Open AccessFirst record of the genus Ipsvicia (Hemiptera: Ipsviciidae) outside Gondwana - an Australian genus from the Upper Triassic of Germany
Author(s) -
Gregor Barth,
Jörg Ansorge,
Carsten Brauckmann
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
polish journal of entomology/polskie pismo entomologiczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2299-9884
pISSN - 0032-3780
DOI - 10.2478/v10200-011-0050-z
Subject(s) - gondwana , hemiptera , genus , paleontology , biology , zoology , structural basin
First record of the genus Ipsvicia (Hemiptera: Ipsviciidae) outside Gondwana - an Australian genus from the Upper Triassic of Germany Ipsvicia langenbergensis sp. n. (Hemiptera: Ipsviciidae) from the Upper Norian (Upper Triassic) deposits of the Langenberg near Seinstedt, Lower Saxony (Germany) is described and illustrated. This is the first definite record of the genus Ipsvicia Tillyard, 1919 outside Gondwana. The stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of the Langenberg and the nearby Fuchsberg localities are briefly discussed.