2021 in paleoentomology
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This paleoentomology list records new fossil insect taxa that were to be described during the year 2021, as well as notes other significant paleoentomology discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
Clade Amphiesmenoptera[edit]
Lepidoptera[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et 7 sp. nov | Valid | Mey, Léger & Lien | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A Lophocoronidae moth. |  | ||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mey, Léger & Lien | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An agathiphagid aglossatan moth. |  | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fischer | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Phyllocnistis | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fischer | Lutetian | Baltic amber | A species of Phyllonorycter |
Lepidopteran research[edit]
- The first known Cretaceous caterpillar armoured with spines is described from the Burmese amber by Haug & Haug (2021).[3]
- Fossil leaf mine produced by a lyonetiid-like leaf-mining moth, representing the oldest record of such moths reported to date, is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Kaiparowits Formation (Utah, United States) by Maccracken et al. (2021), who name a new ichnotaxon Leucopteropsa spiralae.[4]
Trichopterans[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Valid | Melnitsky & Ivanov | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Kheta Formation | A member of the family Polycentropodidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Melnitsky & Ivanov | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Kheta Formation | A member of the family Polycentropodidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Neumann | Probably early Miocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Melnitsky, Ivanov & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Hydroptilidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Early Cretaceous | A larval case of a caddisfly. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Early Cretaceous | A larval case of a caddisfly. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Early Cretaceous | A larval case of a caddisfly. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Early Cretaceous | A larval case of a caddisfly. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Early Cretaceous | A larval case of a caddisfly. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Early Cretaceous | A larval case of a caddisfly. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Melnitsky, Ivanov & Perkovsky | Eocene (Priabonian) | Rovno amber | A species of Holocentropus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Xu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Odontoceridae. | |||
| Palaeopsilotreta succini[10] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Xu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Odontoceridae. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Melnitsky, Ivanov & Perkovsky | Eocene (Priabonian) | Rovno amber | A species of Plectrocnemia. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Xu | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Psilotreta. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva & Aristov | Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Vitimotauliidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Early Cretaceous | A larval case of a caddisfly. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A caddisfly, a species of Wormaldia. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Wang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A caddisfly, a species of Wormaldia. |
Clade Antliophora[edit]
Dipterans[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Valid | Roháček & Hoffeins | Eocene | Baltic amber | A member of Opomyzoidea belonging to the new family Clusiomitidae. | |||
| Acartophthalmites luridus[14] | Sp. nov | Valid | Roháček & Hoffeins | Eocene | Baltic amber | A member of Opomyzoidea belonging to the new family Clusiomitidae. | ||
| Acartophthalmites rugosus[14] | Sp. nov | Valid | Roháček & Hoffeins | Eocene | Baltic amber | A member of Opomyzoidea belonging to the new family Clusiomitidae. | ||
| Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Krzemiński et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the crane fly family Limoniidae. The type species is A. rasnitsyni; genus also includes "Antocha" lapra Podenas & Poinar (2009). | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nel | Early Eocene | Oise amber | A member of the family Cecidomyiidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bouju et al. | Early Miocene | Ethiopian amber | A species of Allodia. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Solórzano-Kraemer et al. | Miocene | Mexican amber | A species of Apocephalus. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Solórzano-Kraemer et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Apocephalus. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Solórzano-Kraemer et al. | Miocene | A species of Apocephalus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Lamas, Sampronha & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Crato Formation | A member of the family Asilidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | A member of the family Nadipteridae. Genus includes new species B. franconica. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit & Wedmann | A species of Bibio. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Bibio. | |||
| Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Ševčík et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bibionidae. The type species is B. antennatus; genus also includes B. conicus and B. pedicellatus. | |||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Ševčík, Hippa & Burdíková | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ditomyiidae. The type species is B. korneliae; genus also includes B. wieslawi. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ševčík, Hippa & Burdíková | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Sciaroidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is B. mesozoica. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Vega | Cretaceous (Albian/Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Apsilocephalidae. The type species is C. tubuliferous. | |||
| Fam. et gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Roháček & Hoffeins | Eocene | Baltic amber | A member of Opomyzoidea, the type genus of the new family Clusiomitidae. The type species is "Acartophthalmites" clusioides Roháček (2016); genus also includes new species C. ornatus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Liu & Huang | Middle–Late Jurassic | Jiyuan Basin | A member of the family Ptychopteridae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich, Amorim & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Crato Formation | A member of the family Bibionidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Kopeć in Kopeć et al. | Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary | Glushkovo Formation | A member of the subfamily Architipulinae. | ||||
