The Permostridulidae fam. n. (Panorthoptera), a new enigmatic insect family from the Upper Permian of France

Title:

The Permostridulidae fam. n. (Panorthoptera), a new enigmatic insect family from the Upper Permian of France

Creator:

Béthoux, Olivier, Nel, André, Lapeyrie, Jean, and Gand, Georges

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:4b070652-2154-4777-9fb2-8c394899d9f8
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Subject:

Insecta, Neoptera, Panorthoptera, Permostridulidae fam. n., Permostridulus brongniarti gen. n. & sp. n., Upper Permian, France, and stridulatory apparatus

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

The unusual wing characters of the Permian insect Permostridulus brongniarti gen. n., sp. n. justifies the creation of a new family, the Permostridulidae fam. n., within the Panorthoptera. Phylogenetic relationships with the extinct order Caloneurodea, related to the Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers), are assumed. This assumption suggests an occurrence of the Permostridulidae at least since the Upper Carboniferous. The most prominent feature of the wing venation is a stridulatory apparatus, nonhomologous with those previously known in "panorthopterid" lineages. This is the oldest recorded sound-producing device of an animal.

Language:

English

Rights:

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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2003 Volume:100 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

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