A new family and two new genera from Avion, Northern France, confirm the high Moscovian (late Carboniferous) diversity of the insect superorder Archaeorthoptera

The new archaeorthopteran family Archaeogeraridae, based on Archaeogerarus schubneli gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Moscovian of Avion. It has several unique wing venation characters allowing to separate it from the other groups of this superorder, viz. a vein RP separating from RA very clo...

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Main Authors: ANDRÉ NEL, PATRICK ROQUES
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Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app009402021.pdf
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description The new archaeorthopteran family Archaeogeraridae, based on Archaeogerarus schubneli gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Moscovian of Avion. It has several unique wing venation characters allowing to separate it from the other groups of this superorder, viz. a vein RP separating from RA very close to wing base and closely parallel to it; M shortly fused with RP; CuA+CuPa simple and straight; and CuPb branched. This last character is convergently present in a few Palaeozoic Panorthoptera, a feature of great interest for a future phylogenetic analysis of the whole superorder. Avionxixia gui gen. et sp. nov., second Cnemidolestidae from the Moscovian of Avion, is described and illustrated. It shares numerous characters with the Chinese Namurian genus Xixia and the European (Germany and France) Moscovian genus Piesbergopterum, suggesting possible phylogenetic affinities between these three genera. It is mainly separated from these two genera by the costal area much narrower than the subcostal one and the presence of only one posterior branch of the anterior branch of MP+CuA+CuPa. This new taxon confirms the high diversity of the Cnemidolestidae during the late Carboniferous.
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spelling doaj.art-d564682e27d542faa9298c9b3fb6537c2022-12-22T04:16:15ZengInstitute of Paleobiology PASActa Palaeontologica Polonica0567-79201732-24212021-12-0166487988410.4202/app.00940.2021A new family and two new genera from Avion, Northern France, confirm the high Moscovian (late Carboniferous) diversity of the insect superorder ArchaeorthopteraANDRÉ NEL0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-7651PATRICK ROQUES1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8721-9763Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris, France.22 Chemin des Pro-cessions, 93360 Neuilly Plaisance, France.The new archaeorthopteran family Archaeogeraridae, based on Archaeogerarus schubneli gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Moscovian of Avion. It has several unique wing venation characters allowing to separate it from the other groups of this superorder, viz. a vein RP separating from RA very close to wing base and closely parallel to it; M shortly fused with RP; CuA+CuPa simple and straight; and CuPb branched. This last character is convergently present in a few Palaeozoic Panorthoptera, a feature of great interest for a future phylogenetic analysis of the whole superorder. Avionxixia gui gen. et sp. nov., second Cnemidolestidae from the Moscovian of Avion, is described and illustrated. It shares numerous characters with the Chinese Namurian genus Xixia and the European (Germany and France) Moscovian genus Piesbergopterum, suggesting possible phylogenetic affinities between these three genera. It is mainly separated from these two genera by the costal area much narrower than the subcostal one and the presence of only one posterior branch of the anterior branch of MP+CuA+CuPa. This new taxon confirms the high diversity of the Cnemidolestidae during the late Carboniferous.https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app009402021.pdfinsectapolyneopteracnemidolestodeaarchaeogeraridaeforewing venation convergencescarboni-ferousfrance
spellingShingle ANDRÉ NEL
PATRICK ROQUES
A new family and two new genera from Avion, Northern France, confirm the high Moscovian (late Carboniferous) diversity of the insect superorder Archaeorthoptera
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
insecta
polyneoptera
cnemidolestodea
archaeogeraridae
forewing venation convergences
carboni-ferous
france
title A new family and two new genera from Avion, Northern France, confirm the high Moscovian (late Carboniferous) diversity of the insect superorder Archaeorthoptera
title_full A new family and two new genera from Avion, Northern France, confirm the high Moscovian (late Carboniferous) diversity of the insect superorder Archaeorthoptera
title_fullStr A new family and two new genera from Avion, Northern France, confirm the high Moscovian (late Carboniferous) diversity of the insect superorder Archaeorthoptera
title_full_unstemmed A new family and two new genera from Avion, Northern France, confirm the high Moscovian (late Carboniferous) diversity of the insect superorder Archaeorthoptera
title_short A new family and two new genera from Avion, Northern France, confirm the high Moscovian (late Carboniferous) diversity of the insect superorder Archaeorthoptera
title_sort new family and two new genera from avion northern france confirm the high moscovian late carboniferous diversity of the insect superorder archaeorthoptera
topic insecta
polyneoptera
cnemidolestodea
archaeogeraridae
forewing venation convergences
carboni-ferous
france
url https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app009402021.pdf
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