| Cretolimonia lukashevichae[28] | Sp. nov | Kopeć & Krzemiński in Kopeć et al. | Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary | Dain Formation | A member of the subfamily Architipulinae. | |||
| Cretolimonia mikolajczyki[28] | Sp. nov | Kopeć, Krzemiński, Soszyńska-Maj in Kopeć et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the subfamily Architipulinae. | |||
| Cretolimonia pseudojurassica[28] | Sp. nov | Krzemiński in Kopeć et al. | Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary | Dain Formation | A member of the subfamily Architipulinae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Carmo, Lamas & Ribeiro | A member of the family Therevidae. Genus includes new species C. antiqua. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Zhang & Xiao | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bibionidae. Genus includes new species C. burmensis. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Giłka, Harbach & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A mosquito, a species of Culex. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Peñalver et al. | Anglesea amber | A species of Culicoides. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Eocene | A member of the family Cylindrotomidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Eocene | Green River Formation | A member of the family Cylindrotomidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krzemiński et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the crane fly family Limoniidae. The type species is D. podenasi. | |||
| Sp. nov | Kania-Kłosok & Krzemiński | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Elephantomyia. | |||
| Sp. nov | Kania-Kłosok & Krzemiński | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Elephantomyia. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Szadziewski, Sontag & Pankowski | Miocene | Ethiopian amber | A species of Forcipomyia. | |||
| Sp. nov | Kania-Kłosok, Krzemiński & Arillo | Utrillas Group | A species of Helius. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Kania-Kłosok, Krzemiński & Arillo | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Utrillas Group | A species of Helius. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wedmann et al. | A member of the family Nemestrinidae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Badano, Zhang, Yeates & Cerretti in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Phoroidea. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ribeiro, Santos & Santos | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ribeiro, Santos & Santos | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ribeiro, Santos & Santos | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ribeiro, Santos & Santos | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A species of Leptotarsus. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Giłka, Zakrzewska, Lukashevich & Cranston in Giłka et al. | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Kheta Formation | A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Chironominae and the tribe Pseudochironomini. The type species is M. kaluginae. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Peñalver et al. | Eocene | Anglesea amber | A member of the family Ceratopogonidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Pielowska-Ceranowska, Azar & Szwedo | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | A member of the family Ceratopogonidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Solórzano-Kraemer et al. | Miocene | Zhangpu amber | A species of Myriophora. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wagner | Eocene | A member of the family Psychodidae. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Men & Podenas | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the crane fly family Limoniidae. Genus includes new species O. simplex. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Giłka, Zakrzewska, Lukashevich & Cranston in Giłka et al. | Cretaceous (probably Albian–Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Chironominae and the tribe Pseudochironomini. The type species is P. krzeminskii. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Skibińska, Krzemiński & Zhang in Skibińska et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychodidae belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. | |||
| Palaeoglaesum stebneri[45] | Sp. nov | Valid | Skibińska & Krzemiński in Skibińska et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychodidae belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. | ||
| Palaeoglaesum teres[45] | Sp. nov | Valid | Skibińska & Albrycht in Skibińska et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychodidae belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ševčík, Krzemiński & Skibińska | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Paleoplatyura. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ševčík, Krzemiński & Skibińska | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Paleoplatyura. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ševčík, Krzemiński & Skibińska | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A species of Paleoplatyura. | |||
| Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Curler & Skibińska | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Psychodidae. The type species is "Pericoma" formosa Meunier (1905); genus also includes new species P. madrizi. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Krzemiński et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Polymera. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Bibionidae. Genus includes new species P. skartveiti. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Rhabdomastix. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Rhabdomastix. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Rhabdomastix. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Rhabdomastix. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nel | Early Eocene | Oise amber | A member of the family Cecidomyiidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Zakrzewska & Jankowska | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Stempellinella. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Utrillas Group | A species of Trichoneura. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Zhang & Zhang | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Zhangsolvidae. |
Dipteran research[edit]
- Baranov et al. (2021) document a high diversity of fly larvae from the Eocene Baltic amber, preserving taxonomically, morphologically, and ecologically important characters, and evaluate the implications of this finding for the knowledge of the functional ecology of the Eocene fly larvae.[54]
Mecopterans[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Zhang, Shih & Ren in Zhang et al. | A scorpionfly belonging to the family Holcorpidae. | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poschmann & Nel | A scorpionfly belonging to the family Protomeropidae. Genus includes new species G. virgoferroa. | |||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Lian, Cai & Huang | A scorpionfly belonging to the family Orthophlebiidae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lian, Cai & Huang | Tongchuan Formation | A member of the family Mesopsychidae. | ||||
