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Fossil insects from the lithographic limenstone of Montsech (late Jurassic-early Cretaceous), Lérida Province, Spain

1985; Smithsonian Institution; Volume: 38; Linguagem: Inglês

10.5962/bhl.part.5051

0007-1471

Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley, E.A. Jarzembowski,

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Fossil insects from the Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous), Montsech, Lerida, Spain are described; their affinities and faunal significance are discussed.Seven orders of insects are represented (Ephemeroptera, Blattodea, Odonata, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera), three of which are previously unknown from this locality.The following six new species are described: Mesopalingea lerida gen.et sp.nov.(mayfly), Artltocoblatta hispanica (cockroach), Condalia woottoni gen.et sp.nov.(dragonfly), Wonnacottella pulcherrima gen.et sp.nov.(palaeontinid), Chrysobotris (?) ballae (buprestid beetle) and Eobelus solutus (eobelid weevil).Although some of the specimens collected by Ball and Wonnacott have been briefly discussed (Wootton 1972) the collection has not previously been studied in detail.Some of the insects from Montsech mentioned by earlier workers, for example the 'aculeate sphecid' (