First fossil record of mite family Barbutiidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea) from late Eocene Rovno Amber, with a replacement name Hoplocheylus neosimilis nomen novum (Tarsocheylidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 973-980
Author(s):  
Alexander A. Khaustov ◽  
Dmitry D. Vorontsov ◽  
Evgeny E. Perkovsky ◽  
Pavel B. Klimov
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nomen Novum ◽  
Mite Family

The first fossil representative of the family Barbutiidae is recorded from late Eocene Rovno amber. Barbutia theroni sp. nov. is described based on deutonymph female. An updated key to deutonymph females of Barbutia is provided. For recently described fossil species Hoplocheylus similis Khaustov, Vorontsov, Perkovsky & Lindquist, 2021 a replacement name H. neosimilis nom. nov. is proposed.

scholarly journals First Record of Mites of the Family Stigmaeidae (Acari, Raphignathoidea) from Rovno Amber with Description of a New Species of the Genus Mediolata

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. e-49-e-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kuznetsov ◽  
A. Khaustov ◽  
E. Perkovsky
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

First Record of Mites of the Family Stigmaeidae (Acari, Raphignathoidea) from Rovno Amber with Description of a New Species of the Genus Mediolata A new species, Mediolata eocenica Kuznetsov, Khaustov et Perkovsky, sp. n., is described from the Late Eocene Rovno amber. It is the first fossil record of Stigmaeidae.

Notes on fossil Bdelloidea 1: the first snout mite (Acariformes: Bdellidae: Odontoscirinae) from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 1754-1764
Author(s):  
Andrés O. Porta ◽  
Daniel N. Proud ◽  
Peter Michalik ◽  
Fabio Akashi Hernandes
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Recent Species ◽  
Mite Genus

A protonymph of the snout mite genus Odontoscirus Thor, 1913, O. cretacico sp. nov., is described and illustrated from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar is described and illustrated, constituting the earliest fossil species described of the family Bdellidae (ca. 99 Ma). After reexamining the literature and recollected specimens from type localities, we conclude that the following five recent species do not belong to the genus Biscirus and should be transferred to Odontoscirus: O. anomalicornis (Berlese 1916) comb. nov., O. symmetricus (Kramer 1898) comb. nov., O. uncinatus (Kramer 1898) comb. nov., O. norvegicus (Thor 1905) comb. nov., and O. insularis (Willmann 1939) comb. nov. The implications of the fossil record of the family is discussed.

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

scholarly journals The first fossil Coleoptera record from the Volyn Region, Ukraine, with description of a new Glesoconomorphus (Coleoptera, Mycteridae) in syninclusion with Winterschmidtiidae (Acari) and a key to species

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1068 ◽  
pp. 189-201
Author(s):  
Dmitry Telnov ◽  
Evgeny E. Perkovsky ◽  
Dmitry V. Vasilenko ◽  
Shûhei Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Type Specimen ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Fossil Species

Glesoconomorphus ekaterinaesp. nov. (Coleoptera, Mycteridae), representing the first ever fossil species of Coleoptera from the Volyn Region of Ukraine and the first mycterid from late Eocene Rovno amber, is described and illustrated. A key to species of the fossil mycterid genus Glesoconomorphus Alekseev, Pollock & Bukejs, 2019 is presented. The systematic position of Glesoconomorphus within Eurypinae J. Thomson, 1860 is briefly discussed. The oldest finding of phoretic Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 1923 mites, found on the type specimen of the new beetle species, is reported.

scholarly journals Notes on rhopalosomatid wasps of Dominican and Mexican amber (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) with a description of the first fossil species of <i>Rhopalosoma</i> Cresson, 1865

Fossil Record ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Lohrmann ◽  
Michael Ohl ◽  
Peter Michalik ◽  
James P. Pitts ◽  
Laurent Jeanneau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Fossil Records

Abstract. Rhopalosomatidae are a family of aculeate wasps that are ectoparasitoids of crickets as larvae and are predominantly distributed pantropically. The published fossil record of the family is scarce. Here, we report three new fossil rhopalosomatid wasp specimens from Dominican and Mexican amber. Rhopalosoma hispaniola Lohrmann sp. nov. is described and documented from Dominican amber by two separate inclusions – one of each sex. An additional fossil female Rhopalosoma is described and documented from Mexican amber but is not named due to the insufficient preservation of the fossil. The new fossils, which are morphologically intermediate between Townes' isopus and poeyi species groups, do not only represent the first fossil records of an extant genus of this peculiar family but also the first records of the family in Dominican and Mexican amber.

