Revision of Permo-Carboniferous griffenflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera) based upon new species and redescription of selected poorly known taxa from Eurasia

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

2010

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Abstract.A new griffenfl y, Bohemiatupus elegans n. gen., n. sp. (Meganeuridae) is described from the Upper Carboniferous (Bolsovian) deposits of the Ovčín near Radnice in western Bohemia (Czech Republic). The new taxon based on fore-and hindwing venation is compared with the other meganeurid genera. It is the fi rst record of a large griffenfl y from the continental basins of the Bohemian Massif supplementing the other giant insects such as Bojophlebia prokopi Kukalová-Peck 1985 or Carbotriplura kukalovae Kluge 1996 from the same strata.Résumé. Une nouvelle « libellule géante », Bohemiatupus elegans du Carbonifère supérieur de la Bohème de l'ouest (République Tchèque) (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera : Meganeuridae). Un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce de Meganeuridae (Meganisoptera), Bohemiatupus elegans n. gen., n. sp. est décrit du Carbonifère supérieur d'Ovčín près de Radnice (ouest de la Bohême, République Tchèque). Ce nouveau taxon est basé sur la nervation des ailes antérieures et postérieures. Il est comparé aux autres Meganisoptera décrits. Il s'agit de la première « libellule géante » des bassin continentaux du massif de Bohème, mais pas du premier insecte géant des mêmes aire et étage (Bojophlebia prokopi Kukalová-Peck 1985, Carbotriplura kukalovae Kluge 1996.

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New griffenfly,Bohemiatupus elegansfrom the Late Carboniferous of western Bohemia in the Czech Republic (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae)

Prokop

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

2010

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Traits and evolution of wing venation pattern in paraneopteran insects

Prokop

et al. 2011

Journal of Morphology

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133

Two different patterns of wing venation are currently supposed to be present in each of the three orders of Paraneoptera. This is unlikely compared with the situation in other insects where only one pattern exists per order. We propose for all Paraneoptera a new and unique interpretation of wing venation pattern, assuming that the convex cubitus anterior gets fused with the common stem of median and radial veins at or very near to wing base, after separation from concave cubitus posterior, and re-emerges more distally from R + M stem. Thereafter, the vein between concave cubitus posterior and CuA is a specialized crossvein called "cua-cup," proximally concave and distally convex. We show that despite some variations, that is, cua-cup can vary from absent to hypertrophic; CuA can re-emerge together with M or not, or even completely disappear, this new interpretation explains all situations among all fossil and recent paraneopteran lineages. We propose that the characters "CuA fused in a common stem with R and M"and "presence of specialized crossvein cua-cup" are venation apomorphies that support the monophyly of the Paraneoptera. In the light of these characters, we reinterpret several Palaeozoic and early Mesozoic fossils that were ascribed to Paraneoptera, and confirm the attribution of several to this superorder as well as possible attribution of Zygopsocidae (Zygopsocus permianus Tillyard, 1935) as oldest Psocodea. We discuss the situation in extinct Hypoperlida and Miomoptera, suggesting that both orders could well be polyphyletic, with taxa related to Archaeorthoptera, Paraneoptera, or even Holometabola. The Carboniferous Protoprosbolidae is resurrected and retransferred into the Paraneoptera. The genus Lithoscytina is restored. The miomopteran Eodelopterum priscum Schmidt, 1962 is newly revised and considered as a fern pinnule. In addition, the new paraneopteran Bruayaphis oudardi gen. nov. et sp. nov. is described fromthe Upper Carboniferous of France (see Supporting Information).

Early Pennsylvanian Odonatoptera from the Xiaheyan locality (Ningxia, China): new material, taxa, and perspectives

Béthoux²,

Pang

et al. 2013

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Data on Odonatoptera species from the Xiaheyan locality (Ningxia, China; Early Pennsylvanian) described so far are complemented based on abundant new material. Several taxonomic and nomenclatural adjustments are proposed. The species Tupus readi Carpenter, 1933 is transferred to the genus Shenzhousia Zhang & Hong, 2006 in Zhang et al. (2006), and therefore should be referred to as Shenzhousia readi (Carpenter, 1933) n. comb. The monotypic genus Sinomeganeura Ren et al., 2008 is synonymized with Oligotypus Carpenter, 1931. As a consequence the type species of the former must be referred to as Oligotypus huangheensis (Ren et al., 2008) n. comb. The monotypic genus Paragilsonia Zhang, Hong & Su, 2012 in Su et al. (2012) is synonymized with Tupus Sellards, 1906. As a consequence the type‐species of the former is to be referred to as Tupus orientalis (Zhang, Hong & Su, 2012 in Su et al. (2012)) n. comb. The monotypic genus Sinierasiptera Zhang, Hong & Su, 2012 in Su et al. (2012) is synonymized with Erasipterella Brauckmann, 1983. As a consequence the type‐species of the former is to be referred to as Erasipterella jini (Zhang, Hong & Su, 2012 in Su et al. (2012)) n. comb. In addition Aseripterella sinensis n. gen. et sp. and Sylphalula laliquei n. gen. et sp. are described. The ‘strong oblique distal' cross‐vein, located in the area between RA and RP is found to occur more extensively than previously expected. It is believed to be a structure distinct from the subnodal cross‐vein, and therefore deserves to be referred to by a distinct name (viz. ‘postsubnodal cross‐vein'). Odonatoptera from the Xiaheyan locality cover a broad range of sizes. Factors that could have promoted the evolution of large‐sized Odonatoptera are briefly reviewed. The permissive conditions prevailing during the Pennsylvanian, and the existence of an elaborated food web, are emphasized as putative positive factors. The new taxonomic treatment suggests that genera documented in the Lower Permian, such as Shenzhousia and Oligotypus, stem from the early Pennsylvanian, and implies a high resilience of these taxa when facing the Pennsylvanian–Permian environmental perturbations. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)