2022 in paleoentomology
This paleoentomology list records new fossil insect taxa that are to be described during the year 2022, as well as notes other significant paleoentomology discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
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Clade Amphiesmenoptera edit
Lepidoptera edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Acanthocorona hedida[1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang, Shih & Engel in Zhang et al. | Cretaceous | A moth belonging to the family Lophocoronidae. | |||
Acanthocorona venulosa[1] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang, Shih & Engel in Zhang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A moth belonging to the family Lophocoronidae. | ||
Dolichoneura jorelisae[2] | Sp. nov | Sarto i Monteys, Hausmann, Baixeras & Peñalver in Sarto i Monteys et al. | A species of Dolichoneura. |
Lepidopteran research edit
- A description of new specimens of caterpillars from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, expanding the morphological diversity of Cretaceous caterpillars, is published by Gauweiler et al. (2022), who also attempt to determine whether Cretaceous caterpillars might have represented an adequate food source for early birds.[3]
- Review of the fossil record of caterpillars in Dominican and Mexican amber, including description of new specimens, is published by Haug et al. (2022).[4]
Tarachoptera edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Kinitocelis dashengi[5] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Engel, Shih & Ren in Wang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber |
Trichoptera edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Amberclipsis[6] | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Fischer | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Annulipalpia related to the genus Pseudoneureclipsis. The type species is A. elegans; genus also includes new species A. oblongus and A. simplex. | ||
Aniburia[7] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva & Aristov | A member of the family Calamoceratidae. Genus includes new species A. hirta. | ||||
Archaeopolycentra longesilentia[8] | Sp. nov | Valid | Melnitsky & Ivanov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Dolgan Formation | A member of the family Polycentropodidae. | ||
Baissoferus elegans[7] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva & Aristov | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Zaza Formation | A member of the family Baissoferidae. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Espeland | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Integripalpia belonging to the family Cretapsychidae. | |||
Cretapsyche myanmari[9] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Espeland | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Integripalpia belonging to the family Cretapsychidae. | ||
Juraphilopotamus heteroclitus[7] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva & Aristov | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Zaza Formation | A member of the family Philopotamidae. | ||
Khutelia[10] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva & Sinitshenkova | Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Baissoferidae. The type species is K. jarzembowskii. | |||
Lepidochlamus[5] | Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | The type genus of the new family Lepidochlamidae. The type species is L. nodosa. | ||
Neureclipsis acuta[11] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Xu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Neureclipsis. | ||
Neureclipsis obtusa[11] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Xu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Neureclipsis. | ||
Neureclipsis triangula[11] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Xu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Neureclipsis. | ||
Palleptocerus grimaldii[12] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Müller | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Leptoceroidea belonging to the family Palleptoceridae. | ||
Pardoferus[7] | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva & Aristov | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Zaza Formation | A member of the family Baissoferidae. Genus includes new species P. vitimicus, as well as "Baissoferus" sinitsae Sukatsheva & Vassilenko (2013). | ||
Plectrocnemia bowangi[11] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Xu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Plectrocnemia. | ||
Plectrocnemia ohlhoffi[11] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Xu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Plectrocnemia. | ||
Protoclipsis[6] | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Fischer | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Annulipalpia belonging to the group Psychomyiodea. The type species is P. ulmeri; genus also includes new species P. picteti and P. roeseli. |
Other amphiesmenopterans edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Anecrotaulius[13] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Necrotauliidae, assigned by Engel (2022) to the new amphiesmenopteran order Necrotrichoptera.[13] The type species is "Necrotaulius" qingshilaense Hong (1984). | ||||
Microcarbonella[14] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prokop et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Osnabrück Formation | A stem group Amphiesmenopteran. | ||
Necrotaulius americanus[15] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pierwola & Grimaldi | |||||
Paranecrotaulius[13] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Engel | Triassic | A member of the family Necrotauliidae. The type species is "Necrotaulius" proximus Sukatsheva (1973). |
Other amphiesmenopteran research edit
- Khramov, Naugolnykh & Węgierek (2022) report the presence of elongate mouthparts with similar morphology to those of some present-day nectarivorous beetles and hymenopterans in Permian protomeropids from Russia, representing the earliest record of insects with siphonate-like mouthparts, which were possibly used to gather sugary fluids from the semi-closed ovulate organs of the gymnosperms of a peltaspermalean affinity known from the same locality.[16]
Clade Antliophora edit
Dipterans edit
Brachycerans edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Araripus[17] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Carmo & Sampronha in Carmo et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A horse-fly. The type species is A. crassitibialis. | |||
Archeoxyla[18] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Han et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A wood soldier fly. | ||
Brevitrichia messogenes[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Greenwalt & Winterton in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A member of the family Scenopinidae belonging to the subfamily Scenopininae and the tribe Metatrichini. | ||
Clemoxyla[18] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Han et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Xylomyidae. Genus includes new species C. aculeolata. | ||
