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Meselcaninae

Insecta - Orthoptera - Permelcanidae

Taxonomy
Meselcaninae was named by Gorochov (1989). Its type is Meselcana.

It was assigned to Permelcanidae by Gorochov (1989), Gorochov (1995), Gorochov (2005) and Gorochov (2013).

Subtaxa
Meselcana (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Meselcaninae Gorochov p. 25
1995Meselcaninae Gorochov p. 102
2005Meselcaninae Gorochov p. 179
2013Meselcaninae Gorochov p. 786

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderElcanidea
superfamilyElcanoidea
familyPermelcanidae
subfamilyMeselcaninae
subfamilyMeselcaninae

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.

Subfm. †Meselcaninae Gorochov 1989
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G. †Meselcana Sharov 1968
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†Meselcana madygenica Sharov 1968
†Meselcana permelcanoides Gorochov 1989
†Meselcana udmurtica Gorochov 2013
†Meselcana vologodica Gorochov 2013
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 Capitanian to the top of the Ladinian or 265.10000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Urzhumian268.0 - 265.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) Meselcana udmurtica (103502)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) Meselcana vologodica (104717)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Vologda) Meselcana vologodica (104754)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Kyrgyzstan (Osh) Meselcana madygenica (106090) Meselcana madygenica, Meselcana permelcanoides (110763)