The click beetles (Elateridae) originated in the Mesozoic and recently form a relatively large family with approximately 10,000 described species worldwide. However, the Mesozoic, and particularly Cretaceous, click beetle fauna remains very poorly known.
Katerina Triskova +3 more
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First Jurassic representative of the extinct family Peleserphidae (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) [PDF]
Arkadiserphus leleji Rasnitsyn, gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Upper Jurassic deposits of Karatau (Kazakhstan) in the proctotrupoid family Peleserphidae hitherto known solely from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber.
Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn
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A new species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]
Háva, J. (2022): A new species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Far Eastern Entomologist 463: 8-11, DOI: 10.25221/fee.463.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.463.
Háva, J.
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Burmese amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns [PDF]
publisher: Elsevier articletitle: Burmese amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns journaltitle: Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2016.01.003 ...
Heinrichs, Jochen +4 more
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Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, part IV: Significant New Orthorrhaphous Taxa
Thirteen species of basal Brachycera (11 described as new) are reported, belonging to nine families and three infraorders. They are preserved in amber from the Early Cretaceous (Neocomian) of Lebanon, Albian of northern Spain, upper Albian to lower ...
David Grimaldi +3 more
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A new species of Baeomorpha (Hymenoptera, Rotoitidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]
A fossil species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Baeomorpha liorum Huber, Shih & Ren, sp. nov. (Rotoitidae: Hymenoptera), is described and illustrated. Its relationship to other extinct and extant taxa of Rotoitidae is discussed.
John T. Huber, Chungkun Shih, Ren Dong
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Prototeleia Talamas, Popovici, Shih & Ren: A new genus of Platygastridae from Burmese amber [PDF]
A new genus and species of parasitoid wasp is described from Burmese amber: Prototeleia kleio gen. nov., sp. nov. (Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). Prototeleia kleio exhibits multiple characters that we consider to be plesiomorphic for Platygastridae ...
Elijah J. Talamas +3 more
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Neuroptera, the group of lacewings, is well known to have been more diverse in the past, offering to study patterns of biodiversity loss over time. This loss of diversity has been quantitatively established by the morphological diversity of lacewing ...
Florian Braig +8 more
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A new genus and species of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Hkamti ‘mid–Cretaceous’ Burmese amber [PDF]
International audienceProtobelyta monsirei gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of belytine wasp (Diapriidae: Belytinae), is described from a female preserved in ‘mid–Cretaceous’ Burmese (Albian–Cenomanian) amber from Hkamti.
Jouault, Corentin +3 more
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FIGURE 1 in Pachytylaradus cretaceous gen. et sp. nov. from Burmese amber (Heteroptera, Aradidae) [PDF]
FIGURE 1. Pachytylaradus cretaceous gen. et sp. nov. from Burmese amber. A, Holotype female dorsal view. B, Ditto head and thorax. C, Ditto terminal segments of abdomen, dorsal view. D, Ditto head.
HEISS, ERNST
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