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Fossil Proctotrupidae (Hymenoptera) in Burmese amber
Cresogmus grimaldii Rasnitsyn & Kolyada, gen. et sp. nov. is described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber in the tribe Disogmini (subfamily Proctotrupinae) as the first representative of the family Proctotrupidae buried in Cretaceous amber. Diagnostic
Victor Kolyada (6426404) +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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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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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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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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A new mid-Cretaceous fossil genus of stonefly (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from the Burmese amber
International audienceA new genus and species of stonefly is described and figured from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber as †Burmaperla pouilloni Jouault & Nel gen. et sp. nov.
Jouault, Corentin +4 more
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A new Myrmecarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae) species from Oise amber (earliest Eocene, France)
Extant Archaeidae, also known as pelican or assassin spiders, have an Austral distribution (South Africa, Madagascar and Australia), but were present in Eurasia during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, as attested by fossils from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Ross ...
Carbuccia Benjamin +4 more
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Three new species of Paleoplatyura Meunier, 1899, i.e., Paleoplatyura agnieszkae sp. nov., P. miae sp. nov., and P. magnifica sp. nov., are described and figured. The concept of the genus is briefly discussed, and its systematic position is clarified.
Jan Ševčík +2 more
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