The first Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea) from the Daohugou fossil bed of northeastern China

By

He, Tian
Gu, JunJie
Yin, Xiang-Chu
Ren, Dong, 1963-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

897

Pages

19--28

Subjects

Archelcaninae , Inner Mongolia , Middle Jurassic , Parelcana , systematic paleontology , Yanliao Biota

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.897.37608

 

Abstract

A new species of Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea), Parelcana pulchmaculasp. nov., is described based on four new specimens from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of northeastern China. The new species differs from all other known Archelcaninae species by its combination of wing-venation characters. This new finding improves our knowledge of variation on wing venation in elcanid insects and constitutes the first record of Elcanidae from the Daohugou fossil bed (Yanliao Biota) of northeastern China.