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- Title
Latest Permian insects from Wapadsberg Pass, southern Karoo Basin, South Africa.
- Authors
Pretorius, Abraham I; Labandeira, Conrad C; Nel, André; Prevec, Rose
- Abstract
The Permian–Triassic global crisis was the only event to have a dramatic impact on insect diversity, with Palaeozoic insect clades disappearing and accompanied by the accelerated rise of modern lineages. To date, most Permian palaeoentomological work has focused on the upper Permian deposits of the Normandien Formation (Beaufort Group), KwaZulu–Natal Province. This paper describes the regional insect fauna preserved close to the Permian–Triassic boundary at Wapadsberg Pass, southern Karoo Basin of South Africa, which provides a rare glimpse into insect life immediately before this global crisis. Here, we describe six insect species from six families within five orders from the two Wapadsberg Pass localities. Mioloptera stuckenbergi (Grylloblattodea) and Permocicada sp. (Hemiptera) were recorded previously from the Lopingian KwaZulu–Natal Province. In addition, we detail the first potential occurrence of South African Permian Tettigoniida (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea & Hagloidea) and Anthracoptilidae (Paoliida). An Auchenorrhynchan (Hemiptera) nymph and an undetermined insect (order uncertain) also are described.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; KWAZULU-Natal (South Africa); RARE insects; INSECTS; PERMIAN-Triassic boundary; NYMPHS (Insects); INSECT diversity; BRACHIOPODA
- Publication
Austral Entomology, 2021, Vol 60, Issue 3, p560
- ISSN
2052-174X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/aen.12540