| Mesopsyche liaoi[58] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lian, Cai & Huang | Huangshanjie Formation | A member of the family Mesopsychidae. |
Clade Archaeorthoptera[edit]
†Caloneurodea[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Roques | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A member of Archaeorthoptera belonging to the order Caloneurodea. Genus includes new species A. garroustei. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Nel & Roques | Carboniferous (Bashkirian) | The type species is O. bruayensis. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Dvořák et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A member of Archaeorthoptera belonging to the group Caloneurodea. Genus includes new species P. brauckmannii. |
†Cnemidolestodea[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Roques | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A member of Archaeorthoptera belonging to the family Cnemidolestidae. The type species is A. gui. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Carboniferous (Bashkirian to Moscovian) | Yanghugou Formation | A member of Archaeorthoptera belonging to the family Ctenoptilidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Poschmann | Meisenheim Formation | A member of Archaeorthoptera belonging to the family Cnemidolestidae. The type species is P. prokopi. | ||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | In press | Dvořák et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A member of Archaeorthoptera belonging to the group Cnemidolestodea. Genus includes new species P. punctatum Dvořák et al. and P. avionensis Nel & Roques.[65] |
Orthopterans[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Du, Xu & Zhang | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Tridactylidae. Genus includes new species A. cheni. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gu, Yue & Ren in Gu et al. | An ensiferan belonging to the group Hagloidea and the family Haglidae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Uchida | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species C. spinocrus. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Du, Xu & Zhang | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Tridactylidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Nel & Jouault | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A member of the family Elcanidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Uchida | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species H. gracile. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Kim et al. | An orthopteran belonging to the family Elcanidae. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gorochov | Late Permian | A member of Hagloidea. Genus includes new species P. tomica. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Xu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Tridactylidae. Genus includes new species P. wangi. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Nel & Jouault | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A member of the family Locustopsidae. |
Orthopteran research[edit]
- Revision of the fossil record of the family Trigonidiidae is published by Desutter-Grandcolas et al. (2021).[73]
†Titanoptera[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schubnel, Roques & Nel in Schubnel et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A member of Titanoptera belonging to the new family Theiatitanidae. The type species is T. azari. |
Other archaeorthopterans[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Roques | A member of Archaeorthoptera belonging to the new family Archaeogeraridae. The type species is A. schubneli. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Roques | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A member of Archaeorthoptera possibly belonging to the family Nugonioneuridae. Genus includes new species A. jouaulti. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Dvořák et al. | A member of Archaeorthoptera of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species C. impar. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Roques in Nel, Roques & Duquesne | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | A member of Archaeorthoptera. Genus includes new species D. gallica. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nel & Poschmann | Early Permian | Saar–Nahe Basin | A member of Archaeorthoptera. Genus includes new species P. manseri. |
Clade Coleopterida[edit]
Coleoptera[edit]
Adephaga[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kirichenko-Babko, Perkovsky & Vasilenko | Eocene | A ground beetle belonging to the tribe Lebiini. Genus includes new species A. pripiatiensis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schmidt & Maddison in Schmidt, Scholz & Maddison | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A ground beetle belonging to the subfamily Trechinae. The type species is B. kerneggeri. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lee & Nam | Early Miocene | A species of Calosoma. |
Archostemata[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yan, Strelnikova & Cai | Gusinoe Ozero Group | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Li & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An Ommatid beetle |  | ||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai in Li et al. | An Ommatid beetle. |  | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Jarzembowski, Zheng & Zhao | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An Omma species Ommatid beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An Omma species Ommatid beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Yamamoto & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An Ommatid beetle. |  | ||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | A Coleocatiniid beetle. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | A Triaplid beetle. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Strelnikova & Yan | Early Cretaceous | An Ommatid beetle. |
Myxophaga[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fam., Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Qvarnström et al. | Keuper succession (Drawno Beds) | A Triamyxid beetle in the suborder Myxophaga. |  |
Polyphaga[edit]
Bostrichiformia[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. comb. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A nosodendrid beetle. | |||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Háva | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A carpet beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tihelka et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A wounded-tree beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | A Petalium species death watch beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | A Petalium species death watch beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perkovsky, Háva & Zaitsev | Middle Eocene | A Trogoderma species carpet beetle. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Háva | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A carpet beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs, Alekseev & Háva | Eocene | Baltic amber | A Xyletinusspecies death watch beetle. |
