The first ‘Grylloblattida’ of the family Liomopteridae from the Middle Permian in the Onder Karoo, South Africa (Insecta: Polyneoptera)

Rebecca Cawood , André Nel (1) , Romain Garrouste , Sydney Moyo , Martin Villet , Rose Prevec

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

Here we describe a new genus and four new species of the extinct ‘Grylloblattida’: Liomopteridae Sellards, 1909: Liomopterum connexus Cawood & Nel, n. sp., Liomopterum daenerys Cawood & Nel, n. sp., Colubrosopterum karooensis Cawood & Nel, n. gen., n. sp., and Paraliomopterum sp. The fossil wings were collected from a new Middle Permian locality near Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa, with the horizon close to the Ecca-Beaufort Group contact in the southern Karoo Basin.

Domaines: Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

Rebecca Cawood, André Nel, Romain Garrouste, Sydney Moyo, Martin Villet, et al.. The first ‘Grylloblattida’ of the family Liomopteridae from the Middle Permian in the Onder Karoo, South Africa (Insecta: Polyneoptera). Comptes Rendus. Palevol, 2022, 21 (22), pp.451-461. ⟨10.5852/cr-palevol2022v21a22⟩. ⟨mnhn-04019993⟩