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Parelcana tenuis

Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Taxonomy
Parelcana tenuis was named by Handlirsch (1906). Its type specimen is MBI 56.1a,b, a forewing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Dobbertin, Mecklenburg (Greifswald collection), which is in a Toarcian offshore claystone in Germany. It is the type species of Parelcana.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Parelcana tenuis Handlirsch p. 421 figs. Pl XXXIX fig 55
1939Parelcana platyptera Handlirsch p. 50 figs. Pl 3, fig 50
1987Parelcana tenuis Zessin p. 29
1988Parelcana tenuis Zessin p. 110 fig. 5
1996Parelcana tenuis Ansorge p. 22
2022Parelcana tenuis Heads et al. p. 9

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

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.

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 Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 182.70000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Parelcana tenuis (type locality: 123987)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Parelcana tenuis (114993)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Parelcana platyptera (114990)