Cucujiformia[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | In press | Kolibáč et al. | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tshernyshev | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | A Malachiinae malachite beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Legalov & Poinar | Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Legalov | Arkagala Formation | A Chilecarinae ithycerid weevil. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nabozhenko & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Legalov | Early Cretaceous | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs & Legalov | Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Szawaryn | Eocene | Baltic amber | A Microweiseini Microweiseinae lady beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Poinar & Legalov | Miocene | A Lymantini Molytinae weevil. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov et al. | Late Eocene | A weevil. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai | Burmese amber | A Colydiinae? Zopheridae tenebrionoid beetle. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Zhao, Liu & Yu | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A prionocerid beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Solórzano-Kraemer et al. | Miocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Solórzano-Kraemer et al. | Miocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov, Nazarenko & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A species of Dorytomus Curculioninae weevil. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | A false darkling beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vitali | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A longhorn beetle belonging to the tribe Crossotini. The type species is E. alekseevi. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov, Nazarenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Telnov et al. | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yu, Kolibáč & Ślipiński | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A lophocaterid beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kupryjanowicz, Lyubarsky & Perkovsky | Eocene | A Kateretid short-winged flower beetle. Originally described as a species of Heterhelus, but Kirejtshuk, Jenkins Shaw & Smirnov (2023) transferred it to the genus Antirhelus.[117] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nabozhenko & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | An Isomira species claw comb darkling beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov, Kupryjanowicz & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Tihelka et al. | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A tenebrionoid beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Kirejtshuk & Reid | Eocene | Baltic amber | A lobanovielline palophagine megalopodid leaf beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Batelka & Prokop | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A wedge-shaped beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nabozhenko, McKellar & Bukejs | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | AMetaclisa species metaclisine darkling beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A Trogossitid bark-gnawing beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs et al. | Late Eocene | A Monolepta species skeletonizing leaf beetle. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Zhang | A Trogossitid bark-gnawing beetle. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Szawaryn, Sontag & Kubisz | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | An Oedemera species false blister beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tihelka, Huang & Cai | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A sooty mould beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | A Megamerini Sagrinae leaf beetle. | ||||
| Trib., Gen., et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | A Palaeoanoplini Curculioninae weevil. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar, Brown & Legalov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A Chilecarinae new york weevil. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Powell & Cline | Miocene | A Cillaeinae sap beetle. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tihelka et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A short-winged flower beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | A Phloiotrya species false darkling beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tihelka et al. | A soft-wing flower beetle. | |||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Tshernyshev in Tshernyshev & Shcherbakov | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | Baltic Sea region | A Dasytinae malachite beetle. | ||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs, Ślipiński & Alekseev | Eocene | Baltic amber | A cerylonid beetle. The type species is P. pandema. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs & Legalov | Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krell & Vitali | Eocene | A Sagrinae leaf beetle. | ||||
| Trib., gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Brown | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A Rhamphophorini Cimberidinae pine flower weevil. | |||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Batelka & Prokop | Late Cretaceous | A wedge shaped beetle. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev et al. | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A slime mold beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lyubarsky et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A lophocaterid beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | late Eocene | Baltic amber | A Nanophyinae straight-snouted weevil. |
Cucujiformia research[edit]
- A piece of Burmese amber preserving the complete series of free-living stages (except of the last larval instar) of a Cretaceous parasitoid beetle Paleoripiphorus is described by Batelka, Engel & Prokop (2021).[146]
Elateriformia[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar, Vega & Legalov | ||||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kundrata & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An elateroid click beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Eocene | Prussian Formation | A soldier beetle belonging to the tribe Cantharini. The type species is A. pankowskiarum. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kundrata et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | A dascillid beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jiang, Song & Wang in Jiang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A metallic wood-boring beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Yang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Fanti & Müller (2022) considered it to be a species belonging to the genus Elektrokleinia.[154] | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Yang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Yang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Fanti & Müller (2022) considered it to be a species belonging to the genus Elektrokleinia.[154] | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai in Li, Huang & Cai | Burmese amber | A throscid beetle. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs in Alekseev et al. | Eocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs in Alekseev et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Háva | Dominican amber | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hsiao et al. | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kundrata et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An Agrypninae click beetle. | |||
