scholarly journals A new species of the booklouse genus Embidopsocus in Baltic amber (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae)

2016 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
A New Species

The first representative of the booklouse genus Embidopsocus Hagen (Nanopsocetae: Liposcelididae) is documented from the blaue Erde of northern Europe.  Embidopsocus pankowskiorum Engel, new species, is similar to the related E. saxonicus Günther from the Bitterfeld deposits (so-called ‘Saxonian amber’) and E. eocenicus Nel et al. from Oise amber, but differs in details of antennal structure, setation, wing venation, and size.  The species is described and comments made regarding its character affinities to other fossil liposcelidids.

scholarly journals A new stonefly species (Plecoptera: Perlodidae) from Eocene Baltic amber and questions on the wing venation potential for species diagnostic of fossil Plecoptera

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
CORENTIN JOUAULT ◽  
FRÉDÉRIC LEGENDRE ◽  
FABIEN L. CONDAMINE ◽  
ANDRÉ NEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Good Preservation ◽  
A New Species

Examination of Baltic amber Plecoptera reveals a new species of Isoperla: Isoperla baltica sp. nov. The placement of this new species is supported by an in-depth comparison of apomorphies supporting families, subfamilies, and suborders. Contrary to previous descriptions of many fossil species, we took advantage of the good preservation of the genitalia to describe and compare this new species to its extant congeners. Finally, we discuss the usefulness and limitations of relying on wing venation to identify diagnostic characters in Plecoptera by figuring a specimen of Pteroliriope sinitshenkovae Cui, Béthoux, Kondratieff, Shih & Ren, 2016 with numerous crossveins and an original organization of forewing veins.

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

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2742 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID PENNEY ◽  
ANDREW MCNEIL ◽  
DAVID I. GREEN ◽  
ROBERT BRADLEY ◽  
YURI M. MARUSIK ◽  
...  
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.

A new species of Odontepyris (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Bethylinae) from East Asia

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
RYUDAI ITO ◽  
TOSHIHARU MITA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Morphological Variations ◽  
Median Area ◽  
A New Species

Odontepyris costatus sp. nov. is described from Japan and Taiwan. This new species is most similar to O. formosicola Terayama, 1997 known from Cambodia and Taiwan according to the key to the Eastern Palaearctic Odontepyris. O. costatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from the latter by the relatively small eye and the wide metapectal-propodeal disc. It is also similar to O. telortis Lim & Lee, 2009 known from South Korea, but it is distinguished from O. telortis by the imbricate median area of metapostnotum. The morphological variations and diagnostic characters of the Eastern Palaearctic species are briefly discussed and the modified key to species is provided. Key words: new species, Japan, Taiwan, wing venation

A new species of Lonchodryinus (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from Upper Eocene Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5020 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-336
Author(s):  
MASSIMO OLMI ◽  
DMITRY V. VASILENKO ◽  
LEONARDO CAPRADOSSI ◽  
EVGENY E. PERKOVSKY ◽  
ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fore Wing ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Lonchodryinus groehni sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea: Dryinidae) is described from Baltic amber. The new species is close to L. balticus Olmi & Guglielmino, 2012, but it can be distinguished for the different OPL/POL ratio and 2r-rs&Rs vein of the fore wing. A key to the fossil species of Lonchodryinus and a comparison with the extant species L. ruficornis (Dalman, 1818) are presented.  

Description of the first flightless platynine ground beetle preserved in Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4318 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
JOACHIM SCHMIDT ◽  
TORBEN GÖPEL ◽  
KIPLING WILL
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Computed ◽  
A New Species

Species of the megadiverse ground beetle tribe Platynini occur on all continents except Antarctica. It has been long recognized that platynine beetles were preserved in the Eocene Baltic amber. However, thus far only a single Eocene fossil has been described to the species level. In the present paper, a new species of Platynini known only as an amber inclusion fossil is described and imaged using light microscopy and micro X-ray computed tomography. Since this species cannot be assigned to any of the recently described genera, the monotypic genus Praeanchodemus gen. n., with the type species P. punctaticeps sp. n., is erected. There is some evidence from external morphology that Praeanchodemus gen. n. is part of a lineage comprising the recent genera Paranchodemus, Rhadine, and Tanystoma. However, since some synapomorphies were not found, the true relationships of the fossil taxon remain moot. 

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

Zootaxa ◽  
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. 

scholarly journals A remarkable new species of the rove beetle genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 973 ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Alexey V. Shavrin ◽  
Shûhei Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Median Carina ◽  
Rove Beetle ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

An unusual new omaliine species, Anthobium alekseevisp. nov., is described and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber, tentatively placed in the megadiverse genus Anthobium Leach, 1819. A new monotypic species-group is established. The new species can easily be distinguished from other species of the genus by the larger body, shape of the subrectangular pronotum, and the presence of a median carina on the prosternum and large, subtriangular tooth on the inner side of each mesotibia, likely exhibiting a peculiar sexual dimorphism in the male. Based on the study of the specimen with support of microtomographic images, a brief comparative analysis of a new species with described extant species of Anthobium is provided.

scholarly journals A New Species Of Globicornis (Hadrotoma) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Megatominae) From Baltic Amber

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Háva ◽  
A. L. Damgaard
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
A New Species

Abstract The species Globicornis (Hadrotoma) ingelehmannae sp. n. from Baltic amber is described, illustrated and compared with all known amber species of Globicornis Latreille, 1829. New species differs by the shape of antennae and black setation on dorsal and ventral surfaces.

A new fossil genus of net-winged beetles, with a brief review of amber Lycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3608 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGEY V. KAZANTSEV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
A New Species

A new fossil genus of net-winged beetles, Protolopheros gen. n., and a new species, Protolopheros hoffeinsorum sp. n., are described from the Baltic amber. The new taxon is placed in Erotini, next to Lopheros Leconte, 1881. The extant Pseudaplatopterus (Eropterus) Green, 1951, comb. n. is lowered in rank and placed as a subgenus of the fossil Pseudaplatopterus Kleine, 1940. The extant Kolibaceum (Laterialis) Kazantsev, 1990, comb. n. is lowered in rank and placed as a subgenus of the fossil Kolibaceum Winkler, 1987.

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