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Survey of Social Insects in the Fossil Record [PDF]

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1978
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Laurie Burnham
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Scudder’s Work on Fossil Insects [PDF]

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1911
T. D. A. Cockerell
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Reconstructing carotenoid-based and structural coloration in fossil skin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Evidence of original coloration in fossils provides insights into the visual communication strategies used by ancient animals and the functional evolution of coloration over time [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].
Orr, Patrick J.   +5 more
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First finding of a fossilized Cantharidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Middle Miocene deposits in Romania [PDF]

open access: yesTravaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2021
The extraordinary fossil sites of Vlădiceni (Iaşi, Romania) recently discovered, with lithostratigraphy of Middle Miocene age, have uncovered a rich fauna especially of fishes, molluscs, amphipods and insects.
Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie   +2 more
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A Peculiar New Genus of Bibionomorpha (Diptera) with Brachycera-Like Modification of Antennae from Mid-Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar

open access: yesInsects, 2021
A new fossil genus of Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha), Burmahesperinus gen. nov., from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, is described and illustrated (type species Burmahesperinus antennatus sp. nov., the other two species included are B. conicus sp.
Jan Ševčík   +3 more
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High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2017
Plants and insects are key components of terrestrial ecosystems and insect herbivory is the most important type of interaction in these ecosystems. This study presents the first analysis of associations between plants and insects for the early Miocene ...
Anna Lena Möller   +3 more
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Fossils Shed a New Light on the Diversity and Disparity of the Family Limoniidae (Diptera, Nematocera)

open access: yesInsects, 2021
A new subfamily Drinosinae (Diptera, Limoniidae) is established with two fossil genera, Drinosa and Decessia gen. nov. with one new species, Decessia podenasi gen. et sp. nov. from Cretaceous Burmese amber.
Wiesław Krzemiński   +4 more
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A new family of aphids (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Baissa, Transbaikalia

open access: yesZooKeys, 2011
The family Rasnitsynaphididae fam. n. has a unique combination of characters: 9-segmented antennae; rhinaria arranged in many transverse rows, surrounding the antennal segments; segment IX narrower than other segments of flagellum, always without ...
Agnieszka Homan, Piotr Wegierek
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New fossil records of Xyelidae (Hymenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2021
A new genus and two new species of Xyelidae Newman, 1834 (Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758), Platyxyela tenuis sp. nov. and Scleroxyela daohugouensis gen. et sp. nov.
Yan Zheng   +5 more
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Incorporating fossils into hypotheses of insect phylogeny [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Opinion in Insect Science, 2016
Fossils represent stem and crown lineages, and their inclusion in phylogenetic reconstruction influences branch lengths, topology, and divergence time estimation. In addition, paleontological data may inform trends in morphological evolution as well as biogeographic history.
Jessica L, Ware, Phillip, Barden
openaire   +2 more sources

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