| Fam. nov., Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kundrata, Tihelka & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cretophengodid elateroid beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A throscid false click beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | An Euryptychini Macraulacinae false click beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Hsiao et al. | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | An Isorhipis species melasine false click beetle | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | A soldier beetle, a species of Malthodes. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Pintilioaie, Fanti & Ionesi | Middle Miocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | A Microrhagusspecies melasine false click beetle | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A Burmolycini dexorine net-winged beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Middle Eocene | Baltic amber | A Nematodini? Macraulacinae false click beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Hsiao et al. | Late Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. The type species is P. panna. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Li, Huang & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A water-penny beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A throscid false click beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kundrata, Bukejs & Blank | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | APtilodactyla species toe winged beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | A Rhacopus species eucnemid false click beetle | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Li, Chang & Muona | An Anischiinae false click beetle. | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Pankowski | Dominican amber | A species of Silis. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Pankowski | Dominican amber | A species of Silis. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Muona | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | A Xylophilus species eucnemid false click beetle. |
Elateriformia research[edit]
- A study on the anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Archaeolus funestus is published by Li et al. (2021).[169]
- A study on the morphological diversity of larvae of extant and fossil members of the family Brachypsectridae is published by Haug et al. (2021).[170]
Scarabaeiformia[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Matalin, Perkovsky & Vasilenko | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A tiger beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tello et al. | Late Pleistocene |
Staphyliniformia[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Acritus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Eocene | A species of Bacanius. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yin & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A Brachyglutini Pselaphinae rove beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Caterino | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An Onthophilinae clown beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Yamamoto & Shavrin | Eocene | Baltic amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Sohn & Nam | A carrion beetle. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Caterino | Cenomianian | Burmese amber | A Dendrophilinae clown beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jałoszyński & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A Euconnus species Scydmaeninae rove beetle. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Shavrin in Shavrin & Kairišs | Eocene | Baltic amber | A Eusphalerum species Omaliinae rove beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yin, Zhao & Cai | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A Bythinini Pselaphinae rove beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai | A rove beetle. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Caterino | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An Onthophilinae clown beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Prokin & Strelnikova | A water scavenger beetle. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perreau & Haelewaters | Miocene | Dominican amber | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yamamoto & Newton | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A Trichophya species Trichophyinae rove beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Caterino | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A Dendrophilinae clown beetle. |
Coleopteran research[edit]
- A study on the evolution of beetles from the Early Permian to Middle Triassic, evaluating the impact of the Permian–Triassic extinction event on beetle diversity, is published by Zhao et al. (2021).[186]
- Revision of Notocupes undatabdominus and N. ? multituberatus from the Lower Cretaceous of South China is published by Li, Huang & Cai (2021), who argue that both species do not belong to the genus Notocupes, transfer N. ? multituberatus to the genus Lasiosyne, and consider "N." undatabdominus to be likely a member of the family Artematopodidae.[187]
- The oldest solid wood-borer larvae reported to date (belonging to the families Buprestidae and possibly Cerambycidae) are described from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Haug et al. (2021).[188]
- Mitochondrial genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA of beetles, in some cases identifiable to species, are recovered from pack rat middens from California (United States) and Baja California (Mexico) dating up to ~ 34,355 years before present by Smith et al. (2021).[189]
Clade Dictyoptera[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Vršanský et al. | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species A. extincta. | |||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Sendi in Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An alienopterid. | |||
| Alienopterix smidovae[191] | Sp. nov | In press | Hinkelman in Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An alienopterid. | ||
| Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engel & Jiang in Jiang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A termite belonging to the new family Arceotermitidae. Genus includes new species A. hospitis. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Sendi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Ectobiidae. Genus includes new species C. hinkelmani. | |||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | In press | Liang et al. | A cockroach belonging to the family Raphidiomimidae. Genus includes new species C. huntianlingensis and C. lata. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Hinkelman | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A cockroach. Genus includes new species C. brevialata . | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Sendi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Ectobiidae. Genus includes new species E. protecta. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous (Hauterivian?) | A member of the family Blattulidae. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen, Zhang Shi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An alienopterid. Genus includes new species E. burma. | |||
| Fam. et gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Hinkelman & Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous (Kimmeridgian–Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Corydioidea, the type genus of the new family Fractaliidae Vršanský & Hinkelman. The type species is F. articulata Hinkelman; genus also includes new species F. aristovi Vršanský. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen, Shih & Ren in Chen et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. The type species is F. pectinata. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bouju, Jouault & Perrichot | Early Miocene | Ethiopian amber | A termite belonging to the family Kalotermitidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schneider et al. | A member of Blattodea belonging to the family Spiloblattinidae. The type species is K. huberi. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous (Hauterivian?) | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. Genus includes new species K. gondwanensis. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous (Hauterivian?) | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Demers‐Potvin et al. | A praying mantis belonging to the family Baissomantidae. Genus includes new species L. guilbaulti. | |||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Vršanský, Poschmann & Vidlička | Late Oligocene | A species of Latiblattella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Sendi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Luo et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Umenocoleidae. Genus includes new species L. liuyani. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Perkovsky & Nel | Eocene (Priabonian) | A termite belonging to the family Rhinotermitidae. Genus includes new species L. milescaput. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Bezerra et al. | A termite. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous (Hauterivian?) | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. Genus includes new species M. brezinica. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jouault et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A termite belonging to the family Mastotermitidae. Genus includes new species M. engeli. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Sendi | A cockroach belonging to the family Liberiblattinidae. Genus includes new species M. libera. | |||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Hinkelman | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Šmídová, Vidlička & Wedmann | A cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Šmídová, Vidlička & Wedmann | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Vršanský, Hinkelman & Sendi in Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | An alienopterid. Genus includes new species N. postava. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Šmídová | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Koubová & Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Corydioidea. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Šmídová | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Olidae. Genus includes new species O. vrsanskyi. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous (Hauterivian?) | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. Genus includes new species O. systematicka. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Song et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Mastotermitoidea belonging to the family Pabuonqedidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | So et al. | Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. Genus includes new species P. coreanica. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anisyutkin & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A cockroach, possibly a species of Periplaneta. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Oyama, Yukawa & Imai | Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Umenocoleidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Oyama, Yukawa & Imai | Early Cretaceous | Kitadani Formation | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |||
| Praeblattella inexpecta[214] | Sp. nov | In press | Oyama, Yukawa & Imai | Early Cretaceous | Kitadani Formation | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | ||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Sendi & Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous (Kimmeridgian–Barremian) | Lebanese amber | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. The type species is P. occisor Sendi; genus also includes new species P. nigroalba Vršanský. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jouault et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A termite, a species of Reticulitermes. | ||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Vršanský et al. | Cretaceous (Hauterivian?) | A member of Holocompsinae. Genus includes new species S. equatorialis. The generic name is preoccupied by Sajda Dworakowska (1981); Jiang, Xing & Li (2023) coined a replacement name Vrsanskysajda.[215] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | So et al. | Early Cretaceous | Sinuiju Formation | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Sendi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Liberiblattinidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Sendi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Liberiblattinidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engel & Cai in Jiang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A termite belonging to the family Tanytermitidae. Genus includes new species T. philetaerus. |
Dictyopteran research[edit]
- A study on the phylogenetic placement of the family Umenocoleidae, based on data from a new specimen of Umenocoleus sinuatus from the Lower Cretaceous Zhonggou Formation (China), is published by Liuo et al. (2021).[217]
- Description of new alienopterid nymphs from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, and a study on life history and affinities of alienopterids, is published by Luo et al. (2021).[218]
- A study on the sensory organs of Huablattula hui, and on their implications for the knowledge of the ecology of this cockroach, is published by Taniguchi et al. (2021).[219]
