Insecta - Orthoptera - Elcanidae

Synonyms: Calotermes obtectus Heer 1865, Elcana bodei Handlirsch 1939, Elcana gravida Handlirsch 1939, Elcana obtecta Heer 1865

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640

Belongs to Elcana according to W. Zessin 1987

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

Type specimens:

• Elcana magna: MBI 6.1ab, a forewing. Its type locality is Dobbertin (Naturkundemuseum Coll.), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.
• Elcana bodei:
• Elcana gravida: MBI 54.1, an exoskeleton (female body). Its type locality is Dobbertin (Naturkundemuseum Coll.), which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in Germany.
• Elcana obtecta:

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): forewing 20.0 x 4.7, hindwing 18.5 x 4.6, tegmen length 15.0