A new genus and species of elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from cretaceous burmese amber

Sam W. Heads; M. Jared Thomas; Yinan Wang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4527.4.8

A new genus and species of elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from cretaceous burmese amber

Sam W. Heads, M. Jared Thomas, Yinan Wang

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A new genus and species of Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Elcanonympha diana gen. et sp. nov. is known from a single, complete nymph and is distinguished from other elcanids by the pronotum cut by a single transverse sulcus, the dorsal margin of the metafemoral genicula with a row of prominent apical denticles, and the distal third of the metabasitarsus bearing a row of apically directed scale-like spines on the ventral surface.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	575-580
Number of pages	6
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4527
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4527.4.8
State	Published - Dec 7 2018

Keywords

Cenomanian
Elcanoidea
Fossil resin
Myanmar

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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A new genus and species of elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from cretaceous burmese amber

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