SUBSTITUTE NAMES FOR THE EXTINCT GENERA 
CYCLOPTERA MARTYNOVA (MECOPTERA) 
AND PARELCANA CARPENTER (ORTHOPTERA)* 
By Frank M. Carptenter 
Museum of Comparative Zoology 
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 02138 
In 1958 Dr. Olga M. Martynova described a fossil mecopteron 
belonging to a new genus, Cycloptera, and representing a new fam- 
ily, Cyclopteridae. Since the name Cycloptera turns out to be pre- 
occupied, a substitute name is needed. Dr. Martynova has asked me 
to propose a replacement name, and, following her suggestion for 
the name, I propose the following: 
Cyclopterina, nomen novum , pro Cycloptera Martynova, 1958, 
p. 85, non Audinet-Serville, 1839, p. 439. The type species, Cyclop- 
tera autumnale Martynova, 1958, original designation, becomes 
Cyclopterina autumnalis (Martynova), new combination. The new 
generic name is derived from Cycloptera with the addition of the 
feminine suffix -ina and is considered feminine. The genus is known 
only from the Permian of the Kuznetz Basin, near the Tom River, 
Kemerovsk Region, USSR. 
The family name, Cyclopteridae Martynova, 1938, p. 84, is herein 
replaced by Cyclopterinidae. Cyclopterina is the only genus known 
in the family at present. 
In 1966 I described a Permian orthopteron, placing it in a new 
genus, Parelcana, of a new family, Parelcanidae. I have only 
recently realized that the name Parelcana is preoccupied and I take 
this opportunity to propose the following substitute name: 
Anelcana, nomen novum pro Parelcana Carpenter, 1966, p. 84, 
non Handlirsch, 1906, p. 420. The type species, Parelcana dilatata 
Carpenter, 1966, original designation, becomes Anelcana dilatata 
(Carpenter), new combination. The new generic name is derived 
from Elcana with the prefix an (“not”). The genus is known only 
from the Permian of Kansas, U.S.A. 
* Research supported by National Science Foundation grant DEB 8205398, F. M. 
Carpenter, Principal Investigator. 
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