A Megasecopteron From Upper Carboniferous Strata in Spain
In 1962 Professor F. Stockmans, of the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, kindly sent me for study two insects from Upper Carboniferous deposits in Northern Spain. One of these (no. 94.837), from the Mine de Poleiro, is part of a cockroach tegmen, which cannot be placed with certain...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1963-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1963/10721 |
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| Summary: | In 1962 Professor F. Stockmans, of the Institut Royal des Sciences
Naturelles de Belgique, kindly sent me for study two insects from
Upper Carboniferous deposits in Northern Spain. One of these (no.
94.837), from the Mine de Poleiro, is part of a cockroach tegmen,
which cannot be placed with certainty even to family level. The
other specimen (no. 97.587), from shales near the village of Magdalena,
is a nearly cornplete, well-preserved wing of a megasecopterous
insect. Since it shows interesting venational features and since there
seems little chance of obtaining additional insects from this deposit in
the near future, I have considered it advisable to publish a formal
description of the fossil at this time. I am indebted to Dr. Stockmans
not only for his courtesy in loaning me these specimens but for providing
me with information about the geology and stratigraphy of the
formation concerned. |
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| ISSN: | 0033-2615 1687-7438 |