Palaeoentomology最新文献

{"title":"A new fossil species of Nausibius (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in Rovno amber: a beetle from Eocene forests with congeners thriving in warehouses today","authors":"V. Alekseev, Madeline V. Pankowski, A. Bukejs","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.5","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of silvanid flat bark beetle, Nausibius radchenkoi sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on a well-preserved inclusion in Eocene Rovno amber. It is the first fossil species of Nausibius, a cosmopolitan genus with representatives living worldwide today. The current finding confirms both the Eocene age of the genus and the presence of representatives of the genus in forest palaeoecosystems of Europe in that time. In addition, Austronausibius aenigmatista Alekseev & Bukejs, 2022, previously described from Rovno amber, is documented in Baltic amber for the first time. Thirteen common species of Coleoptera (including one newly recorded here) known from these two East European ambers are listed. The newly described species, as well as some other beetle taxa in Eocene European habitats (where Rovno and Baltic ambers were produced), have several congeners that live today in artificial synanthropic habitats, namely warehouses storing various food products.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":" 44","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138964326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The first Palaeodictyoptera (Insecta) from the late Carboniferous of Ogassa (Catalonia, Spain)","authors":"X. Delclòs, E. Peñalver, André Nel","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.10","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of palaeodictyopteridan insect, Heolus martinclosasi sp. nov., based on a partial wing, has been identified in the uppermost Pennsylvanian (Stephanian C local stage) deposits of the Castellar de N’Hug-Camprodon Basin, located in the Surroca-Ogassa coalfield within the Pyrenees of Catalonia, Spain. This species belongs to the Palaeodictyoptera, and is the first of this order described from the Paleozoic deposits of Spain. Heolus martinclosasi sp. nov. is the second species within the relatively small Heolidae family, originally described by Handlirsch in 1906, in the USA. This new species was found alongside remains of in situ fossil plants such as Calamites suckowii, Sphenophyllum oblongifolium, and marattialean tree ferns, all of which grew between river channels. This suggests that these insects possibly lived in lake-like, permanently inundated floodplain deposits.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":"64 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139174327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New genera and species of Mantispoidea (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, Myanmar","authors":"HONG-YU Li, DE Zhuo, Bo Wang, H. Nakamine, Shûhei Yamamoto, WEI-WEI Zhang, JIA-NI Ling, Michael Ohl, U. Aspöck, Horst Aspöck, Xing-Yue Liu","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.1","url":null,"abstract":"Mantispoidea (Insecta, Neuroptera) are well-known for the hypermetamorphic larval development and for most adults having praying mantis-like raptorial forelegs. Currently, this superfamily comprises Berothidae (beaded lacewings) and three raptorial mantispoid families: Rhachiberothidae (thorny lacewings), Dipteromantispidae and Mantispidae (mantidflies or mantid lacewings). It includes about 530 extant species in 74 genera, and 143 extinct species in 97 genera from the Upper Triassic to the Miocene. Berothidae, well-known for some adults with scale-like setae on the female wings, currently includes 119 extant species in 26 genera, and 59 extinct species in 37 genera from the Upper Triassic to the Eocene. Rhachiberothidae represents the relictual group of Mantispoidea, comprising only 14 extant species across four genera, which are confined to the Afrotropical Region. However, the abundant fossil records (28 species and 21 genera), especially from the Cretaceous, highlight the past glory of this family. The Cretaceous dipteran-like family Dipteromantispidae, comprising ten species across nine genera, remains enigmatic in terms of its phylogenetic status. Mantispidae, the largest family within Mantispoidea, comprises approximately 395 extant species across 44 genera and 46 extinct species in 30 genera, ranging from the Lower Jurassic to the Miocene. This family is distinctive from other raptorial families for its highly mobile and variously elongated prothorax. Here, we describe several new genera and species from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, Myanmar: Three new species of Osmyloberotha Khramov, 2021 (O. dispersa sp. nov., O. chenzuyini Zhuo, Li & Liu sp. nov. and O. magnimaculata sp. nov.) in Berothidae, with a detailed redescription of O. simpla Khramov, 2021; two new genera and three new species (Paraberothinae: Paraberothoides longispina Li, Zhang & Liu gen. et sp. nov.; Subfamily unknown: Dicranoberotha zhangzhiqiae Zhuo, Li & Liu gen. et sp. nov., Dicranoberotha liumohanae Zhuo, Li & Liu gen. et sp. nov.) of Rhachiberothidae, three new species (Enigmadipteromantispa dilatata