scholarly journals Two new ripidiine species in Dominican amber with evidence of aggregative behaviour of males "frozen" in the fossil record (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan BATELKA ◽  
Michael S. ENGEL ◽  
Zachary H. FALIN ◽  
Jakub PROKOP
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Aggregative Behaviour

scholarly journals A tardigrade in Dominican amber

2021 ◽  
Vol 288 (1960) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc A. Mapalo ◽  
Ninon Robin ◽  
Brendon E. Boudinot ◽  
Javier Ortega-Hernández ◽  
Phillip Barden
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Molecular Clocks ◽  
Extreme Conditions ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Crown Group ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Terrestrial Environments

Tardigrades are a diverse group of charismatic microscopic invertebrates that are best known for their ability to survive extreme conditions. Despite their long evolutionary history and global distribution in both aquatic and terrestrial environments, the tardigrade fossil record is exceedingly sparse. Molecular clocks estimate that tardigrades diverged from other panarthropod lineages before the Cambrian, but only two definitive crown-group representatives have been described to date, both from Cretaceous fossil deposits in North America. Here, we report a third fossil tardigrade from Miocene age Dominican amber. Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus gen. et sp. nov. is the first unambiguous fossil representative of the diverse superfamily Isohypsibioidea, as well as the first tardigrade fossil described from the Cenozoic. We propose that the patchy tardigrade fossil record can be explained by the preferential preservation of these microinvertebrates as amber inclusions, coupled with the scarcity of fossiliferous amber deposits before the Cretaceous.

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.

First lepidopsocid from the mid Miocene Dominican amber (Psocodea: Trogiomorpha: Lepidopsocidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
MARINA HAKIM ◽  
DIYING HUANG ◽  
DANY AZAR
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
New Record ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Fossil Records

Lepidopsocids are well diversified in recent fauna, but fossil records remain very scarce. Echmepteryx (Loxopholia) dominicanus sp. nov. from Dominican amber is herein described and illustrated. This species is attributed to subfamily Lepidopsocinae Enderlein, 1903 and assigned to genus Echmepteryx Aaron, 1886. This new record is the second oldest lepidopsocid. It is also the first species in this family to be described from Dominican amber and the only fossil record of Lepidopsocinae. 

First fossil record of the pseudoscorpion family Pseudochiridiidae (Arachnida, Chelonethi, Cheiridioidea) from Dominican amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1393 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARK L.I. JUDSON
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Family Group ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family

Pseudochiridium lindae n. sp. is described from Dominican amber (Miocene), representing the first fossil record of the family Pseudochiridiidae. The extant species Pseudochiridium insulae Hoff, 1964 is newly recorded from the Dominican Republic. Paracheiridium vachoni Vitali-di Castri, 1970 is transferred to the genus Pseudochiridium With, 1906 (n. comb.). The correct publication date for family-group names based on Cheiridiinae Hansen is shown to be 1894.

scholarly journals A golden orb-weaver spider (Araneae: Nephilidae: Nephila ) from the Middle Jurassic of China

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 775-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Selden ◽  
ChungKun Shih ◽  
Dong Ren
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
North China ◽  
North China Block ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
The North ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
The Family

Nephila are large, conspicuous weavers of orb webs composed of golden silk, in tropical and subtropical regions. Nephilids have a sparse fossil record, the oldest described hitherto being Cretaraneus vilaltae from the Cretaceous of Spain. Five species from Neogene Dominican amber and one from the Eocene of Florissant, CO, USA, have been referred to the extant genus Nephila . Here, we report the largest known fossil spider, Nephila jurassica sp. nov., from Middle Jurassic (approx. 165 Ma) strata of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. The new species extends the fossil record of the family by approximately 35 Ma and of the genus Nephila by approximately 130 Ma, making it the longest ranging spider genus known. Nephilidae originated somewhere on Pangaea, possibly the North China block, followed by dispersal almost worldwide before the break-up of the supercontinent later in the Mesozoic. The find suggests that the palaeoclimate was warm and humid at this time. This giant fossil orb-weaver provides evidence of predation on medium to large insects, well known from the Daohugou beds, and would have played an important role in the evolution of these insects.

A guest from the past: A new genus and a new species of Deraeocorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) in Miocene Dominican amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4819 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-594
Author(s):  
JUNGGON KIM ◽  
ARTUR TASZAKOWSKI ◽  
ALEKSANDER HERCZEK ◽  
KWANG-HO KIM ◽  
SUNGHOON JUNG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
The Past ◽  
Related Group ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The second fossil record of deraeocorine species from Miocene Dominican amber is presented with description of a new taxon, Amberderaeous gigophthalmus gen. and sp. nov. based on a well-preserved specimen. The need for revision of related group Eustictus and a comprehensive study of its tribal placement within Deraeocorinae are discussed.

First semi-aquatic bugs Mesoveliidae and Hebridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) in Miocene Dominican amber

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Nel ◽  
Romain Garrouste
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Aquatic Bugs

AbstractTwo new semiaquatic bugs of the families Mesoveliidae and Gerridae are described from the Middle Miocene Dominican amber, Mesovelia dominicana sp.n. and Miohebrus anderseni gen.n., sp.n. The former is the first fossil record of the extant genus Mesovelia and the second described fossil of the family Mesoveliidae (the first mesoveliid fossil record was from undescribed fossils in French Cretaceous amber). The latter is the second described fossil Hebridae.

scholarly journals Eco-morphological diversity of larvae of soldier flies and their closest relatives in deep time

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e10356
Author(s):  
Viktor A. Baranov ◽  
Yinan Wang ◽  
Rok Gašparič ◽  
Sonja Wedmann ◽  
Joachim T. Haug
Keyword(s):  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
Deep Time ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Species Being

Stratiomyomorpha (soldier flies and allies) is an ingroup of Diptera, with a fossil record stretching back to the Early Cretaceous (the Barremian, about 125 MYA). Stratiomyomorpha includes at least 3,000 species in the modern fauna, with many species being crucial for ecosystem functions, especially as saprophages. Larvae of many stratiomyomorphans are especially important as scavengers and saproxyls in modern ecosystems. Yet, fossil larvae of the group are extremely scarce. Here we present 23 new records of fossil stratiomyomorphan larvae, representing six discrete morphotypes. Specimens originate from Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, Eocene Baltic amber, Miocene Dominican amber, and compression fossils from the Eocene of Messel (Germany) and the Miocene of Slovenia. We discuss the implications of these new records for our understanding of stratiomyomorphan ecomorphology in deep time as well as their palaeoecology.

scholarly journals The first <i>Stylogaster</i> Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) fossil, from Oligo-Miocene Dominican amber, and some phylogenetic and biogeographic considerations

Fossil Record ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
L. S. G. Rocha ◽  
T. O. Burt ◽  
C. A. de Mello-Patiu ◽  
J. H. Skevington
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
New World ◽  
American Museum ◽  
World Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Natural History Collection ◽  
Distributional Patterns ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A New Species

Abstract. Stylogaster Macquart, 1835 has been unknown in the fossil record until now, the only fossil conopid genus being Palaeomyopa Meulnier, 1912. Two Stylogaster specimens in amber from the American Museum of Natural History collection were studied and are described here. Both specimens, male and female, belong to a new species, S. grimaldii sp. nov., that is probably basal to at least the New World species with a short ocellar triangle. Photos and drawings of the new species are provided. The relationship with other Stylogaster species and ancient distributional patterns are briefly discussed.

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