennis, Elcana latior, Elcana incurvata, Elcana angustipennis, Elcana modesta, Elcana pullula, Termes troglodytes, Elcana novemmaculata, Elcana dobbertiniana, Elcana bisinflexa, Elcana lugubris, Elcana planta), P. minuta, P. oppenheimi, P. parvum, P. phyllophora (syn. Elcana bavarica), P. plagiatus, P. proximum, P. reticulata, P. sibirica, P. spica, P. tessellatum, P. westwoodi, P. yixianensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Asilicus Germar p. 87
1854Panorpidium Westwood
1856Elcana Giebel p. 258
1856Rapha Giebel p. 290
1864Clathrotermes Heer p. 85
1864Calotermes Heer p. 86
1864Calotermes plagiatus Heer p. 86 figs. Pl 7, fig 6
1880Elcana (Clathrotermes) Heer p. 523
1886Elcana Deichmüller p. 14
1906Elcana Handlirsch p. 405
1906Elcana plagiata Handlirsch p. 415
1953Elcana Bode
1968Baisselcana Sharov
1968Elcana Sharov
1968Baisselcana Sharov p. 164
1983Elcana Hong p. 42
1986Baisselcana Gorochov p. 172
1986Elcana Lin p. 53
1987Elcana Zessin
1987Baisselcana Zessin p. 63
1992Panorpidium Carpenter p. 160
1992Baisselcana Carpenter p. 161
1995Elcana Gorochov p. 105
1995Baisselcana Gorochov p. 106
1996Elcana Ansorge p. 21
2006Panorpidium Gorochov et al. p. 644
2010Burmelcana Peñalver and Grimaldi p. 89
2015Panorpidium Fang et al. p. 324
2015Burmelcana Fang et al. p. 326
2021Panorpidium Kim et al. p. 2
2022Panorpidium Zhou et al. p. 2

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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
subfamilyElcaninae
genusPanorpidium

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. †Panorpidium Westwood 1854
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†Panorpidium beyrichi Giebel 1856
†Panorpidium bimaculatum Gorochov et al. 2006
†Panorpidium deichmuelleri Handlirsch 1906
†Panorpidium geinitzi Heer 1880
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Invalid names: Elcana acuta Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana analis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana aquila Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana belli Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana calopteryx Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana dilatata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana emiliae Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana flexuosa Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana fusca Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana geinitziana Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana germanica Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana hildesiana Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana hubertiana Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana intercalata Geinitz 1880 [synonym], Elcana lacunosa Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana latibasis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana latrunculorum Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana ligulaeformis Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana littoralis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana marginalis Handlirsch 1920 [synonym], Elcana mutilata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana obliqua Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana obscura Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana orchestes Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana perdix Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana picta Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana plicata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana recta Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana retrolaesa Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana robusta Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana roemermusei Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana rotundata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana rudis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana saltans Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana signata Heer 1864 [synonym], Elcana similis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana spiloptera Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana striata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana strix Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana tincta Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana trifasciata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana trifurcata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
†Panorpidium lata Sharov 1968
†Panorpidium liasina Giebel 1856
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Invalid names: Elcana angustior Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana brodiei Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
†Panorpidium lithophila Germar 1842
†Panorpidium longicornis Handlirsch 1906
†Panorpidium longirostre Peñalver and Grimaldi 2010
†Panorpidium maculosum Zhou et al. 2022
†Panorpidium magna Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Elcana bodei Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana gravida Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana obtecta Heer 1864 [synonym]
†Panorpidium media Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Elcana abnormis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana aequelata Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana arcuata Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana aversa Bode 1905 [synonym], Elcana basalis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana bodeana Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana grandis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana imperfecta Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana infralaesa Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana muta Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana postflexa Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana prominens Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana replicata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana rescripta Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana simplex Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana taeniata Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana truncatula Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana varia Bode 1953 [synonym]
†Panorpidium mesostena Handlirsch 1939
