Original paper
New Triassic Hemiptera and Mecoptera from south-western Gondwana (Potrerillos Formation, Mendoza Province, Argentina)
Lara, María Belén; Bashkuev, Alexey
Palaeontographica Abteilung A Band 317 Lieferung 1-6 (2020), p. 139 - 163
published: Apr 28, 2020
published online: Mar 26, 2020
manuscript accepted: Jan 23, 2020
manuscript received: Sep 19, 2018
Abstract
New insect taxa, Tipuloidea cuyana sp. nov., Cuyanoscytinum arcucciae gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Scytinopteridae), Duraznochorista zavattierii gen. et sp. nov. (Mecoptera: Permochoristidae), and Potrerillopanorpa macloughlini gen. et sp. nov. (Mecoptera: Parachoristidae), are described from the Upper Triassic Potrerillos Formation, at the Quebrada del Durazno locality, in the Cuyana Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The genera Tipuloidea Wieland, 1925 and Argentinocicada Martins-Neto & Gallego, 1999 (Chiliocyclidae) are transferred back from Chiliocyclidae to Scytinopteridae Handlirsch, 1906. The diagnosis and description of Tipuloidea rhaetica Wieland, 1925 are revised and emended. The family Parachoristidae is reported for the first time in the Triassic of South America. Argentinopanorpa miguezi Lara et al., 2015 is tentatively transferred to Parachoristidae based on new data. Distribution data of respective families in Gondwana is updated.
Keywords
insects • taxonomy • palaeoecology and palaeogeography • Upper Triassic • Gondwana