Li, Nakamine, Yamamoto & Liu sp. nov., Kurtodipteromantispa relicta Li, Nakamine, Yamamoto & Liu sp. nov. and Kurtodipteromantispa univenula sp. nov.) of Dipteromantispidae, as well as four new genera and five new species (Symphrasinae: Parvosymphrasites aploneura Li, Lin, Liu & Wang gen. et sp. nov. and Proplega evelynae Zhuo, Li & Liu gen. et sp. nov.; Subfamily unknown: Haplacantha robusta gen. et sp. nov., Haplacantha tenuis gen. et sp. nov. and Mesomantispoides felixoporcus gen. et sp. nov.) of Mantispidae. Sinuijumantispa So & Won, 2022, previously classified within Drepanicinae, is now recognized as a stem group of Mantispidae, which is possibly related to Mesomantispoides gen. nov. or Mesomantispinae. Our new findings offer crucial insights into the taxonomy, morphological diversity and evolution of Mantispoidea.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":"91 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139173789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New Baltic amber Rhagionidae (Insecta, Diptera)","authors":"Charline Peyrot, V. Ngô-Muller, André Nel","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.6","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Rhagionidae, Symphoromyia odileae, is described from the Middle Eocene Baltic amber. Chrysopilus meunieri Kerr, 2010, also from the Baltic amber, is redescribed on the basis of a new specimen, and its attribution to the genus Chrysopilus is confirmed. This specimen of Chrysopilus can be considered as the first accurate fossil representative of this genus. Although Symphoromyia odileae sp. nov. shows the diagnostic characters of the genus, it has also a series of hind tibia macrosetae, unlike in the other representatives of the genus. Chrysopilus meunieri Kerr, 2010 differs from the extant species in the cell cua being open.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":" 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138994597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First record of Archaeocercoides puchkovi Simutnik, 2022 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from late Eocene Danish amber","authors":"S. A. Simutnik, Madeline V. Pankowski, E. Perkovsky","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.3","url":null,"abstract":"Encyrtidae are one of the largest and most diverse families of chalcidoid wasps found both today (Noyes, 2023) and in Eocene ambers (Simutnik, 2021; Simutnik & Perkovsky, 2023). The earliest known Encyrtidae have been found in middle Eocene Sakhalinian amber (Simutnik, 2021; Simutnik et al., 2021b). They differ significantly from both extant encyrtids as well as those occurring in late Eocene European ambers, many of which feature peculiar characters (Simutnik et al., 2020, 2023; Simutnik, 2021). To date, some 20 species in 18 extinct genera of Encyrtidae have been described from late Eocene Baltic, Danish and Rovno ambers (Simutnik et al., 2021a, 2022c, 2023; Simutnik & Perkovsky, 2023).","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":"144 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139174407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new, extremely small, panorthopteran hind wing from the Carboniferous of Avion, France (Archaeorthoptera: Panorthoptera)","authors":"AN-CHENG Peng, Michael S. Engel, JEAN-PAUL Kundura, P. Roques, André Nel","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.2","url":null,"abstract":"The superorder Archaeorthoptera (or total group of the extant Orthoptera) was exceedingly diverse during the Late Carboniferous and Permian. Most of the species described to date are comparatively remote relatives of Orthoptera (Archaeorthoptera nec. Panorthoptera). The Panorthoptera are a clade including species more closely related to crown Orthoptera, sharing with them synapomorphies in their wing venation, viz. division of the anterior-most branch CuPa of CuP into two branches; fusion of the anterior branch CuPaα of CuPa with CuA (or M+CuA). The Orthoptera sensu stricto are then characterized by the posterior branch of CuPa (CuPaβ) generally simple, and by the broadened (‘saltatorial’) metafemora (Béthoux & Nel, 2002). The Panorthoptera are quite rare in the early Late Carboniferous (Béthoux et al., 2012; Gu et al., 2014, 2017). Thus, any new fossil attributable to this clade is welcome to clarify the history of its diversification.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":" 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138995125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First green lacewing species of the tribe Chrysopini (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Chrysopinae) from the Eocene Baltic amber and Miocene Mexican amber","authors":"ZU-LUAN Chen, YU-HE Gao, V. Makarkin, Xing-Yue Liu","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.7","url":null,"abstract":"The family Chrysopidae (green lacewings) is a highly diverse group of Neuroptera, with rich fossil records. The Cenozoic fossils of green lacewings currently comprise 21 genera and 42 species. Here we describe two new green lacewing species of the tribe Chrysopini, tentatively placed in the genus Chrysopa Leach, 1815, namely Chrysopa? extensa sp. nov. and Chrysopa? prominenta sp. nov. from Eocene Baltic amber and Miocene Mexican amber, respectively. These species represent the second chrysopid occurrence and the first record of the tribe Chrysopini from Baltic amber, and the first occurrence of Chrysopidae from Mexican amber, respectively. Both new species are assigned to Chrysopini based on the following characters: the intramedian cell eutriangular without crossvein, and the basal-most RP branch origins distal to the intramedian cell in the forewing.