Eur. J. Entomol. 100 (4): 581-585, 2003 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.087

The Permostridulidae fam. n. (Panorthoptera), a new enigmatic insect family from the Upper Permian of France

Olivier BÉTHOUX1,2, André NEL1, Jean LAPEYRIE3, Georges GAND4
1 Laboratoire d'Entomologie and UMR CNRS 8569, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France; e-mail: anel@mnhn.fr
2 UMR Botanique et Bioinformatique de l'Architecture des Plantes, CIRAD - CNRS, TA40/PS2, 2196 Bd. de La Lironde, F-34398 Montpellier France; e-mail: bethoux@cirad.fr
3 Corniche de Fontbonne, F-34700 Lodeve, France; e-mail: jlapeyri@club-internet.fr
4 Centre des Sciences de la Terre, UMR 5561 CNRS, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France; e-mails: umr5561@satie.u-bourgogne.fr or georges.gand@wanadoo.fr

The unusual wing characters of the Permian insect Permostridulus brongniarti gen. n., sp. n. justifies the creation of a new family, the Permostridulidae fam. n., within the Panorthoptera. Phylogenetic relationships with the extinct order Caloneurodea, related to the Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers), are assumed. This assumption suggests an occurrence of the Permostridulidae at least since the Upper Carboniferous. The most prominent feature of the wing venation is a stridulatory apparatus, nonhomologous with those previously known in "panorthopterid" lineages. This is the oldest recorded sound-producing device of an animal.

Keywords: Insecta, Neoptera, Panorthoptera, Permostridulidae fam. n., Permostridulus brongniarti gen. n. & sp. n., Upper Permian, France, stridulatory apparatus.

Accepted: August 28, 2003; Published: November 20, 2003  Show citation

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BÉTHOUX, O., NEL, A., LAPEYRIE, J., & GAND, G. (2003). The Permostridulidae fam. n. (Panorthoptera), a new enigmatic insect family from the Upper Permian of France. EJE, 100(4), 581-585. doi: 10.14411/eje.2003.087
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