Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Eocene amber from the Rovno region, Ukraine

Culex ekaterinae sp. nov. is described based on an adult male embedded in amber from the Rovno region, northwestern Ukraine. The new species is compared with its presumed closest known relative, i.e. Culex erikae Szadziewski et Szadziewska, 1985 described from adults in Baltic amber. The two species exhibit distinct differences in the size of the main body parts, including the antenna, maxillary palpus and proboscis, as well as in the venation of the wing, the structure of the ungues and male genitalia—characters crucial in the diagnosis of adult mosquitoes. A redescription of Culiseta gedanica Szadziewski et Giłka, 2011, to date known from a single adult male, is presented based on a male in amber from Voronki, Rovno region. A tabulation of fossil Culicidae with their geological ages is provided.

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A new species of anapid spider (Araneae: Araneoidea, Anapidae) in Eocene Baltic amber, imaged using phase contrast X-ray computed micro-tomography

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2742.1.4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2742 (1) ◽

pp. 60 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

DAVID PENNEY ◽

ANDREW MCNEIL ◽

DAVID I. GREEN ◽

ROBERT BRADLEY ◽

YURI M. MARUSIK ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phase Contrast ◽

Baltic Amber ◽

X Ray ◽

The Family ◽

X Ray Computed ◽

Micro Tomography ◽

The Baltic ◽

A New Species ◽

Eocene Amber

A new species of the extant spider family Anapidae is described from a fossil mature male in Eocene amber from the Baltic region and tentatively assigned to the genus Balticoroma Wunderlich, 2004. Phase contrast X-ray computed micro-tomography was used to reveal important features that were impossible to view using traditional microscopy. Balticoroma wheateri new species is easily diagnosed from all other anapids by having clypeal extensions that run parallel to the ectal surface of the chelicerae and in having the metatarsus of the first leg highly reduced and modified into what is presumably a y-shaped clasping structure. Although only a single extant anapid species occurs in northern Europe, the family was diverse in the Eocene. The discovery of yet another anapid species in Baltic amber supports the idea that Eocene European forests may have been a hotspot of evolution for this family of spiders.

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A new fossil species of Euroleptochromus Jałoszyński (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4500.1.10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4500 (1) ◽

pp. 146

Author(s):

ZI-WEI YIN ◽

CHEN-YANG CAI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Body ◽

Baltic Amber ◽

Body Parts ◽

Fossil Species ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new species of the extinct scydmaenine genus Euroleptochromus Jałoszyński (Mastigitae: Leptochromini), E. tuberculatus Yin & Cai, sp. nov., is described from Eocene Baltic amber. It can be separated from the two previously known congeners by the different proportions of the body parts and spination of the profemur, and more importantly, lack of an elongate postgenal process of the head. Our finding demonstrates for the first time a notable variability of the postgenal structures within Euroleptochromus.

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Description of a new species of the genus Paraedes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Assam, India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4691.3.9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4691 (3) ◽

pp. 286-292

Author(s):

R. NATARAJAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Adult Male ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Male And Female ◽

Northeastern India ◽

Adult Females ◽

A New Species

A new species, Paraedes jambulingami, is described from Assam, northeastern India. The adult male and female are described in detail and an illustration of the male is provided. This species is easily distinguished from all known species of the genus Paraedes by the presence of broad silvery or golden scales on the paratergite and the outer arm of the basal mesal lobe of the male genitalia bearing a long, flattened blade-like seta. Dichotomous keys are provided for the identification of the adult females and males of the five species of the genus that are known to occur in India.

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A new species and first record of the cicada genus Sinotympana Lee, 2009 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Dundubiini) from Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4664.4.8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4664 (4) ◽

pp. 565-573

Author(s):

THAI-HONG PHAM ◽

ALLEN F. SANBORN ◽

HUYEN-THI NGUYEN ◽

JEROME CONSTANT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Adult Male ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

National Park ◽

First Record ◽

Biological Data ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Northern Vietnam ◽

A New Species

The first record of the genus Sinotympana Lee, 2009 from Vietnam is presented. Sinotympana caobangensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Phia Oac—Phia Den National Park, Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam is described as new. Photographs of an adult male, illustrations of the male genitalia, a distribution map and biological data for Sinotympana caobangensis sp. nov. are provided.

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A new species of Lobesia Guenée, 1845 from Thailand (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Oletheutinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4434 (2) ◽

pp. 381

Author(s):

THIPMANEE CHAROENSUB ◽

NANTASAK PINKAEW ◽

SUNISA SANGUANSUB

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Adult Male ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Light Traps ◽

Secondary Characters ◽

A New Species ◽

Insect Collection

Lobesia bisacca Charoensub and Pinkaew, n.sp., is described from Thailand. Specimens were collected in light traps in Trat Province, eastern Thailand and were deposited in the Kasetsart Kamphaengsaen Insect Collection. The new species can be distinguished from all other congeners by the unusual, long, protruding process from the base of the sacculus in the male genitalia. Illustrations of the adult, male genitalia, and male secondary characters are provided.

