A diminutive elcanid from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Ellca nevelka gen. et sp. nov., and the function of metatibial spurs in Elcanidae (Orthoptera)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F20%3AA21026ZU" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/20:A21026ZU - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667120302603" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667120302603</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104574" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104574</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A diminutive elcanid from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Ellca nevelka gen. et sp. nov., and the function of metatibial spurs in Elcanidae (Orthoptera)
Original language description
Ellca nevelka gen. et sp. nov. (Orthoptera: Elcanidae) is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber and it is the smallest known elcanid (body length = 4.53 mm) characterized by a combination of morphological characters on the head, pronotum, metatibial spurs, and metatarsomeres. Well-preserved forewing venation indicates that the fossil belongs to Elcaninae; as such, this species is the latest known representative of this subfamily. The described species has a narrow pterostigma on its forewings, which suggests that this species could use both pairs of wings for active flight. A new hypothesis is proposed for the function of the enlarged and flattened metatibial spurs, which could help stabilize and control flight.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10616 - Entomology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
ISSN
0195-6671
e-ISSN
1095-998X
Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
116
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
1-7
UT code for WoS article
000579821800009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85089731413