Cratotabanus cearensis[17] | Sp. nov | Valid | Carmo & Sampronha in Carmo et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Crato Formation | A horse-fly. | ||
Gujaratmyia[20] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bickel in Bickel et al. | Eocene | A member of the family Dolichopodidae. The type species is G. rotunda. | |||
Hoplocyrtoma eocenica[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinclair & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A member of the family Hybotidae belonging to the subfamily Bicellariinae. | ||
Leptogaster? cerestensis[21] | Sp. nov | In press | Nel & Jouault | Early Oligocene | A member of the family Asilidae belonging to the subfamily Leptogastrinae. | |||
Microphorella fragilis[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cumming & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A species of Microphorella. | ||
Opetia americana[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Amorim & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A member of the family Opetiidae. | ||
Palaeoapsilocephala[19] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hauser & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A member of the family Apsilocephalidae. The type species is P. kishenehnensis. | ||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bickel in Bickel et al. | Eocene | A member of the family Dolichopodidae, possibly belonging to the subfamily Peloropeodinae. | ||||
Rajpardia[20] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bickel in Bickel et al. | Eocene | A member of the family Dolichopodidae. The type species is R. grimaldii. | |||
Tmemophlebia carolinae[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Evenhuis & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A species of Tmemophlebia. |
Nematocerans edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Afroscatopse[22] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Szadziewski et al. | Miocene | Ethiopian amber | A member of the family Scatopsidae. The type species is A. haennii. | ||
Antodicranomyia rubra[23] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok, Perrichot & Krzemiński | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Charentese amber | |||
Archizelmira jarzembowskii[24] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | A member of the family Archizelmiridae. | |||
Azana akarenos[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kerr & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | A member of the family Mycetophilidae belonging to the subfamily Sciophilinae. | |||
Chaoborus kishenehnicus[25] | Sp. nov | Valid | Raranov & Haug in Baranov et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A member of the family Chaoboridae. | ||
Cretomanota[26] | Gen. et sp. nov | Amorim et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A member of the family Mycetophilidae belonging to the subfamily Leiinae. The type species is C. gondwanica. | ||||
Dilophus cerestensis[27] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nel, Legal & Coster | Early Oligocene | A species of Dilophus. | |||
Dilophus idanos[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fitzgerald & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A species of Dilophus. | ||
Docidiadia grimaldii[28] | Sp. nov | Valid | Amorim & Brown | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Diadocidiidae. | ||
Eltxo grimaldii[29] | Sp. nov | Valid | Peñalver, Arillo & Nel | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | El Soplao amber | A member of the family Cecidomyiidae. | ||
Eloeophila eocenica[30] | Sp. nov | Santos, Teramoto Klein & Ribeiro | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Eloeophila. | |||
Eloeophila scudderi[30] | Nom. nov | Santos, Teramoto Klein & Ribeiro | Eocene | A species of Eloeophila; a replacement name for Cladura maculata Scudder (1894). | ||||
Fushuniola[31] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fedotova & Perkovsky in Fedotova et al. | Eocene (Ypresian) | Fushun amber | A member of the family Cecidomyiidae. The type species is F. mai. | ||
Gonomyia burmitica[32] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A limoniid cranefly, a species of Gonomyia. | ||
Gonomyia penalveri[32] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A limoniid cranefly, a species of Gonomyia. | |||
Hintelmanniella[25] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Baranov & Haug in Baranov et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the tribe Chironomini. The type species is H. noncatafractata. | ||
Hoploscatopse[33] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Haenni & Ševčík | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Scatopsidae. The type species is H. prisca. | ||
Leptotarsus acciolii[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus alemaoi[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus bonifacioi[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus capanemai[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus coutoi[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus feijoi[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus ferreirai[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus lagosi[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus lemesi[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus pereirai[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus petrii[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Leptotarsus velosoi[34] | Sp. nov | Santos, Carvalho & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
Liassorhyphus[35] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Huang in Wang et al. | Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian-Toarcian) | Sangonghe Formation | A member of the family Anisopodidae. The type species is L. liaoi. | ||
Libanonemopalpus[36] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Azar et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | A member of the family Psychodidae belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. The type species is L. grimaldii. | |||
Libanophlebotomites[37] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Azar, Maalouf & Maksoud | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Lebanese amber | A member of the family Psychodidae belonging to the subfamily Phlebotominae. Genus includes new species L. ramyi. | ||
Macrocera apithanos[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kerr & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A species of Macrocera. | ||
Monogedania[38] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Szadziewski et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | A member of the tribe Ceratopogonini. The type species is "Ceratopogon" clunipes Loew (1850). | ||
Paleopsychoda jarzembowskii[39] | Sp. nov | Valid | Azar & Maksoud | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | A member of the family Psychodidae. | |||
Plecia jorgecaridadi[40] | Sp. nov | In press | Rosse-Guillevic et al. | A species of Plecia. | ||||
