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Discovery of the oldest known Pterygota in the Lower Carboniferous of the Upper Silesian Basin in the Czech Republic (Insecta: Archaeorthoptera) |
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| Authors: | Jakub Prokop André Nel |
| Institution: | a Department of Zoology, Charles University, Vini?ná 7, 12844 Praha 2, Czech Republic b Entomologie and CNRS UMR 5143, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France c OKD, DPB Paskov a.s., Rudé armády 637, 73921 Paskov, Czech Republic |
| Abstract: | The earliest pterygote (winged insect), dated from the Lower Carboniferous (Namurian A/E1, circa 324 millions years ago) is described from the Upper Silesian Basin in the Czech Republic. On the basis of its wing venation, it is attributed to the Archaeorthoptera Béthoux and Nel, 2002, crown group of the “Orthoptera”. Besides Apterygota (Collembola and Archaeognatha) known from the Lower Devonian, extremely rare pterygote insects are known from Lower Carboniferous deposits when they first appeared. The present discovery supports the hypothesis of the presence of the ancestor lineage of the orthopteroid in the Lower Carboniferous ecosystems. |
| Keywords: | Insecta Pterygota Archaeorthoptera Lower Carboniferous First Appearance Date (FAD) Upper Silesian Basin Czech Republic |
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