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Analyses of expanded anchored‐hybrid phylogenomic datasets support revisions to the higher classification of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
Phylogenomic analyses of 269 terminal taxa, representing all extant families, subfamilies and over 96% of the extant tribes of Membracoidea, recovered the majority of the leafhopper subfamilies as monophyletic. Taxonomic revisions are proposed for the higher‐level classification of Cicadellidae based on the consistently recovered relationships and ...
Yanghui Cao, Christopher H. Dietrich, Dmitry A. Dmitriev, Hongfen Zou, Qingquan Xue, Yalin Zhang   +5 more
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Fossils in Myanmar amber demonstrate the diversity of anti-predator strategies of Cretaceous holometabolan insect larvae

iScience
Summary: Holometabolan larvae are a major part of the animal biomass and an important food source for many animals. Many larvae evolved anti-predator strategies and some of these can even be recognized in fossils.
Carolin Haug, Joachim T. Haug, Gideon T. Haug, Patrick Müller, Ana Zippel, Christine Kiesmüller, Joshua Gauweiler, Marie K. Hörnig   +7 more
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Long Story of Long Antennae: Mesozoic Origins of the Subfamily Macrocerinae (Diptera: Keroplatidae)

Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, Volume 99, Issue 5, Page 1225-1248, October 2025.
Abstract The early evolutionary history of the Macrocerinae subfamily (Diptera: Keroplatidae) is poorly understood. However, new material from the Cretaceous, particularly in amber, provides a better understanding of this subject. We reassign the oldest known species of Macrocerinae, Hegalari minor Blagoderov & Arillo, 2002, from the amber of Álava ...
Alicja PEŁCZYŃSKA, Vladimir BLAGODEROV, Wiesław KRZEMIŃSKI, Agnieszka SOSZYŃSKA   +3 more
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Revised phylogenomic analysis and Cretaceous fossil evidence reveal new insights into evolution of Scirtinae (Coleoptera: Scirtidae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Volume 63, Issue 5, Page 1166-1178, September 2025.
The molecular phylogeny of Scirtinae based on ultraconserved elements is reanalyzed using the site‐heterogeneous model CAT‐GTR+G4. A new scirtine fossil, Serracyphon philipsi gen. et sp. nov., is reported from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber, and its placement is evaluated in light of the updated phylogenomic framework of Scirtinae.
Yan‑Da Li, Rafał Ruta, Di‑Ying Huang, Chen‑Yang Cai   +3 more
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Generalist Pollen-Feeding Beetles during the Mid-Cretaceous

iScience, 2020
Summary: The Cretaceous fossil record of amber provides a variety of evidence that is essential for greater understanding of early pollination strategies. Here, we describe four pieces of ca.
David Peris, Conrad C. Labandeira, Eduardo Barrón, Xavier Delclòs, Jes Rust, Bo Wang   +5 more
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Cretabaltoraea volsella gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Cretaceous Kachin amber and its relationship with Eocene Baltoraea (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) [PDF]

Here we describe Cretabaltoraea volsella Peris, Jelínek & Audisio gen. et sp. nov. of the family Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). As implied by its generic name, the new species is described after a fossil specimen preserved in the Upper Cretaceous ...
David Peris, Qian Zhao, Paolo Audisio, Simone Sabatelli, Chenyang Cai, Kristaps Kairišg, Bastian Mähler, Meike Liu, Josef Jelínek   +8 more
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Placing Nothophylica piloburmensis from Cretaceous amber into the angiosperm phylogeny

TAXON, Volume 74, Issue 4, Page 933-937, August 2025.
Abstract Recently, we redescribed an amber inclusion from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber of Myanmar, previously assigned to the extant genus Phylica in Rhamnaceae (core eudicots), and placed it in a new fossil‐genus, Nothophylica. Based on our reconstructions, we identified new floral features and instead suggested affinities within magnoliids, especially
Simon Beurel, Julien B. Bachelier, Clément Coiffard, Alexander R. Schmidt, Eva‐Maria Sadowski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 4, Page 1452-1466, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Plant pollination by insects represents one of the most transformative and iconic ecological relationships in the natural world. Despite tens of thousands of papers, as well as numerous books, on pollination biology published over the past 200 years, most studies focused on the fossil record of pollinating insects have only been published in ...
David Peris, Jeff Ollerton, Hervé Sauquet, Oriane Hidalgo, Enrique Peñalver, Ainhoa Magrach, Sergio Álvarez‐Parra, Constanza Peña‐Kairath, Fabien L. Condamine, Xavier Delclòs, Ricardo Pérez‐de la Fuente   +10 more
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Figure 3 in Two new spider families from Late Cretaceous Kachin amber (Arachnida: Araneae) [PDF]

, 2020
Figure 3. Pilosarachne ju Jiang & Li, gen. & sp. nov., holotype male. A. Left palp, retrolateral view. B. Bulb of left palp, ventral view. C. Right palp, dorsal view, horizontally flipped for the sake of comparison. D. Left palp, ventral view. Scale bars:
Li, Shuqiang, Jiang, Tongyao, Xin, Yafei, Yao, Zhiyuan   +3 more
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An insect †Archaeopteryx: Cretaceous amber fossil elucidates the evolution of complex host detection and ovipositor mechanisms in parasitoid woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Orussoidea)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 630-645, July 2025.
We describe †Cretovelona orussopteryx n. gen. & sp. from Kachin amber. The fossil is examined with synchrotron scanning and integrated into an existing morphological data set for Orussoidea. This fossil parasitoid wasp displays a unique character combination demonstrating intermediate conditions in evolving the complex features employed in echo ...
Lars Vilhelmsen, Brendon E. Boudinot, Jörg U. Hammel, Hiroshi Nakamine, Shûhei Yamamoto   +4 more
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