Plecia surieli[40] | Sp. nov | In press | Rosse-Guillevic et al. | A species of Plecia. | ||||
Protoanisolarva[41] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peñalver et al. | Estellencs Formation | A member of the stem group of the family Anisopodidae. The type species is P. juarezi. | |||
Psectrosciara crassieton[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Amorim & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A member of the family Scatopsidae belonging to the subfamily Psectrosciarinae. | ||
Psectrosciara makrochaites[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Amorim & Greenwalt in Greenwalt et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A member of the family Scatopsidae belonging to the subfamily Psectrosciarinae. | ||
Pseudoerioptera[42] | Gen. et sp. nov | Men, Hu & Starkevich | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the subfamily Chioneinae. Genus includes new species P. hubenqii. | |||
Rheotanytarsus lacustris[25] | Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov & Haug in Baranov et al. | Eocene | Kishenehn Formation | A species of Rheotanytarsus. | ||
Sycorax longistyla[43] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wagner, Agnihotri & Singh | Early Eocene | Cambay amber | A species of Sycorax. | ||
Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) christelius[44] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok, Krzemiński & Szwedo | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Toxorhina. | |
Triassomyia[45] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | A member of the family Chaoboridae. The type species is T. shcherbakovi | ||||
Trichomyia (Trichomyia) fudalai[46] | Sp. nov | Valid | Azar, Pielowska-Ceranowska & Szwedo | Miocene | A species of Trichomyia. | |||
Trichomyia (Septemtrichomyia) grimaldii[46] | Sp. nov | Valid | Azar, Pielowska-Ceranowska & Szwedo | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Trichomyia. | ||
Zwickina[47] | Gen. et sp. nov | Lukashevich & Vorontsov | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Blephariceridae. Genus includes new species Z. minaevi. |
Dipteran research edit
- A redescription of Minyohelea nexuosa, based on data from a new specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, is published by Pielowska-Ceranowska, Azar & Szwedo (2022).[48]
- A review of the fossil record of the subfamily Microphorinae is published by Shamshev & Perkovsky (2022).[49]
Mecoptera edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Agetopanorpa sinica[50] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lian, Cai & Huang | A member of the family Permochoristidae. | ||||
Baltipanorpa oppressiva[51] | Sp. nov | Valid | Soszyńska-Maj & Krzemiński in Soszyńska-Maj et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Panorpidae. | |
Burmorthophlebia[51] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Soszyńska-Maj, Krzemiński & Wang in Soszyńska-Maj et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. The type species is B. multiprocessa Soszyńska-Maj, Krzemiński & Wang in Soszyńska-Maj et al.; genus also includes B. macularis Zhang et al..[52] | ||
Burmothauma[53] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Zhang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Eomeropidae. Genus includes new species B. eureka. | ||
Cantabra[51] | Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Soszyńska-Maj, Pérez-de la Fuente, Krzemiński & Wang in Soszyńska-Maj et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | El Soplao amber | A member of Panorpoidea belonging to the new family Cantabridae. The type species is C. soplao. | ||
Chaohuchorista[54] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lian, Cai & Huang | Yinping Formation | A member of the family Permochoristidae. Genus includes new species C. liaoi. | |||
Chimaeropteron[55] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Bashkuev | A member of the family Permotanyderidae. Genus includes new species C. antiquum and C. agmatos. | ||||
Eremobittacus opeth[56] | Sp. nov | Valid | Poschmann & Nel | Late Oligocene | Enspel Formation | A hangingfly. | ||
Itaphlebia elegana[57] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cao, Shih & Ren in Cao et al. | A member of the family Nannochoristidae. | ||||
Itaphlebia procera[57] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cao, Shih & Ren in Cao et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian–Callovian) | Jiulongshan Formation | A member of the family Nannochoristidae. | ||
Mesochorista tongchuanensis[50] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lian, Cai & Huang | Middle Triassic | A member of the family Permochoristidae. | |||
Permeca chaohuensis[58] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lian, Cai & Huang | Yinping Formation | A member of the family Permochoristidae. | |||
Permotanyderites[55] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bashkuev | A member of the family Permotanyderidae. Genus includes new species P. pseudopolycentropoides. | ||||
Sp. nov | Valid | Bashkuev | A member of the family Permotanyderidae. | |||||
Permotanyderus sibiricus[55] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bashkuev | A member of the family Permotanyderidae. | ||||
Rudimentanus[55] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Bashkuev | A member of the family Permotanyderidae. Genus includes new species R. rieki and R. cisuralicus. |
Clade Archaeorthoptera edit
†Cnemidolestida edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Roqueia[59] | Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | In press | Nel, Vallois & Duquesne | Carboniferous (Kasimovian) | An archaeorthopteran belonging to the new family Roqueiidae, possibly belonging to the group Cnemidolestodea. Genus includes new species R. alpine. |
Orthopterans edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Aenigmaraphidophora[60] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Azar, Maalouf & Nel | Early Cretaceous | A member of Tettigoniidea of uncertain affinities. The type species is A. mouniri. | |||
Apiculatus[61] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yuan, Ma & Gu in Yuan et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Gryllidae belonging to the subfamily Oecanthinae. The type species is A. cretaceus. | ||
Archelcana numbergerae[62] | Sp. nov | Valid | Heads, Thuy & Tamarri | A member of the family Elcanidae. | ||||
Archelcana tina[62] | Sp. nov | Valid | Heads, Thuy & Tamarri | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | A member of the family Elcanidae. | |||
Bacharaboilus curvus[63] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gu et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of the family Prophalangopsidae. | |||
Birmanioecanthus[61] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yuan, Ma & Gu in Yuan et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Gryllidae belonging to the subfamily Oecanthinae. The type species is B. haplostichus. | ||
Burmaripipteryx[64] | Gen. et sp. nov | Zhao et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ripipterygidae. Genus includes new species B. oblongus. | |||