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":"84 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139175119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New silky lacewings from the Middle Jurassic of Northeastern China (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae)","authors":"XIAO-TIAN Liu, Chungkun Shih, Dong Ren, Yongjie Wang","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.9","url":null,"abstract":"Psychopsidae, a small family of Neuroptera, comprises only 27 extant species and 38 fossil species. The limited species records and poor specimen preservation greatly hinder our exploration of the early evolutionary process of Psychopsidae. In this paper, one new genus with one new species, Nullipsychops longialatus gen. et sp. nov., and two new species of Cretapsychops Jepson et al., 2009, namely, C. stigmosus sp. nov. and C. epunctatus sp. nov., are described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia of China. Based on the new fossil material, we summarized in detail the intraspecific variation of venation and wing markings in Cretapsychops decipiens Peng et al., 2010. Furthermore, we also systematically review the morphological features of Cretapsychops among Cretaceous lineages and Jurassic lineages; and a key to Cretapsychops species is provided. Considering the relatively rare Jurassic psychopsids, the newly discovered Jurassic psychopsids enhance the species diversity of Jurassic psychopsids, and promote our understanding of the early evolution of Psychopsidae.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":" 44","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138963454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new enigmatic cyclostome parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rhyssalinae) with unusual ovipositor from Baltic amber","authors":"S. Belokobylskij, A. Manukyan, A. Zaldívar‐Riverón","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.4","url":null,"abstract":"A new enigmatic genus and species presumably belonging to the cyclostome braconid parasitoid subfamily Rhyssalinae, Electroncophanes laticauda Belokobylskij & Zaldívar-Riverón gen. et sp. nov., are described and illustrated from the late Eocene Baltic amber. This new genus is characterised by having a wide and laterally compressed ovipositor, a unique character in the cyclostome braconids, and distally thickened ovipositor sheaths. It also has the fore wing with a postfurcal position of the recurrent vein (m-cu), distally closed brachial (second subdiscal) cell, not interstitial parallel vein (Cu1a), and a long submedial (subbasal) cell of the hind wing. Electroncophanes gen. nov. is placed in the new rhyssaline tribe Electroncophanini tribus nov. The presence of the flat and wide ovipositor found in the new species is discussed.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":"5 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138995171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Confocal autofluorescence microscopy revealed the fine morphology of the amber preserved mite Congovidia glesoconomorphi sp. nov. (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae) phoretic on a mycterid beetle","authors":"V. Kolesnikov, D. Vorontsov, E. Perkovsky, D. Vasilenko, P. Klimov","doi":"10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.8","url":null,"abstract":"We examined three astigmatic mite specimens phoretic on the beetle Glesoconomorphus ekaterinae from Eocene Rovno amber. Due to the precious nature of this amber piece, housing the name-bearing holotype of the host beetle, traditional trimming for the application of high-resolution imaging techniques at small focal distances was unfeasible. To overcome this challenge, we employed a combination of confocal microscopy relying on the autofluorescence properties of the mite chitinous exoskeleton and long working distance / water immersion objectives. This innovative approach successfully resolved the minute mite features from a considerable distance (700 μm). Based on these data, we describe many taxonomically important characters and identify these mites as a new species, Congovidia glesoconomorphi sp. nov., within the family Hemisarcoptidae. This represents the first fossil record for the mite family. Additionally, we provide a key for phoretic deutonymphs of all known species of Congovidia. As larvae of many extant Eurypinae live in subcortical spaces of decomposing tree trunks, we suggest that the mite C. glesoconomorphi similarly occupied subcortical niches in decayed wood and utilized adult beetles of G. ekaterinae for dispersal.","PeriodicalId":53179,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoentomology","volume":"11 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139175530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}