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Adelphellca Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025

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type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (4)

  • Paraxelcana Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2023 (fossil)

    type species by original designation † Paraxelcana coronakanthodis Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2023

  • Adelphellca Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025: 64. (fossil)

    type species by original designation † Adelphellca simplicissima Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025

  • Paraxelcana Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2023 in Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2026
  • Adelphellca Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025 (subjective synonym of † Paraxelcana Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2023) in Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2026

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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. (2025) Two new genera and species of Elcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.130082
  • 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:

This name derives from a fusion of the ancient Greek term “adelphe” (sister) and the name of an other elcanid genus, Ellca Kočárek, 2020. It refers to the close resemblance of the two genera, differing mainly in the metatibial spur type and forewing size.

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