Chunxiania[65] | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Xu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A mole cricket or a member of the family Gryllidae.[66] Genus includes new species C. fania. Cadena-Castañeda et al. (2023) considered it to be a junior synonym of Pherodactylus rectanguli (Xu, Fang & Wang, 2020).[66] | ||
Curvospurus[67] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Liu, Yu & He | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Trigonidiidae. The type species is C. huzhengkun. | ||
Gryllobencain[68] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Haug et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An ensiferan of uncertain affinities. The type species is G. patrickmuelleri. | ||
Lusitadischia[69] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Correia & Nel | A member of the family Oedischiidae. The type species is L. sai. | ||||
Magnidactylus gracilis[70] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gu, Zheng, Cao & Yue in Gu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ripipterygidae. | ||
Magnidactylus mirus[70] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gu, Zheng, Cao & Yue in Gu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ripipterygidae. | ||
Monitelcana[71] | Gen. et sp. nov | Xu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Elcanidae. The type species is M. penalveri. | |||
Novaboilus ovatus[63] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gu et al. | Middle Jurassic | A member of the family Prophalangopsidae. | |||
Panorpidium acusicaudum[72] | Sp. nov | Valid | Tian, Ren & Gu | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Elcanidae. | ||
Panorpidium maculosum[73] | Sp. nov | In press | Zhou et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Elcanidae. | ||
Panorpidium validum[72] | Sp. nov | Valid | Tian, Ren & Gu | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Elcanidae. | ||
Parabintoniella[74] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Béthoux & Grauvogel-Stamm | Grès à Voltzia Formation | A member of the family Bintoniellidae. The type species is P. papierae. | |||
Proararipegryllus[75] | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | In press | Gorochov & Coram | Early Cretaceous | Wealden Group | A member of Grylloidea. Genus includes new species P. andrewi, as well as "Araripegryllus" orientalis Gorochov, Jarzembowski & Coram (2006). | ||
Probaisselcana minuta[76] | Sp. nov | In press | Gu et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Elcanidae. | ||
Probaisselcana zhengi[76] | Sp. nov | In press | Gu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Elcanidae. | ||
Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Archibald, Gu & Mathewes | Early Eocene | A Palaeorehniidae ensiferan. | ||||
?Sibelcana websteri[75] | Sp. nov | In press | Gorochov & Coram | Early Cretaceous | Purbeck Group | A member of Elcanoidea. | ||
Transigryllus[75] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Gorochov & Coram | Early Cretaceous | Wealden Group | A member of Grylloidea. Genus includes new species T. edmundi. | ||
Tresdigitus gracilis[78] | Sp. nov | Disputed | Jiang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A mole cricket or a member of the family Gryllidae.[66] Cadena-Castañeda et al. (2023) considered it to be a junior synonym of Pherodactylus rectanguli (Xu, Fang & Wang, 2020).[66] | ||
Ypopteron[77] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Archibald, Gu & Mathewes | Early Eocene | A Palaeorehniidae ensiferan. |
Orthopteran research edit
- Putative liomopterid Alekhosara reticulata is reinterpreted as a possible locustavid caeliferan, and thus possibly the oldest known caeliferan, by Aristov & Gorochov (2022).[79]
- Evidence of the presence of the earliest tympanal ears and sound-producing system in exceptionally preserved Mesozoic katydids, interpreted as indicating that katydids evolved a high diversity of singing frequencies at least by the Late Triassic, and complex acoustic communication at least by the Middle Jurassic, is presented by Xu et al. (2022).[80]
†Titanoptera edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
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Magnatitan[81] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Park et al. | Amisan Formation | A titanopteran belonging to the family Paratitanidae. The type species is M. jongheoni. |
Other panorthopterans edit
Clade Coleopterida edit
Coleopterans edit
Adephaga edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Antephilorhizus zerovae[83] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kirichenko-Babko & Perkovsky in Kirichenko-Babko, Perkovsky & Vasilenko | |||||
Apermunda[84] | Gen. et comb. nov | In press | Kirejtshuk & Ansorge | Permian-Triassic transition | A member of the family Trachypachidae; a new genus for "Petrodromeus" minor Ponomarenko & Volkov (2013). | |||
Cretomigadops[85] | Gen. et sp. nov | Liu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A migadopine ground beetle. Genus includes new species C. bidentatus. | |||
Holcoptera rasnitsyni[86] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko & Fedorenko in Ponomarenko, Fedorenko & Bashkuev | Protopivka Formation | A member of the family Coptoclavidae. | |||
Hujia[87] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Song, Jarzembowski & Xiao | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A tiger beetle belonging to the tribe Manticorini. The type species is H. rolfi. | ||
Liassodites[84] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Kirejtshuk & Ansorge | A member of the family Trachypachidae. The type species is L. obsti. | ||||
Novunda[84] | Nom. nov | In press | Kirejtshuk & Ansorge | Jurassic | A member of the family Trachypachidae; a replacement name for Unda Ponomarenko (1977). | |||
Quasicalathus[88] | Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Schmidt & Will in Schmidt, Scholz & Will | Eocene | Rovno amber | Baltic Sea region | A ground beetle belonging to the tribe Sphodrini. The type species is Q. conservans; genus also includes new species Q. agonicollis, as well as "Calathus" elpis Ortuño & Arillo (2009). |
Archostemata edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Lepidomma beuteli[89] | Sp. nov | In press | Song, Jarzembowski & Xiao | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An ommatine. | ||
Mallecupes zhangi[90] | Sp. nov | In press | Song, Jarzembowski & Xiao | Cretaceous | A member of the family Cupedidae. | |||
Notocupes premeris[91] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lee, Nam & Li | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Originally described as a species of Notocupes; Strelnikova & Yan (2023) transferred it to the genus Brachilatus.[92] |
Myxophaga edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Bezesporum burmiticum[93] | Sp. nov | Fikáček et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Sphaeriusidae, related to extant taxa Bezesporum minutum (formerly Sphaerius minutus, the type species of the genus Bezesporum) and Bezesporum papulosum (formerly Sphaerius papulosus). |
†Protocoleoptera edit
