Two new members of the Elcanidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) from mid-Cretaceous amber
Abstract
A new species of the Burmese amber genus Pseudopanorpidium Schall, Willmott, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025 is described as P. inversa sp. nov. Its name is derived from the inverse color scheme of the wings: the dark wing spots and wing margin usually found on the forewings of elcanids are located on the hindwings in the new species. Additionally, a new member of the Archelcaninae Gorochov, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2006 is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Thagyaminana atawedeia gen. et sp. nov. is the third member of the subfamily to be reported from this origin and the first among them to show three branches of M between CuA + CuPaα and the stem of RP.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Fossil Insects in Amber
Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Orthoptera Research
- Publisher
- Pensoft Publishers
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 63–68
- Publication date
- 22 January 2026
- Language
- EN