A new species of Succinoraphidia Aspöck & Aspöck, 2004 (Raphidioptera: Raphidiidae) from the late Eocene Rovno amber, with venation characteristics of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4576 (3) ◽  
pp. 570 ◽  
Author(s):  
EVGENY E. PERKOVSKY ◽  
VLADIMIR N. MAKARKIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Diagnostic Character ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Basal Group ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Level ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Plesiomorphic Character

Succinoraphidia radioni sp. nov. (Raphidiidae) is described from the late Eocene Rovno amber, Ukraine. The genus also includes two species from contemporaneous Baltic amber, i.e., S. exhibens Aspöck & Aspöck, 2004 and S. baltica (Carpenter, 1957), comb. nov. The venation of Succinoraphidia is analysed. It possesses several plesiomorphic character states at the family level, and the monotypic subfamily Succinoraphidinae represents a basal group within the family or possibly even a potential stem group of Raphidiidae. All diagnostic character states of Succinoraphidia (except the structure of the pterostigma) are found in a few Cretaceous species of the paraphyletic Mesoraphidiidae, but some of these are not found in the extant Raphidiidae. 

Family Naticidae of the Tavda formation (Eocene, Western Siberia)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Y. S. Trubin
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Drill Holes

The present work is one of several planned articles on updating information on the biodiversity of malacofauna and palaeogeography of the Middle-Late Eocen Tavda Sea, which existed in the Western Siberia. Paper contains data on fossil species diversity of the family Naticidae of the Middle and Late Eocene West Siberian Sea and on drill holes. The drill holes indicate predator activity, prey of Naticidae and influence of abiotic factors on their behavior. Previously the invertebrate macroauna of the Eocene of Western Siberia was not studied. As a result, the biodiversity, paleogeography and paleoecology remained incompletely studied. This requires additional collecting, generalization and systematization of paleontological material.

Ceutorhynchus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) as proxy for Eocene core Brassicaceae: first record of the genus from Rovno amber

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Andrei A. Legalov ◽  
Vitaliy Yu. Nazarenko ◽  
Dmitry V. Vasilenko ◽  
Evgeny E. Perkovsky
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Late Oligocene

Abstract The beetle Ceutorhynchus is used as a proxy for Eocene core Brassicaceae. The age of Brassicaceae has been strongly debated because their fossil record is scanty. There are four species of Ceutorhynchus inaffectatus species-group known in the Priabonian: Ceutorhynchus zerovae new species in Rovno amber and three in Baltic amber. There are numerous extant members of the group, all of which feed on core Brassicaceae. Together with differentiation of Brassicaceae-feeding Pierinae (Lepidoptera) in the Priabonian, the strong presence of Ceutorhynchus indicates at least an early Priabonian age of core Brassicaceae. The oldest fossil Brassicaceae is not known in the late Eocene of Europe, but was recorded in Montana, dated in some studies as late Oligocene, but recently as Priabonian (34 Ma). Ceutorhynchus zerovae n. sp. is very close to C. electrinus from Baltic amber. UUID: http://zoobank.org/7f10761f-463d-44c5-9eef-bb4697bfb116.

Atypical short elytra in Cretaceous short-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera: Kateretidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 505-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID PERIS ◽  
JOSEF JELÍNEK
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Ancestral State ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family

Although the family Kateretidae has fewer than 100 described extant species, its fossil record is growing. The description given here of Electrumeretes birmanicus gen. et sp. nov. and Polliniretes penalveri gen. et sp. nov. brings the number of fossil species in Kateretidae up to nine. Eight of the fossil species have been described from amber deposits and six are from the Cretaceous. All the Cretaceous fossil species and one from the Eocene share atypically short elytra and three dorsally exposed abdominal tergites, whereas in Recent relatives, even though they have shortened elytra, only the pygidium and a part of the preceding one or two abdominal tergites are exposed. It is suggested that shortened elytra (brachelytry) represents an ancestral state and that elytra may have become secondary longer in extant relatives.

Ektopicercus Simutnik gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from late Eocene Rovno amber

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 342-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. SIMUTNIK ◽  
E.E. PERKOVSKY
Keyword(s):  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
The Family

The family Encyrtidae is represented by two subfamilies, Encyrtinae and Tetracneminae, and currently includes over 460 genera and nearly 3,800 described species (Noyes, 2003). All Tetracneminae and the majority of Encyrtinae are reported as parasitoids of mealybugs, whereas some encyrtines are associated with a number of other arthropod hosts (Noyes, 2003; Simutnik & Trjapitzin, 2008).

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