Protocoleopteran research edit
- A study on the anatomy and affinities of Coleopsis archaica is published by Schädel, Yavorskaya & Beutel (2022).[94]
- A study on the anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of members of the family Tshekardocoleidae is published by Boudinot et al. (2022), who name new clades Mesocoleoptera (containing all coleopterans except tshekardocoleids) and Metacoleoptera (containing all mesocoleopterans except permocupedids).[95]
Polyphaga edit
Bostrichiformia edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Alitrepanum[96] | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Peng et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bostrichidae. Genus includes new species A. aladelicatum. Legalov & Háva (2022) considered the genus Alitrepanum to be a junior synonym of the genus Poinarinius, though the authors maintained A. aladelicatum as a distinct species within the latter genus.[97] | ||
Anthrenus larvalis[98] | Comb nov | In press | (Cockerell) Háva | Cenomanian | Moved from Dermestes larvalis (1917) | |||
Lasioderma michalskii[99] | Sp. nov | Valid | Háva & Zahradník | Eocene | A species of Lasioderma. | |||
Nothattagenus[100] | Gen. et comb. nov | Disputed | Li & Cai in Li, Huang & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Dermestidae belonging to the subfamily Orphilinae; a new genus for "Attagenus" burmiticus Cai, Háva & Huang (2017). Háva (2023) considered Nothattagenus to be a junior synonym of the genus Ranolus, and transferred "Attagenus" burmiticus to the latter genus.[101] | ||
Poinarinius antonkozlovi[97] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Háva | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bostrichidae. | ||
Poinarinius aristovi[97] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Háva | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bostrichidae. | ||
Poinarinius borowskii[97] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Háva | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bostrichidae. | ||
Poinarinius cretaceus[97] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Háva | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bostrichidae. | ||
Poinarinius lesnei[97] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Háva | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bostrichidae. | ||
Poinarinius perkovskyi[97] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Háva | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bostrichidae. | ||
Poinarinius zahradniki[97] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Háva | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bostrichidae. | ||
Stagetus michalskii[99] | Sp. nov | Valid | Háva & Zahradník | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Stagetus. | ||
Stagetus szydlowskae[99] | Sp. nov | Valid | Háva & Zahradník | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Stagetus. | ||
Stagetus zahradniki[102] | Sp. nov | Valid | Háva | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Stagetus. | ||
Sucinoptinus zahradniki[103] | Sp. nov | Valid | Háva | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Sucinoptinus. | ||
Tuberphradonoma secunda[104] | Sp. nov | Valid | Háva | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Dermestidae belonging to the subfamily Megatominae and the tribe Megatomini. |
Cucujiformia edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Leschen, Liu & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Cucujoidea that may be allied to the family Lamingtoniidae. The type species is A. atratus. | |||
Anancites[106] | Nom. nov | Valid | Perkovsky | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Lymexylidae; a replacement name for Adamas Chen & Zhang (2020). | ||
Archaeoheilus gallicus[107] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov, Kirejtshuk & Nel | A member of the family Curculionidae belonging to the subfamily Molytinae. | ||||
Atomaria (Anchicera) alekseevi[108] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lyubarsky & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Atomaria. | ||
Atomaria (Anchicera) perkovskyi[108] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lyubarsky & Bukejs | Eocene | Rovno amber | A species of Atomaria. | ||
Austronausibius aenigmatista[109] | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | Rovno amber | A species of Austronausibius. | ||
Baltoconapium vilhelmseni[110] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Brentidae. | |
Chramesus boninoi[111] | Sp. nov | Legalov | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Chramesus. | |||
Cretakarenni shaoi[112] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai in Li, Huang & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Monotomidae. | ||
Cretostenotarsus[113] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tomaszewska, Szawaryn & Arriaga-Varela | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Endomychidae. The type species is C. striatus. | ||
Cyrtanaspis kerneggeri[114] | Sp. nov | Valid | Perkovsky et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Cyrtanaspis. | |
Delteredolaemus[115] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai in Li, Huang & Cai | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Teredidae. The type species is D. hei. | ||
Demimaea gratshevi[116] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Curculionidae. | ||
Demimaea zherichini[116] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Curculionidae. | ||
Eduardoxenus rasnitsyni[117] | Sp. nov | Legalov | Eocene | Baltic amber | A member of the family Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Choraginae. | |||
Eocenocolaspis[118] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs, Moseyko & Alekseev | Eocene | Baltic amber | A leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Eumolpinae. Genus includes new species E. aurichalceus. | ||
Eustrophus praecursor[119] | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Eustrophus. | ||
Gongyloceria[120] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Poinar | Miocene | Dominican amber | An ambrosia beetle belonging to the tribe Mecopelmini. The type species is G. dominicana. | ||
Grzymalia[121] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Bao et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Aderidae. Genus includes new species G. wukong. | ||
Homalenchodes[122] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Hsiao, Yoshitomi & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Melandryidae. The type species is H. jarzembowskii. | ||
Hylastes perkovskyi[111] | Sp. nov | Legalov | Eocene | Rovno amber | A species of Hylastes. | |||
Leiestes tomaszewskae[123] | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs in Alekseev, Kairišs & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Leiestes. | ||
Paonaupactus zosimovichi[124] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Curculionidae belonging to the subfamily Entiminae and the tribe Anypotactini. | ||
Pelretes bicolor[125] | Sp. nov | In press | Zhao et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Kateretidae. | ||