Clade †Glosselytrodea[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Béthoux & Anderson | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Molteno Formation | A polycytellid Glosselytrodean. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Béthoux & Anderson | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Molteno Formation | A polycytellid Glosselytrodea. |
Hymenopterans[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engel in Engel & Davis | Baltic amber | A bee belonging to the tribe Melikertini. The type species is A. emunctorii. | ||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Wu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Vespidae. | |||
| Fam. nov., Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Rosa & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Apoidea in the new family Allommationidae. Genus includes new species A. procerum, A. elongatum and A. grande. | |||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Engel in Engel & Davis | Eocene | Baltic amber | A bee belonging to the tribe Melikertini. The type species is "Melikertes" clypeatus Engel (2001). | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rosa & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Crabroninae. Genus includes new species A. diabolicum. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ngô-Muller, Garrouste & Nel in Ngô-Muller et al. | An ant, a species of Anochetus. | |||||
| Sp. nov | In press | Wu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Vespidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tribull, Pankowski & Colombo | Eocene | Baltic amber | A Pristocerinae Bethylid. |  | ||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | A member of Proctotrupoidea belonging to the family Peleserphidae. The type species is A. leleji. | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Belokobylskij et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Cheloninae. | ||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rosa & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Heterogynaidae. Genus includes new species A. setosus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Engel in Engel et al. | Zhangpu amber | A stingless bee, a species of Austroplebeia. | ||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Protorhyssalinae. Genus includes new species B. gracilens and B. grossus. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jouault, Perrichot & Nel | Cretaceous | A member of the family Bethylidae belonging to the subfamily Lancepyrinae. Genus includes new species B. azevedoi. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A sawfly belonging to the family Syspastoxyelidae. Genus includes new species B. lii. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Apocrita belonging to the family Burmusculidae. | |||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | In press | Herbert & McKellar | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Serphitidae. Genus includes new species B. applanatus and B. myanmarensis. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen, van Achterberg & Hong | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Protobraconinae. The type species is C. syntoma. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Rovno amber | A member of the family Bethylidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Baltic amber | A member of the family Bethylidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Baltic amber | A member of the family Bethylidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Rovno amber | A member of the family Bethylidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Rovno amber | A member of the family Bethylidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Baltic amber | A member of the family Bethylidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Baltic amber | A member of the family Bethylidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Baltic amber | A member of the family Bethylidae. | |||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | In press | Brazidec et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Diapriidae. Genus includes new species C. myanmarensis and C. ohmkuhnlei. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rosa & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Astatinae. Genus includes new species C. longevus. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Jouault, Perrichot & Nel | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of Orussoidea. Genus includes new species C. vilhelmseni. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jouault, Rasnitsyn & Nel in Jouault et al. | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A member of the family Vespidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | In press | Santer & Álvarez-Parra in Santer et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A member of the family Spathiopterygidae. The type species is D. marveni. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | An ant belonging to the subfamily Formicinae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Belokobylskij in Belokobylskij et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Euphorinae. | ||
| Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Aulacidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Olmi et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Embolemidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Olmi et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Embolemidae. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jouault | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Pelecinidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Archibald, Aase & Nel | Early Eocene | A horntail. Genus includes new species E. lacoi. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Davidian & Kaliuzhna in Davidian, Kaliuzhna & Perkovsky | Middle Eocene | Sakhalinian amber | A member of the family Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Aphidiinae. | |||
| Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Aulacidae. | |||
| Exilaulacus eximius[242] | Sp. nov | In press | Li et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Aulacidae. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Perkovsky in Radchenko, Perkovsky & Vasilenko | Late Eocene | An ant, a species of Formica. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rosa & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Apoidea in the new family Cirrosphecidae. Genus includes new species G. mandibularis. | |||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Colombo & Azevedo in Colombo et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | Baltic amber | A member of the family Bethylidae; a new genus for "Epyris" bifossatus Brues (1939). | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng in Zheng et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | A member of the family Syspastoxyelidae. The type species is G. rasnitsyni. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engel in Engel & Davis | Eocene | Baltic amber | A bee belonging to the tribe Melikertini. The type species is H. uraeus. | |||
