An electric connector having: an insulating housing configured to form, in a first surface, an insertion opening to which a connection target is inserted and to house, in mating space, the connection target inserted from the insertion opening toward a second surface opposed to the first surface; a plurality of contact members attached in the insulating housing; and an electrically-conductive shell attached in a state in which the electrically-conductive shell is covering an outer surface of the insulating housing; each contact member having a fixed base portion retained by the insulating housing, an elastic beam portion extended from the fixed base portion toward the first surface and disposed in an elastically displaceable state in the mating space, and a board connecting portion extended from the fixed base portion toward the second surface and joined with a wiring board; while the insertion opening is formed between a lower wall portion of the insulating housing directly facing the wiring board and an upper wall portion of the insulating housing arranged to be opposed to the lower wall in the top-bottom direction away from the wiring board; and the electrically-conductive shell having a first shell plate covering at least part of an outer surface of the upper wall portion of the insulating housing opposed to the lower wall portion facing the wiring board; characterized in that: the first shell plate of the electrically-conductive shell is integrally provided with an intermediate connecting portion joined with the wiring board; and the intermediate connecting portion formed in a state in which the intermediate connecting portion is bent downward at an approximately right angle towards the wiring board side and extended from a position close to the first surface with respect to the fixed base portion of the contact member toward the wiring board, wherein a lower end part of the intermediate connecting portion is bent at an approximately right angle and a joining leg portion is configured to flatly extend. an insulating housing configured to form, in a first surface, an insertion opening to which a connection target is inserted and to house, in mating space, the connection target inserted from the insertion opening toward a second surface opposed to the first surface; a plurality of contact members attached in the insulating housing; and an electrically-conductive shell attached in a state in which the electrically-conductive shell is covering an outer surface of the insulating housing; each contact member having a fixed base portion retained by the insulating housing, an elastic beam portion extended from the fixed base portion toward the first surface and disposed in an elastically displaceable state in the mating space, and a board connecting portion extended from the fixed base portion toward the second surface and joined with a wiring board; while the insertion opening is formed between a lower wall portion of the insulating housing directly facing the wiring board and an upper wall portion of the insulating housing arranged to be opposed to the lower wall in the top-bottom direction away from the wiring board; and the electrically-conductive shell having a first shell plate covering at least part of an outer surface of the upper wall portion of the insulating housing opposed to the lower wall portion facing the wiring board; characterized in that: the first shell plate of the electrically-conductive shell is integrally provided with an intermediate connecting portion joined with the wiring board; and the intermediate connecting portion formed in a state in which the intermediate connecting portion is bent downward at an approximately right angle towards the wiring board side and extended from a position close to the first surface with respect to the fixed base portion of the contact member toward the wiring board, wherein a lower end part of the intermediate connecting portion is bent at an approximately right angle and a joining leg portion is configured to flatly extend. the first shell plate of the electrically-conductive shell is integrally provided with an intermediate connecting portion joined with the wiring board; and the intermediate connecting portion formed in a state in which the intermediate connecting portion is bent downward at an approximately right angle towards the wiring board side and extended from a position close to the first surface with respect to the fixed base portion of the contact member toward the wiring board, wherein a lower end part of the intermediate connecting portion is bent at an approximately right angle and a joining leg portion is configured to flatly extend.