A new representative of the “orthopteroid” insect family Cnemidolestidae from the lower Permian of Germany
Palatinarkema prokopi gen. et sp. nov., the third German representative of the late Carboniferous–early Permian archaeorthopteran clade Cnemidolestidae is described and figured. It is compared to the other known genera. We discuss putative aspects of the paleoecology of these stick-insect-like “orth...
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| description | Palatinarkema prokopi gen. et sp. nov., the third German representative of the late Carboniferous–early Permian archaeorthopteran clade Cnemidolestidae is described and figured. It is compared to the other known genera. We discuss putative aspects of the paleoecology of these stick-insect-like “orthopteroids”, based on their body and leg structures, plus the presence of a high disparity of color patterns in their forewings, suggesting an important diversity of biology and habitats for these insects. Their elongate bodies and legs show some similarities with the extant but distantly related stick insects. Cnemidolestids possibly expressed cryptic behaviours among the vegetation, using disruptive colors but also ovale eye-like spots, as in the extant insects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ee088ef4f76407e8687ca3638fea9552022-12-21T18:37:41ZengInstitute of Paleobiology PASActa Palaeontologica Polonica0567-79201732-24212021-09-01663641646https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00879.2021A new representative of the “orthopteroid” insect family Cnemidolestidae from the lower Permian of GermanyAndre Nel0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-7651Markus J. Poschmann1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9710-1673Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, FranceGeneraldirektion Kulturelles Erbe RLP, Direktion Landesarchäologie/Erdgeschichte, Niederberger Höhe 1, D-56077 Koblenz, GermanyPalatinarkema prokopi gen. et sp. nov., the third German representative of the late Carboniferous–early Permian archaeorthopteran clade Cnemidolestidae is described and figured. It is compared to the other known genera. We discuss putative aspects of the paleoecology of these stick-insect-like “orthopteroids”, based on their body and leg structures, plus the presence of a high disparity of color patterns in their forewings, suggesting an important diversity of biology and habitats for these insects. Their elongate bodies and legs show some similarities with the extant but distantly related stick insects. Cnemidolestids possibly expressed cryptic behaviours among the vegetation, using disruptive colors but also ovale eye-like spots, as in the extant insects.http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app008792021.pdfinsectapolyneopteraarchaeorthopteracryptic behaviorinsect predationpalaeozoicgermany |
| spellingShingle | Andre Nel Markus J. Poschmann A new representative of the “orthopteroid” insect family Cnemidolestidae from the lower Permian of Germany Acta Palaeontologica Polonica insecta polyneoptera archaeorthoptera cryptic behavior insect predation palaeozoic germany |
| title | A new representative of the “orthopteroid” insect family Cnemidolestidae from the lower Permian of Germany |
| title_full | A new representative of the “orthopteroid” insect family Cnemidolestidae from the lower Permian of Germany |
| title_fullStr | A new representative of the “orthopteroid” insect family Cnemidolestidae from the lower Permian of Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new representative of the “orthopteroid” insect family Cnemidolestidae from the lower Permian of Germany |
| title_short | A new representative of the “orthopteroid” insect family Cnemidolestidae from the lower Permian of Germany |
| title_sort | new representative of the orthopteroid insect family cnemidolestidae from the lower permian of germany |
| topic | insecta polyneoptera archaeorthoptera cryptic behavior insect predation palaeozoic germany |
| url | http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app008792021.pdf |
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