Two new species of Elcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) recorded from the Early Cretaceous China

Zootaxa. 2022 Apr 22;5128(4):589-596. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.4.8.

Abstract

Two new species attributed to the genus Panorpidium Westwood, 1854 are described from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao county, Liaoning province, China: Panorpidium acusicaudum sp. nov., P. validum sp. nov. The new species differs from all other known Panorpidium species by its combination of wing venation and body characters.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • Fossils
  • Orthoptera*
  • Wings, Animal