Original paper

A new archaeorthopteran insect from the Early Permian of the Saar-Nahe Basin, SW Germany, and the earliest record of Elcanoidea (Orthoptera)

Poschmann, Markus J.; Nel, André; Raisch, Manfred

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Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 308 Heft 2 (2023), p. 181 - 187

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published: May 31, 2023
manuscript accepted: May 16, 2023
manuscript received: Mar 13, 2023

DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2023/1136

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Abstract

We describe an archaeorthopteran forewing from the Early Permian (Asselian or early Sakmarian) Humberg lake system (uppermost Meisenheim Formation) of Grügelborn/Saarland. It is attributed to a new genus and species, Saarelcana stapsi gen. et sp. nov., and it represents the oldest record of the Elcanoidea (= ‘Permelcanidae’ + Elcanidae). This is the seventh taxon of Archaeorthoptera from the Meisenheim Formation and underpins the extraordinarily high diversity of the group in the Pennsylvanian and Permian.

Keywords

Insecta • Orthoptera • Elcanoidea • Permelcanidae • Early Permian • Germany