Fossil Record 23(1): 71-74, doi: 10.5194/fr-23-71-2020
A new, rare and small “lobeattid” species (Insecta: Archaeorthoptera) found at Xiaheyan (Pennsylvanian; Ningxia, China)
expand article infoLu Chen‡, Ren Dong§, Olivier Béthoux|
‡ College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China§ Capital Normal University, Beijing, China| CR2P (Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie – Paris), MNHN – CNRS – Sorbonne Université, 57 rue Cuvier, CP38, 75005, Paris, France
© Lu Chen, Ren Dong, Olivier Béthoux.
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Citation: Chen L, Dong R, Béthoux O (2020) A new, rare and small “lobeattid” species (Insecta: Archaeorthoptera) found at Xiaheyan (Pennsylvanian; Ningxia, China). Fossil Record 23(1): 71-74. https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-23-71-2020
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Abstract

A new species of stem Orthoptera, namely Phtanomiamia gui gen. et sp.nov., is described from the Pennsylvanian Xiaheyan locality in China.Despite the intensive collecting efforts undertaken at this locality, asingle forewing was recovered. It shares with the “lobeattid” Miamia spp. twopeculiar traits, namely a broad ScP–R/RA area and a very early branchingof CuA + CuPa. On the other hand, it displays a free portion of CuA (betweenits divergence from M + CuA and its fusion with CuPa), a trait allowingexclusion of the new species from Miamia, to which it is most likely very closelyrelated.