†Panorpidium minima Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Calotermes maculatus Heer 1864 [synonym], Elcana agilis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana angustipennis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana bialata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana bisinflexa Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana brunsvicensis Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana continentalis Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana dobbertiniana Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana gracilis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana gracillima Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana grasseliana Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana halophila Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana hirundo Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana incurvata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana latior Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana longicosta Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana lugubris Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana modesta Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana novemmaculata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana parvula Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana planta Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana praetruncata Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana pullula Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana pygmaea Handlirsch 1939 [synonym], Elcana saliens Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana simplicissima Bode 1953 [synonym], Elcana tennis Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Elcana triquetra Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Termes troglodytes Heer 1864 [synonym]
†Panorpidium minuta Sharov 1968
†Panorpidium oppenheimi Handlirsch 1906
†Panorpidium parvum Gorochov et al. 2006
†Panorpidium phyllophora Handlirsch 1906
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Invalid names: Elcana bavarica Handlirsch 1906 [synonym]
†Panorpidium proximum Gorochov et al. 2006
†Panorpidium reticulata Handlirsch 1920
†Panorpidium sibirica Sharov 1968
†Panorpidium spica Kim et al. 2021
†Panorpidium tessellatum Westwood 1854
†Panorpidium westwoodi Handlirsch 1906
†Panorpidium yixianensis Fang et al. 2015
Invalid names: Baisselcana Sharov 1968 [synonym], Burmelcana Peñalver and Grimaldi 2010 [synonym], Clathrotermes Heer 1864 [synonym], Elcana Giebel 1856 [objective synonym], Panorpidium plagiatus Heer 1864 [nomen dubium], Rapha Giebel 1856 [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 Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 208.50000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Elcana liasina (124689) Ephemera sp. (113961)
Rhaetian - Hettangian208.5 - 199.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Elcana angustior (139593)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Switzerland Calotermes maculatus, Clathrotermes signatus, Calotermes obtectus, Calotermes plagiatus, Calotermes troglodytes (131766)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Elcana sp. (123982)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Elcana minima, Elcana geinitzi, Elcana magna (114992) Elcana minima, Elcana geinitzi, Elcana media, Elcana magna (114993) Elcana minima, Elcana media (114994)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Elcana minima, Elcana geinitzi, Elcana media (114991) Elcana pullula, Elcana rotundata, Elcana halophila, Elcana latior, Elcana parvula, Elcana gracillima, Elcana triquetra, Elcana intercalata, Elcana geinitzi, Elcana flexuosa, Elcana trifurcata, Elcana geinitziana, Elcana littoralis, Elcana obliqua, Elcana spiloptera, Elcana plicata, Elcana fusca, Elcana germanica, Elcana calopteryx, Elcana mesostena, Elcana reticulata, Elcana analis, Elcana marginalis, Elcana robusta, Elcana latibasis, Elcana picta, Elcana similis, Elcana recta, Elcana tincta, Elcana media, Elcana arcuata, Elcana simplex, Elcana abnormis, Elcana grandis, Elcana truncatula, Elcana taeniata, Elcana aequelata, Elcana muta (123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Niedersachsen) Elcana bialata, Elcana emiliae, Elcana aquila, Elcana trifasciata, Elcana imperfecta, Elcana replicata, Elcana simplicissima, Elcana perdix, Elcana postflexa, Elcana mutilata, Elcana lacunosa (107323) Elcana bisinflexa, Elcana grasseliana, Elcana latrunculorum (107556) Elcana hirundo, Elcana belli, Elcana continentalis, Elcana ligulaeformis, Elcana strix (107555) Elcana hubertiana (107557) Elcana minima, Elcana geinitzi (114995) Elcana minima, Elcana praetruncata, Elcana rotundata, Elcana striata, Elcana prominens, Elcana retrolaesa, Elcana roemermusei (105002) Elcana minima, Elcana pullula, Elcana prominens (107552) Elcana novemmaculata, Elcana planta, Elcana incurvata, Elcana prominens, Elcana varia, Elcana infralaesa, Elcana dilatata, Elcana hildesiana, Elcana rescripta (107321) Elcana obscura (108447) Elcana striata, Elcana retrolaesa (107322)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom Neuroptera indet. (133537)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1China (Guangxi) Elcana reticulata (151540)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Elcana minima, Elcana geinitzi, Elcana media, Elcana magna (104056) Elcana minima, Elcana grasseliana, Elcana gracilis, Elcana dobbertiniana, Elcana brunsvicensis, Elcana agilis, Elcana modesta, Elcana angustipennis, Elcana longicosta, Elcana pygmaea, Elcana lugubris, Elcana saltans, Elcana orchestes, Elcana acuta, Elcana basalis, Elcana magna, Elcana gravida (114990) Elcana tennis, Elcana saliens, Elcana rudis (131767)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Elcana minuta (105970 106101 113402) Elcana minuta, Elcana lata (105971)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Hebei) Elcana reticulata (154824)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Acheta quaerula (123906) Asilicus lithophilus (133581) Elcana amanda (133578) Elcana longicornis (133579) Elcana oppenheimi, Locusta amanda, Elcana amanda (123985) Elcana phyllophora, Elcana bavarica, Elcana lithophila (123144)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Elcana phyllophora, Elcana lithophila (122586 139876)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Sialidae indet. (105966)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) P. tesselatum (117342) P. tesselatum, P. proximum (103833) P. tessellatum (160681)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) P. tessellatum (127481)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) P. parvum (103930)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) P. bimaculatum (106281)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) P. bimaculatum (45193 104005 118921)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) P. yixianensis (103654)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Baisselcana sibirica (105536 113403)
Albian113.0 - 100.5South Korea P. spica (184781)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Burmelcana longirostris (111688) Burmelcana sp. (161726) P. maculosum (224419)