Placonotus sepulvedae[126] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gomes & Souza | Miocene | A species of Placonotus. | |||
Pogonocherus minimus[127] | Sp. nov | Valid | Vitali | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A longhorn beetle, a species of Pogonocherus. | |
Pogonocherus scutellaris[127] | Sp. nov | Junior homonym | Vitali | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A longhorn beetle, a species of Pogonocherus. | |
Poliaenus europaeus[130] | Sp. nov | Valid | Vitali & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A species of Poliaenus. | ||
Promethis undulatus[131] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nabozhenko & Tanaka | Miocene | Isarizawa Formation | A darkling beetle belonging to the subfamily Stenochiinae and the tribe Cnodalonini. | ||
Protonitidula[132] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhao, Huang & Cai | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A sap beetle. The type species is P. neli. | ||
Pseudanthonomus antonkozlovi[133] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Miocene | A species of Pseudanthonomus. | |||
Pseudauletes (Eopseudauletes) balticus[134] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Rhynchitidae. | |
Raractocetus sverlilo[135] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nazarenko, Perkovsky & Yamamoto in Yamamoto et al. | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Lymexylidae. Originally described as a species of Raractocetus, but subsequently transferred by Li et al. (2022) to the genus Cretoquadratus.[136] | ||
Rhomeocalpsua[137] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Tomaszewska & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Endomychidae. The type species is R. torosa. | ||
Rovnoeurops[138] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Monotomidae. Genus includes new species R. mckellari. | ||
Scaporetes[139] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhao, Huang & Cai | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Kateretidae. The type species is S. rectus. | ||
Synchita andrisbukejsi[140] | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Synchita. | ||
Thallisellites[141] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kupryjanowicz, Lyubarsky & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Erotylidae belonging to the subfamily Languriinae. The type species is T. olgae. | ||
Thanerosus[142] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peris & Kolibáč in Peris, Mähler & Kolibáč | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Thanerocleridae. The type species is T. antiquus. | ||
Vetuprostomis angularis[143] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Prostomidae. | ||
Vetuprostomis gaoi[143] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Prostomidae. | ||
Wanachia pinisucciniferae[144] | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | A member of the family Melandryidae. | |
Xenostanus[145] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Szawaryn & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Corylophidae. The type species is X. jiangkuni. | ||
Yakutia[146] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Telnov et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Yakutian amber | A member of the family Mordellidae. Genus includes new species Y. sukachevae. | ||
Zavaljus lyubarskyi[147] | Sp. nov | In press | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | Rovno amber | A species of Zavaljus. |
Cucujiform research edit
- Description of new specimens of scraptiid larvae with large, elongated terminal ends from the Eocene Baltic amber and Cretaceous Burmese amber (the latter representing the oldest record of these larvae reported to date), and a study on the morphological variation of these larvae is published by Zippel et al. (2022).[148]
- Revision of the fossil lymexylids originally assigned to the genus Raractocetus is published by Li et al. (2022), who transfer the species Raractocetus balticus, R. extinctus, R. fossilis and R. sverlilo to the genus Cretoquadratus, and consider the species Cretoquadratus engeli to be a junior synonym of Cretoquadratus fossilis.[136]
Elateriformia edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Ajkaelater[149] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Szabó et al. | Ajka Coal Formation | An elaterid click beetle. | |||
Anomocephalobus[150] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Jäch & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Limnichidae belonging to the subfamily Cephalobyrrhinae. The type species is A. liuhaoi. | ||
Asiocnemis colombicus[151] | Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Quaternary, exact age uncertain | Colombian resin | A member of the family Eucnemidae belonging to the subfamily Macraulacinae. | ||
Bipogonia[152] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kundrata & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Artematopodidae. Genus includes new species B. trivialis and B. fortis. | ||
Brevipterus[153] | Gen. et comb. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Zhao et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Genus includes "Sanaungulus" strungei Fanti & Damggard (2019), as well as new species B. acutiapicis, B. abtusiapicis and B. megacephalus. | ||
Burmochares[154] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Prokin | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Limnichidae belonging to the subfamily Limnichinae. The type species is B. groehni. | ||
Burmogonus[155] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Triskova et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A click beetle belonging to the tribe Elaterini. The type species is B. cretaceus. | ||
Burmomiles parisii[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | ||
Burmomiles volpei[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | ||
Cacomorphocerus thomasiwentzeli[157] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wentzel, Bonino & Fanti | Eocene | Baltic amber | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | ||
Carinibipogonia[152] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kundrata & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Artematopodidae. The type species is C. xiai. | ||
Cessator anachronicus[158] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ferrera & Ivie in Ferreira et al. | Oligocene-Miocene | A member of the family Lycidae belonging to the subfamily Lycinae and the tribe Leptolycini. | |||
Chauliognathus koonwarra[159] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A soldier beetle, a species of Chauliognathus. | |||
Cretaceocoleus[160] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tihelka & Cai in Tihelka et al. | Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Dryopoidea belonging to the family Mastigocoleidae. The type species is C. saetosus Tihelka, Kundrata & Cai. | ||
Damzenium[161] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev & Bocak | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Lycidae belonging to the subfamily Erotinae and the tribe Erotini. The type species is D. rivnense. | ||
