Riek, E. F.2015-01-072015-01-071976None0078-8554http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16204Main articleThree insects are recorded from carbonaceous shales of Middle Ecca age from Hammanskraal, near Pretoria. Thaumalophora pranotalis gen. et sp. nov., is an aquatic nymph of the Paraplecoptera showing lateral abdominal gills. Sysciophlebia kovacsae sp. nov. is a tegmen of a spiloblattinid cockroach. The third specimen is a small protopsyllidiid nymph. Only three insects of greater age are known from southern Africa.enFossil insects; Ecca; Permian; Southern AfricaArticle