First insects from the Manuherikia Group, early Miocene, New Zealand

The Miocene Manuherikia Group in southern New Zealand is well known for its diverse assemblage of plant, invertebrate and vertebrate fossils. Here, we report the first fossil insects from the Manuherikia Group, comprising three isolated wings recovered from leaf beds in the Dunstan Formation near Cr...

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Published in:Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2019-10, Vol.49 (4), p.494-507
Main Authors: Kaulfuss, Uwe, Brown, Samuel D. J., Henderson, Ian M., Szwedo, Jacek, Lee, Daphne E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic insects
Brentinae
Fauna
fossil insects
Fossils
Fulgoroidea
Insects
Insects, Fossil
Invertebrates
Miocene
New Zealand
Paleontology
Polycentropodidae
Southern Hemisphere
Tropical climate
Tropiduchidae
Venation
Vertebrates
Wings
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Summary:The Miocene Manuherikia Group in southern New Zealand is well known for its diverse assemblage of plant, invertebrate and vertebrate fossils. Here, we report the first fossil insects from the Manuherikia Group, comprising three isolated wings recovered from leaf beds in the Dunstan Formation near Cromwell, Otago. One partially preserved tegmen is tentatively assigned to Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), a family of mainly tropical and subtropical planthoppers that is no longer represented in the New Zealand fauna. The brentine weevil Perroudia manuherikia n. sp. (Coleoptera: Brentidae) is the first fossil record of Brentinae from the Southern Hemisphere, with the sole extant species of Perroudia occurring in New Caledonia. A further wing has the typical venation pattern of Polycentropodidae (Trichoptera), a caddisfly family with two genera in the modern New Zealand fauna. These fossil taxa are reported from the Australasian region for the first time. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D95D30CF-9518-4BE8-ABFA-94087B7A30DE
ISSN:0303-6758
1175-8899
1175-8899
DOI:10.1080/03036758.2018.1477054