A new Triassic insect fauna from Cerro Bayo, Potrerillos (Mendoza Province, Argentina) with descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Blattoptera and Coleoptera)

This contribution describes new fossil insect taxa from the early Late Triassic Potrerillos Formation (lower section), at quebrada del puente, Cerro Bayo, Mendoza Province, Argentina. A new family, three new genera, and four new species of Blattoptera are described: Anablatta compacta gen. et sp. no...

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Published in:Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
Main Authors: Martins Neto, Rafael Gioia, Gallego, Oscar Florencio, Zavattieri, Ana Maria
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/43475
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Summary:This contribution describes new fossil insect taxa from the early Late Triassic Potrerillos Formation (lower section), at quebrada del puente, Cerro Bayo, Mendoza Province, Argentina. A new family, three new genera, and four new species of Blattoptera are described: Anablatta compacta gen. et sp. nov., Potrerilloblatta stipanicici gen. et sp. nov. (Subioblattidae Schneider), Delpuenteblatta dangeloi gen. et sp. nov. and Lariojablatta neiffi sp. nov. (Delpuenteblattidae fam. nov.); and a new coleopteran species, Delpuentesyne menendezi sp. nov. (Permosynidae Tillyard). These findings extend the stratigraphic distribution of the typical Triassic coleopteran taxa. The new assemblage shares the genus Lariojablatta with the Los Rastros fauna. The Blattoptera and Coleoptera genera differ from those typical of the Australian and South African Triassic biota (Ademosyne for Coleoptera and Triassoblatta and Samaroblatta for Blattoptera) and appear to be endemic to Argentina (Delpuentesyne, Potrerilloblatta and Delpuenteblatta) Fil: Martins Neto, Rafael Gioia. Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; Brasil Fil: Gallego, Oscar Florencio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina Fil: Zavattieri, Ana Maria. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto. Direccion Nacional del Antártico. Instituto Antártico Argentino. Instituto Antártico Argentino - Sede Cricyt (Mendoza); Argentina