A new genus and species of Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from Cretaceous Burmese amber

Zootaxa. 2018 Dec 7;4527(4):575-580. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.4.8.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Elcanoidea, Cenomanian, Myanmar, fossil resin.

MeSH terms

  • Amber*
  • Animals
  • Fossils
  • Insecta
  • Nymph
  • Orthoptera*

Substances

  • Amber