A new genus and three new species of fossil braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) from Eocene Baltic and Rovno ambers

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Belokobylskij ◽  
Maximilian G. Pankowski ◽  
Madeline V. Pankowski ◽  
Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Parasitoid Wasps ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Fossil Genus

Abstract New parasitoid wasps of the family Braconidae are documented from Eocene Baltic and Rovno ambers. A new fossil genus belonging to the braconid subfamily Exothecinae, Palaeocolastes n. gen., with its type species P. bruesi n. sp., is described and illustrated from Baltic amber. This represents the first reliable fossil record for a member of Exothecinae. Two additional new species from Baltic amber are also described: Ascogaster (Syntaphus) latitibialis n. sp. (Cheloninae) and Meteorus arasnitsyni n. sp. (Euphorinae). Another fossil species, Microtypus eocenus n. sp. (Microtypinae), is described from coeval Rovno amber (Ukraine), representing the first braconid species described from this deposit. A new record of a female of Diospilites brevicornis Brues, 1933 (Diospilitinae) from Baltic amber, together with variation of some diagnostic features of the species and redescription of its subfamily and genus, are also provided. UUID: http://zoobank.org/656cb1a3-b9cf-4696-ae24-0d4df9545101.

Mites of the family Pachylaelapidae in Bayburt Province, Turkey (Acari: Mesostigmata), with a new record and three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (2) ◽  
pp. 243 ◽  
Author(s):  
GÜLHAN ŞAHİN ◽  
HASAN HÜSEYİN ÖZBEK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species

This paper reports on mites of the family Pachylaelapidae collected in Bayburt Province, Turkey, during 2013–2015. Nine species were recorded in the genera Pachyseius, Olopachys, Pachylaelaps, and Onchodellus. Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) bayburtensis sp. nov., Onchodellus turcicus sp. nov. and O. montanus sp. nov. are described to new, and Pachylaelaps (Longipachylaelaps) vicarus is a new record for the Turkish mite fauna. New records extend the geographic range of Pachyseius masani, Olopachys hallidayi, and O. elongatus in Turkey. 

On Candinia (Sacoglossa: Juliidae), a new fossil genus of bivalved gastropods

1996 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Le Renard ◽  
Bruno Sabelli ◽  
Marco Taviani
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
Marine Deposits ◽  
The Family ◽  
Life Habits ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The record of the fossil representatives of the family Juliidae is updated. The new genus Candinia is proposed, in the subfamily Juliinae, for two fossil species somewhat intermediate between Julia and Berthelinia. The new species Candinia pliocaenica is recorded from the lower Pliocene shallow marine deposits near Siena (Tuscany, Italy). This is the first record of Sacoglossa in the Mediterranean Basin. Based on the very specialized life habits of the Juliidae, it is suggested that subtropical Caulerpa algal prairies inhabited the Mediterranean during the early Pliocene, likely becoming extinct in this basin because of the mid-Pliocene climatic deterioration.

scholarly journals A new genus of Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tajikistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 583-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri M. Marusik ◽  
Alexander A. Fomichev
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Family Group ◽  
The Family ◽  
Unique Pair ◽  
Three New Species

A new genus, Platnickgen. n., with three new species, P. shablyaisp. n. (♂, type species), P. astanasp. n. (♀) and P. sangloksp. n. (♀), are described from Tajikistan. The male of the type species has a unique pair of longitudinal ventral postgastral scuta. Females have such scuta also, but they are much shorter. The new genus is placed in Liocranidae Simon, 1897. A discussion on the subfamilies of Liocranidae and comments on the family-group names are provided.

Fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber of the Sambian peninsula: new genus, six new species, new records and key to described taxa

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4965 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-166
Author(s):  
VITALII IGOREVICH ALEKSEEV ◽  
ANDRIS BUKEJS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
The Family

Six new extinct representatives of the family Melandryidae, namely Electroxylita chronographica gen. et sp. nov., Madelinia capillata sp. nov., Microscapha kugelanni sp. nov., Phloiotrya inmarinata sp. nov., Symphora pollocki sp. nov., and S. glaesonauta sp. nov. are described from inclusions in Eocene Baltic amber. Twenty-eight additional fossil specimens of melandryid beetles belonging to ten species are reported. A list of Melandryidae described from Baltic amber is compiled and an identification key is provided. 

scholarly journals New fossil stilt-legged mites of Neophyllobius Berlese, 1886 (Acariformes, Camerobiidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 696-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateusz Zmudzinski
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family

AbstractThe fossil record of the family Camerobiidae has been represented by only one species, Neophyllobius succineus Bolland and Magowski, 1990, described from Eocene Baltic amber. These prostigmatan mites are distinguishable by their distinctly long and slender stilt-like legs, and they are associated with aboveground vegetation where they hunt for other small invertebrates. This paper enhances the knowledge of fossil stilt-legged mites. Two new fossil species, N. electrus new species and N. glaesus new species, are described from samples of Baltic amber, and remarks on their morphology and taphonomy are provided. The discovery is complemented with a discussion on morphological singularities (the shape of the prodorsum, the location of setae h1 and h2 in living specimens, and lengths of genual setae), an anomaly of hypertrophied seta (found in the N. glaesus holotype), and some biogeographical issues.UUID: http://zoobank.org/d1602384-ae4f-4f90-b4a1-6cdedd77c9e1

Earliest Cretaceous initial spicule-bearing spherical radiolarians from the Mariana Trench

2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Qing Li ◽  
Katsuo Sashida ◽  
Yujiro Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Important Data ◽  
Mariana Trench ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Radiolarian Fauna

A tuffaceous claystone sample collected from a seamount flank of the Mariana Trench's ocean-ward slope by the Japanese submersible “Shinkai 6500” yielded very well-preserved earliest Cretaceous radiolarians. Initial spicule-bearing spherical radiolarians assignable to the families Centrocubidae and probably Entactiniidae have been identified in this radiolarian fauna. Based on the initial spicule and the connecting arches, we describe one new genus, Marianasphaera, belonging to the family Centrocubidae and another new genus called Shinkaiera, which is questionably assigned to the family Entactiniidae. Three new species, Marianasphaera ogawai, M. multispinosa, and Shinkaiera fragilis, are also described. These radiolarians provide important data, filling the gap between Triassic and Cenozoic initial spicule-bearing spherical radiolarians.

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