Dariuszelater[162] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Zhao, Shih & Ren | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A click beetle. The type species is D. tarnawskii. | ||
Elektrokleinia thiloi[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | ||
Elektrokleinia zahradniki[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | ||
Falsoceratoprion fumagalliae[163] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ferreira in Ferreira & Tettamanzi | Oligocene-Miocene | A member of the family Lycidae belonging to the subfamily Lycinae and the tribe Calopterini. The type species of the genus Falsoceratoprion, which also includes an extant species Falsoceratoprion pecki.[164] | |||
Helcophorus ekaterinae[165] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Lycidae. Originally described as a species of Helcophorus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Hiekeolycus.[166] | ||
Hernandochares[154] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Prokin | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Gdańsk Bay area) | A member of the family Limnichidae. The type species is "Platypelochares" electricus Hernando, Szawaryn & Ribera (2018). | |
Hukawngichthyurus barsevskisi[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | ||
Hukawngichthyurus ditaddeoi[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | ||
Isorhipis muonai[167] | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | A species of Isorhipis. | |
Lasiosyne integera[168] | Sp. nov | In press | Guo et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Lasiosynidae. | ||
Lasiosyne parva[168] | Sp. nov | In press | Guo et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Lasiosynidae. | ||
Malthodes markpankowskii[169] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pankowski & Fanti | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Malthinus. | ||
Malthodes masoni[169] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pankowski & Fanti | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Malthinus. | ||
Mantimalthinus arturi[170] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Eocene | Baltic amber | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae and the tribe Malchinini. | ||
Mastigocoleus[160] | Fam. et gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Tihelka & Cai in Tihelka et al. | Cretaceous (Aptian–Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Dryopoidea, the type genus of the new family Mastigocoleidae Tihelka, Jäch, Kundrata & Cai. The type species is M. resinicola Tihelka & Cai; genus also includes M. rhinoceros Tihelka & Cai. | ||
Neusiokia[151] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Muona | A member of the family Eucnemidae belonging to the subfamily Macraulacinae. The type species is N. appalachiensis. | ||||
Nothotytthonyx[171] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Biffi, Kundrata & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. The type species is N. serratus. | ||
Parelateriformius grimaldii[172] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai in Li et al. | Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | A member of the family Dascillidae. | ||
Poinarelektronmiles cuaroni[173] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bramanti & Fanti | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Transferred to the genus Sanaungulus by Yang, Zhao & Liu (2024).[174] | ||
Ptilodactyla odnosum[175] | Sp. nov | Telnov, Perkovsky, Kundrata & Bukejs in Telnov et al. | Eocene | Rovno amber | A species of Ptilodactyla. | |||
Sanaungulus dominikiweissbachi[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Transferred to the genus Burmomiles by Yang, Zhao & Liu (2024).[174] | ||
Sanaungulus dunlopi[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus electrum[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus emarginaticollis[176] | Sp. nov | In press | Yang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | |||
Sanaungulus franziskaeweissbachae[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus havai[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus imparitibius[176] | Sp. nov | In press | Yang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus kachinensis[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Transferred to the genus Burmomiles by Yang, Zhao & Liu (2024).[174] | ||
Sanaungulus kirstenaeweissbachae[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus laticoxa[176] | Sp. nov | In press | Yang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus leniae[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus multiramus[176] | Sp. nov | In press | Yang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus myanmaricus[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus myitkyinaensis[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus nalae[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus nilsi[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus perkovskyi[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus peteriruedeli[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus ruficollis[176] | Sp. nov | In press | Yang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus temporiscapsula[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Sanaungulus ypogaeum[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | ||
Silis (Silis) boninoi[177] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Pankowski | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Silis. | ||
Thambus woodruffi[151] | Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Cenozoic (20 to 40 million years old) | A member of the family Eucnemidae belonging to the subfamily Macraulacinae. | |||
Tytthonyx milleri[178] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ivie, Fanti & Ferreira | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Tytthonyx. | ||
Varcalium[179] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Ruta, Tihelka & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Scirtidae. The type species is V. lawrencei. | ||
Vetubrachypsectra huchengi[180] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kundrata & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Brachypsectridae. | ||
Vitalfranzius[156] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Müller | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. The type species is V. burmiticus; genus also includes V. cretaceus. |
Elateriform research edit
- The first fossil larva of a representative of Elmidae reported to date is described from the Eocene Baltic amber by Zippel et al. (2022).[181]
Scarabaeiformia edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Anisoodontus[182] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | In press | Wu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A stag beetle. Genus includes new species A. qizhihaoi and A. xiafangyuani. | ||
Ceratocanthus huarongii[183] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lu, Ballerio & Bai in Lu et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Ceratocanthus. | ||
Litholamprima qizhihaoi[184] | Sp. nov | In press | Jiang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A stag beetle. | ||
