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Orthoptera Species File
Species

† Letoelcana artemisapollonque Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2023

Nomenclature (2)

  • † Letoelcana artemisapollonque Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2023 (fossil)

    Holotype; adult, female; GPIH05134; deposited at: Geologisch-Paläontologiches Institut der Universität Hamburg (GPIH); Myanmar: lower Cenomanian, middle Cretaceous.

  • † Letoelcana artemisapollonque Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2023 in Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2026

References (2)

  • Schall, O.-K.O., Kotthoff, U. & Husemann, M. (2023) Three new species of Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from Myanmar amber and a discussion about phylogeny, ecology and evolutionary origin of Myanmar-amber Elcanidae. PalZ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00669-3
  • Schall, O.-K.O., Kotthoff, U. & Husemann, M. (2026) A review of the Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) species Paraxelcana coronakanthodis, Letoelcana artemisapollonque and Trigonelca jennywinterae Schall et al., 2023. PalZ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-025-00762-9

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The species is named after the godly twins Artemis and Apollo from Greek mythology, referring to the two spots on the forewing of the new species which are seen as Moon and Sun, both attributes of Artemis and Apollo, respectively. The “que” at the end means “and” in Latin.

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