The first Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea) from the Daohugou fossil bed of northeastern China
Author
Tian, He
Author
Gu, Jun-Jie
Author
Yin, Xiang Chu
Author
Ren, Dong
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ZooKeys
2019
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19
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.897.37608
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.897.37608
1313-2970-897-19
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Genus
Parelcana Handlirsch, 1906
Type species.
Parelcana tenuis
Handlirsch, 1906.
Composition.
Parelcana tenuis
Handlirsch, 1906 (Jurassic, Dobbertin, Germany),
P. anglicana
Handlirsch, 1939 (Jurassic, Binton, UK), probably
P. dubia
Handlirsch, 1939 (Jurassic, Gloucester, UK) and
Parelcana pulchmacula
sp. nov. (
Handlirsch 1939
;
Cigliano et al. 2019
).
Revised diagnosis.
ScP with numerous branches ending at the anterior margin; M with 3 branches before RP fused with MA1; short CuA;
CuPaβ
, CuPb, and AA1 detached from each other.
Comments.
All species of genus
Parelcana
are based on forewing structure. The forewing of
Parelcana
differs from other genera in
Archelcaninae
by the presence of 3 branches of M before RP fuses with MA1, and presence a very short and nearly vertical CuA.