Nesopalla succini[183] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lu, Ballerio & Bai in Lu et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A member of the family Hybosoridae belonging to the subfamily Ceratocanthinae. | ||
Palaeopycnus[183] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Lu, Ballerio & Bai in Lu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Hybosoridae belonging to the subfamily Ceratocanthinae. The type species is P. circus; genus also includes P. fushengii. | ||
Prolucanus[185] | Gen. et sp. nov | Qi et al. | Early Cretaceous | A stag beetle. The type species is P. beipiaoensis. |
Scarabaeiform research edit
- Cretaceous scarabaeoid Mesoceratocanthus, originally assigned to the family Hybosoridae, is reinterpreted as a member of the passaloid lineage including the families Passalopalpidae and Passalidae (probably closely related to the extinct family Passalopalpidae) by Li et al. (2022).[186]
Staphyliniformia edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Afristenus[187] | Gen. et sp. nov | Mnguni, McKay & Badenhorst | Late Cretaceous (probably Turonian) | A rove beetle belonging to the family Steninae. The type species is A. orapensis. | ||||
Amplectister terapoides[188] | Sp. nov | Yamamoto & Caterino | Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Histeridae. | |||
Anapleus kachinensis[189] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jiang, Caterino & Chen | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Anapleus. | ||
Angucharcotes[190] | Gen. et sp. nov | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Phloeocharinae. Genus includes new species A. thayerae. | |||
Coomania enkarsios[191] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jenkins Shaw et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Coomaniinae. | ||
Coomania megistos[191] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jenkins Shaw et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Coomaniinae. | ||
Coomania yini[191] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jenkins Shaw et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Coomaniinae. | ||
Crenossidium[192] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Newton & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ptiliidae. The type species is C. slipinskii. | ||
Cretaceonanobius[193] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Pseudopsinae. The type species is C. fossilis. | ||||
Derolathrus capdoliensis[194] | Sp. nov | Valid | Tihelka et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Charentese amber | A species of Derolathrus. | ||
Europharinodes[195] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yin & Cai in Yin et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Pselaphinae and the tribe Hybocephalini. The type species is E. schaufussi. | ||
Pareburniola[196] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zilberman, Yin & Cai | Miocene | Dominican amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Aleocharinae and the tribe Corotocini. The type species is P. dominicana. | ||
Priochirus trisclerite[197] | Sp. nov | Valid | Peng et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Priochirus. | ||
Yprezethinus[198] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Parker | Eocene (Ypresian) | Cambay amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Pselaphinae and the tribe Bythinoplectini. The type species is Y. grimaldii. |
Staphyliniform research edit
- A larva of an ant-like stone beetle, similar to the second stage larvae of extant Stenomastigus longicornis and likely belonging to the group Mastigini, is described from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Haug et al. (2022).[199]
Clade Dictyoptera edit
Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
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Alienopterix santonicus[200] | Sp. nov | Valid | Szabó et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Ajka Coal Formation | A member of the family Alienopteridae. | ||
Anisotermes bourguignoni[201] | Sp. nov | Jouault et al. | Cretaceous | A termite. | ||||
Bimini[202] | Gen. et sp. nov | Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Jurassic | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species B. gorevoesis | ||||
Corydoblatta[202] | Gen. et sp. nov | Hinkelman & Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species C. subrotunda. | |||
Cryptotermes pouilloni[203] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jouault & Nel | Miocene | Dominican amber | A termite, a species of Cryptotermes. | ||
Facioblatta[204] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hinkelman | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Liberiblattinidae. Genus includes new species F. perfidia. | ||
Hypercercoula[205] | Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Qiu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Blattoidea. Genus includes new species H. jiewenae. | ||
Litaneutria pilosuspedes[206] | Sp. nov | Valid | Terríquez-Beltrán, Riquelme & Varela-Hernández | Miocene | An amelid mantis, a species of Litaneutria. | |||
Longitermes[201] | Gen. et sp. nov | Jouault et al. | Cretaceous | A termite. Genus includes new species L. pulcher. | ||||
Magnifitermes[201] | Gen. et sp. nov | Jouault et al. | Cretaceous | A termite. Genus includes new species M. krishnai. | ||||
Magniocula paradoxona[202] | Sp. nov | Vršanská & Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. | |||
Manipulatoides[207] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Huang | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Manipulatoridae. The type species is M. obscura. | ||
Mastotermes myanmarensis[201] | Sp. nov | Jouault et al. | Cretaceous | A termite, a species of Mastotermes. | ||||
Mesoblattina libanensis[208] | Sp. nov | Valid | Káčerová & Azar | Early Cretaceous | A cockroach belonging to the family Mesoblattinidae. | |||
Nuurcala coloris[209] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kováčová | Early Cretaceous | Dzun-Bain Formation | A cockroach belonging to the family Caloblattinidae. | ||
Obscuroblatta[202] | Gen. et sp. nov | Hinkelman & Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species O. rigida. | |||
?Ocelloblattula striata[208] | Sp. nov | Valid | Káčerová & Azar | Early Cretaceous | A cockroach belonging to the group Corydioidea and the family Blattulidae. | |||
Okruhliak[202] | Gen. et sp. nov | Vršanský & Hinkelman in Vršanský et al. | Mesozoic | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species O. vedec. | ||||
Piloscutumus[202] | Gen. et sp. nov | Sendi in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species P. discretus. | |||
Pokemon[202] | Gen. et sp. nov | Vršanská, Hinkelman & Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species P. oculiapertion. | |||
Poroblattina anadiensis[210] | Sp. nov | In press | Correia et al. | Buçaco Carboniferous Basin | A roachoid belonging to the family Poroblattinidae. | |||
Pozabudnutie[211] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský, Hinkelman & Aristov in Vršanský et al. | Permian to Cretaceous | Myanmar |