Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Alternative combination: Archelcana shurabica

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1968. Filogeniya ortopteroidnykh nasekomykh. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 118:1-216

Belongs to Elcana according to W. Zessin 1987

Sister taxa: Panorpidium bimaculatum, Panorpidium parvum, Panorpidium proximum, Panorpidium sibirica, Panorpidium tesselatum, Elcana liasina, Elcana minima, Elcana (Clathrotermes), Elcana media, Elcana magna, Elcana beyrichi, Elcana phyllophora, Elcana lithophila, Elcana deichmulleri, Elcana longicornis, Elcana minuta, Elcana lata, Elcana geinitzi, Elcana plagiata, Elcana westwoodi

Type specimen: PIN 2068/41, a forewing (missing base & apex). Its type locality is Shurab III, which is in a Pliensbachian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Sagul Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): forewing 20.0 x 14.0