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Fourth Contribution on Late Eocene Amber Silken Fungus Beetles: A New Baltic Amber Species of Atomaria (Coleoptera, Clavicornia, Cryptophagidae)

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.2478/vzoo-2013-0028 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 63-66 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

G. Yu. Lyubarsky ◽

E. E. Perkovsky

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Middle Eocene ◽

Late Eocene ◽

Baltic Amber ◽

Biting Midge ◽

The Baltic ◽

Eocene Amber

Atomaria gedanicola Lyubarsky et Perkovsky, sp. n., a new cryptophagid species from Baltic amber is described. The new species is the first recorded Eocene Atomariinae. The new species is similar to A. fuscipes Gyllenhal. It differs from the latter in having pronotum flat, posterior angles of pronotum obtuse, and antenna short. The record of A. gedanicola syninclused with Ceratopogon biting midge supports the Late Eocene age of the Baltic amber, for the Holarctic affinities of both taxa are incompatible with the paratropical climate characteristic of the Mid-European Middle Eocene.

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A new fossil soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Malthininae) from Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4629.4.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4629 (4) ◽

pp. 583-588 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

FABRIZIO FANTI ◽

ELŻBIETA SONTAG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Baltic Amber ◽

A New Species ◽

Eocene Amber

The very abundant representatives of the genus Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 1852 from the Eocene amber forests show a remarkable diversity of body forms, especially regarding the last abdominal segments, both tergites and sternites. These structures are important during the mating. In the present work, we describe a new species, Malthodes gedanicus sp. nov. characterized by the last sternite elongated and apically divided into two long and flat squarish lobes with three tips of which the central is longest, and by the last tergite elongated and spatuliform apically. The phylogenetic relationships based only on the shape of the last abdominal segments remain unclear and the new species is very vaguely similar to M. trifurcatus Kiesenwetter, 1852.

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A new species of Cosmoclopius Stål, 1866 from Argentina (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.22 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4958 (1) ◽

pp. 359-365

Author(s):

PABLO S. VARELA ◽

MARIA CECILIA MELO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Adult Male ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Digital Images ◽

Male And Female ◽

Median Process ◽

Black Head ◽

A New Species

A new species of Cosmoclopius Stål, 1866, C. joceliae sp. nov. is described based on specimens collected in northern Argentina. This new species is recognized by the vertical and truncate median process of pygophore, and the short-recurved spine on the apex of the dorsal phallothecal sclerite; and other features such as the dorsally black head, pronotum, and femora, and the thoracic sterna black with median pale markings; some females show lighter posterior pronotal lobe and femora with more conspicuous dark and pale bands. Digital images of the adult male and female and male genitalia are provided, as well as a comparison with the species of the genus are given.

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First fossil representatives of Pharaxonothinae Crowson (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): indirect evidence for cycads existence in Baltic amber forest

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4337 (3) ◽

pp. 413 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

VITALII I. ALEKSEEV ◽

ANDRIS BUKEJS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Host Plants ◽

Indirect Evidence ◽

Baltic Amber ◽

A New Species ◽

Eocene Amber

A new species of Erotylidae, Cycadophila (s. str.) mumia sp. nov., the first fossil representative of the subfamily Pharaxo-nothinae, is described and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber. A second closely related specimen is reported but not described as new due to poor preservation in amber. The occurrence of representatives of the Recent cycad-specialized genus in Baltic amber can indirectly indicate the presence of their host plants (Cycadales: Cycadophyta: Cycadopsida) in the Eocene amber forest.

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One new genus and six new species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematini) from Yunnan, China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5027.4.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5027 (4) ◽

pp. 576-586

Author(s):

FUMING SHI ◽

LIDAN ZHANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

New Genus ◽

Maxillary Palpus ◽

Apical Segment

The paper reported one new genus and six new species from Yunnan, China. The new genus, Neoteratura gen. nov. is similar to the genus Alloteratura Hebard, 1922, but differs from the latter by: apical segment of maxillary palpus slightly shorter than subapical one; humeral sinus indistinct; tegmina shorter, not reaching or slightly surpassing apex of abdomen, but longer than hind wings; male genitalia sclerotized, simple; cercus divided into two branches, or with branches. It resembles the genus Borneratura Gorochov, 2008, but differs from the latter by: tegmina and hind wings shorter; male genitalia sclerotized, cercus with branches.

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