Grylloblattidan insects from Sperbersbach and Cabarz (Germany), two new early Permian and insect-rich localities

Yingying Cui (1) , Stephan Brauner (2) , Joerg Schneider (3, 4) , Olivier Bethoux (5)

1 College of Life Sciences, South China Normal University
2 Geopark Thüringen Inselsberg – Drei Gleichen
3 TU Bergakademie Freiberg - Technishe Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
4 KFU - Kazan Federal University
5 CR2P - Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris

New fossil insect specimens from two new localities in Germany, namely Sperbersbach and Cabarz (Goldlauter Formation; early Permian), belonging to the Grylloblattida, are described. Abundant material is assigned to Pictoborella clara n. gen. n. sp., regarded as closely related to Pictoborella germanica (Prokop et al., 2012) n. comb., from the Saar-Nahe Basin (Germany; early Permian). Liomopterum fuscatum n. sp., represented by fewer specimens, is delimited based on previously published and new data on various Liomopterum spp. Two other Liomopteridae, Uralioma thuringiensis n. sp. and Liomopterites sperbersbachensis n. sp., each known from a single forewing, are also described. Finally, Cabarzopterum magnificus n. gen. n. sp., with unclear familial affinities, is described based on three forewings. The assemblages of grylloblattidan insects at Sperbersbach and Cabarz are generally similar, with differences probably related to different depositional environments and local paleoclimatic conditions.

Keywords: Grylloblattida; grylloblattidan insects

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biodiversity; Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biodiversity; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Paleontology

Yingying Cui, Stephan Brauner, Joerg Schneider, Olivier Bethoux. Grylloblattidan insects from Sperbersbach and Cabarz (Germany), two new early Permian and insect-rich localities. Journal of Paleontology, 2022, 96 (2), pp.355-374. ⟨10.1017/jpa.2021.101⟩. ⟨mnhn-03426304⟩