First record of the tribe Lymantini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Dominican amber

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
G. Poinar ◽  
A. A. Legalov
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Dominican Amber

Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae) from Dominican amber

Botany ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (8) ◽  
pp. 530-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Poinar ◽  
Royce Steeves
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
The Family ◽  
Small Pollen ◽  
Male Flowers ◽  
Staminal Column

The Myristicaceae is a member of the early diverging angiosperm order Magnoliales; however, the family is poorly represented by fossil collections. We describe Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae), the first record of fossilized Myristicaceae flowers, from mid-Tertiary (45–15 million years ago) Dominican amber. The description is based on 24 male flowers in 17 pieces of amber, thus providing some indication of intraspecific variation, including a two-tepaled flower. Diagnostic characters of the new species are the long-simple or few-branched trichomes on the perianth margins, the small pollen grains, and a short staminal column. These fossils also show co-occurring insects, some of which could be Virola pollinators. It is speculated that V. dominicana disappeared from Hispaniola during the Pliocene–Pleistocene cooling events leaving no native members of the Myristicaceae in this region today. Additionally, these fossils demonstrate that Myristicaceae was present in the Western Hemisphere during the mid-Tertiary.

First record of the plant bug subfamily Psallopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae) from Dominican amber, with a description of a new species of the genus Psallops Usinger, 1946

2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Herczek
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

First record of the plant bug subfamily Psallopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae) from Dominican amber, with a description of a new species of the genus Psallops Usinger, 1946 The plant bug subfamily Psallopinae SCHUH 1976 is reported from Dominican amber for the first time. Psallops popovi Herczek sp. n. is described, illustrated and interpreted.

scholarly journals First record of a non-pollinating fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Sycophaginae) from Dominican amber, with estimation of the size of its host figs

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (35-36) ◽  
pp. 2237-2247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando H. A. Farache ◽  
Jean-Yves Rasplus ◽  
Dany Azar ◽  
Rodrigo A. S. Pereira ◽  
Stephen G. Compton
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Fig Wasp ◽  
Dominican Amber

scholarly journals The first record of Brentidae (Coleoptera) in Eocene Rovno amber with description of a new fossil species of <i>Toxorhynchus</i> Scudder, 1893

Fossil Record ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andris Bukejs ◽  
Andrei A. Legalov
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
First Record ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Lower Miocene ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Eastern Hemisphere ◽  
The Family

Abstract. A new pear-shaped weevil, Toxorhynchus europeoeocenicus Bukejs et Legalov, sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Brentidae: Apioninae), is described from upper Eocene Rovno amber using X-ray microcomputed tomography (µCT). The new fossil species differs from the extinct Toxorhynchus robustus Poinar et Legalov, 2015 (Dominican amber, lower Miocene) in the larger body size, narrower elytral striae, and wider pronotum. It is the first record of the family Brentidae in Rovno amber and the first record of the genus Toxorhynchus in the eastern hemisphere (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8FB7B299-EE75-4556-B4EA-203A3CBED84C).

scholarly journals New genus and first record of Hybotinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) in middle Miocene Dominican amber

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica M. Solórzano-Kraemer ◽  
Xavier Delclòs ◽  
Enrique Peñalver ◽  
Bradley J. Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Middle Miocene ◽  
New Genus ◽  
First Record ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fossil Genus

A new fossil genus of the family Hybotidae is described, based on male and female specimens. The new genus is monotypic: Syneproctus caridadi gen. et sp. nov. It belongs to the subfamily Hybotinae and shares some characters with the extant genera Syneches Walker, 1852, Stenoproctus Loew, 1858 and Chillcottomyia Saigusa, 1986; however, the differences, principally in the wing venation (shortened cua cell, horizontal m-cu crossvein) and sclerotized mouthparts, support the description of a new genus. This is the first description of a new taxon of the subfamily Hybotinae from specimens preserved in Dominican amber.

First Record of the Relict Australian Genus Meunierohelea in Miocene Dominican Amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
Ryszard Szadziewski ◽  
Elżbieta Sontag ◽  
Błażej Bojarski
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Dominican Amber

Diverse Milichiella Giglio-Tos (Diptera: Milichiidae) in Miocene Dominican amber

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Irina Brake
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Descriptions

AbstractSeven new species of Milichiella are described from Dominican amber: M. archaia n. sp., M. dolichosurstyla n. sp., M. dominicana n. sp., M. hennigi n. sp., M. margaretae n. sp., M. quadrisetosa n. sp., and M. theodori n. sp. These species represent the first record of the sub-family Milichiinae in amber and the first descriptions of the family in Dominican amber. The fossil species differ from extant species only in species-level details except M. archaia, which probably belongs to the stemline of Milichiella + Ulia.

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