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The Ephemeridea (Insecta) from the Grès à Voltzia (early Middle Triassic) of the Vosges (NE France)

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The study of the Ephemeridea (385 specimens) of theGrauvogel andGall collection from the Grès à Voltzia (early Middle Triassic) of the Vosges, NE France, enabled the description of two new genera based on wings and six new genera based on nymphs. The new monotypic wing genera areToxodotes coloratus n. gen. n. sp. (Toxodotidae n. fam.) andTriassodotes vogesiacus n. gen. n. sp. (family MisthodotidaeSellards). The Misthodotidae, known until now only from the Permian, crossed the Permian/Triassic boundary and did not seem to have been affected by the end-Permian biotic crisis. Apart from the genera based on wings, six new monotypic genera are represented by nymphs only:Triassoephemera punctata n. gen. n. sp. (Triassoephemeridae n. fam.);Voltziaephemera fossoria n. gen. n. sp. (Voltziaephemeridae n. fam.), the most common species in the Grès à Voltzia;Triassomanthus parvulus n. gen. n. sp. (Triassomanthidae n. fam.);Triassonurus doliiformis n. gen. n. sp. (family SiphlonuridaeUlmer), now the oldest record of this family;Minorella virgata n. gen. n. sp. (family undetermined);Vogesonympha ludovici n. gen. n. sp. (Vogesonymphidae n. fam., Pterygota incertae sedis). Additionally,Mesoplectopteron longipes (Handlirsch) (family MesoplectopteridaeDemoulin) which was described earlier, is also present in theGrauvogel &Gall collection. The morphology of the Ephemeridea nymphs, at least for some of them, enables the interpretation of their probable habitats and life conditions, and thus contributes to our knowledge of the Grès à Voltzia palaeoenvironment.

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Die Untersuchung der Ephemeridea (385 Exemplare) derGrauvogel undGall Sammlungen aus dem Grès à Voltzia (frühe Mittel-Trias) der Vogesen, NE Frankreich ermöglicht die Aufstellung und Beschreibung von zwei neuen monotypischen Gattungen basierend auf der Flügel-Morphologie und sechs neuen monotypischen Gattungen basierend auf den Nymphen. Die neuen Flügel-Gattungen sindToxodotes coloratus n. gen. n. sp. (Toxodotidae n. fam.) undTriassodotes vogesiacus n. gen. n. sp. (Familie Misthodotidae). Die Misthodotidae, bisher nur aus dem Perm bekannt, überschritten die Perm/Trias-Grenze und scheinen von der biotischen Krise am Ende des Perms nicht beeinflusst worden zu sein. Die 6 monotypischen auf Nymphen basierenden Gattungen sindTriassoephemera punctata n. gen. n. sp. (Triassoephemeridae n. fam.);Voltziaephemera fossoria n. gen. n. sp. (Voltziaephemeridae n. fam.), die häufigste Art im Grès à Voltzia;Triassomanthus parvulus n. gen. n. sp. (Triassomanthidae n. fam.);Triassonurus doliiformis n. gen. n. sp. (Familie SiphlonuridaeUlmer), der hiermit älteste Nachweis der Familie;Minorella virgata n. gen. n. sp. (Familie unbestimmt);Vogesonympha ludovici n. gen. n. sp. (Vogesonymphidae n. fam., Pterygota incertae sedis).Mesoplectopteron longipes (Handlirsch, 1918) (Familie MesoplectopteridaeDemoulin), bereits vorher beschrieben, ist in derGrauvogel &Gall Sammlung ebenfalls vertreten. Die Morphologie einiger Ephemeridea-Nymphen erlaubt die Interpretation ihres möglichen Habitats and ihrer Lebensweise und trägt damit zur Kenntnis der Umweltbedingungen während der Ablagerung des Grès à Voltzia bei.

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    Nina D. Sinitshenkova

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    Francine Marchal-Papier, Léa Grauvogel-Stamm & Jean-Claude Gall

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Sinitshenkova, N.D., Marchal-Papier, F., Grauvogel-Stamm, L. et al. The Ephemeridea (Insecta) from the Grès à Voltzia (early Middle Triassic) of the Vosges (NE France). Paläontol Z 79, 377–397 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991930

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