scholarly journals A ceraphronid wasp in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae)

2013 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
Early Miocene

The first fossil of the parasitoid wasp family Ceraphronidae (Ceraphronoidea) is described and figured.  Ceraphron ceuthonymus Engel, new species, is described from Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic and distinguished from its close congeners.  A brief summary of the fossil record of Ceraphronoidea is provided.

scholarly journals The wasp genus Clystopsenella in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Scolebythidae)

2015 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Evolutionary Patterns ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Color Differences ◽  
A New Species

A new species of scolebythine wasp (Chrysidoidea: Scolebythidae) is described and figured from a female beautifully preserved in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic.  The specimen is the first fossil record of the extant genus <em>Clystopsenella</em> Kieffer, and is quite similar to the extant <em>Clystopsenella longiventris</em> Kieffer, a species that occurs widely from Brazil to Belize.  <strong><em>Clystopsenella mirabilis</em></strong> Engel, new species, is distinguished from <em>C. longiventris</em> on the basis of size; head, pronotal, and pterostigmal shape; and putative color differences.  The living and fossil diversity of the family is summarized and evolutionary patterns within the clade are discussed.

scholarly journals Diversity of the Crinocheta (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Early Miocene Chiapas amber, Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Broly ◽  
María De Lourdes Serrano-Sánchez ◽  
Francisco J. Vega
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Terrestrial Isopods ◽  
Water Influence ◽  
The Family

Currently, the Onisicdea (terrestrial isopods) is a massive Crustacea suborder of more than 3 700 species, but our knowledge of their paleodiversity is poor. In this paper, we present ten fossils of Crinocheta, the largest clade within the Onisicdea, discovered in Early Miocene (23 Ma) amber of Chiapas. We described three new genera and six new species including Palaeolibrinus spinicornis gen. nov. sp. nov., Armadilloniscus miocaenicus sp. nov., Archeostenoniscus robustus gen. nov. sp. nov., Archeostenoniscus mexicanus sp. nov., Palaeospherarmadillo mazanticus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Palaeospherarmadillo rotundus sp. nov. This study represents the first fossil record of the family Detonidae, Olibrinidae, and “Stenoniscidae”. From a paleoenvironmental reconstruction perspective, the oniscidean fauna presented here supports a particularly wet paleoenvironment, under brackish water influence, similar to an estuary.

First fossil Phatnoma (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae: Cantacaderinae), in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2975 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES E. JEPSON ◽  
DAVID PENNEY ◽  
DAVID I. GREEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Lace Bug ◽  
A New Species

A new species of fossil lace bug, Phatnoma mattijoae sp. nov., is described from a single specimen in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. It represents the first fossil record of the genus, extending its known range by approximately 16 million years. The new fossil appears to be most closely related to the extant P. ovatum Champion, 1897, from Guatemala.

Taxonomic status of some species of Aspidostomatidae (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina)

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro M. Pérez ◽  
Juan López-Gappa ◽  
Miguel Griffin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
New Material

AbstractThe bryozoan genus Aspidostoma Hincks, 1881 has been regarded as the only representative of the Aspidostomatidae Jullien, 1888 in Argentina to date. Its type species, Aspidostoma giganteum (Busk, 1854), is presently distributed in the Magellanic Region (Argentina and Chile) and has been recorded in Oligocene and Miocene fossil deposits of Santa Cruz and Chubut, respectively. New material from San Julián (late Oligocene), Monte León (early Miocene), Chenque (early to middle Miocene), and Puerto Madryn (late Miocene) formations suggests, however, that A. giganteum is not represented in the fossil record. Material from Puerto Madryn Formation previously regarded as A. giganteum is here recognized as Aspidostoma roveretoi new species. Aspidostoma ortmanni Canu, 1904 is revalidated for the species from the San Julián Formation. Aspidostoma armatum new species and Aspidostoma tehuelche new species are introduced for material from the Monte León and Chenque formations, respectively. Aspidostoma incrustans Canu, 1908, from the early Miocene, is redescribed. Melychocella Gordon and Taylor, 1999, which differs from Aspidostoma in having vicarious avicularia and lacking a median ridge and a quadrangular process proximal to the opesia-orifice, is so far represented by three Paleogene species from the Chatham Islands (Southwest Pacific). The material from Monte León allowed us to transfer Aspidostoma flammulum Canu, 1908 to Melychocella, resulting in the new combination Melychocella flammula (Canu, 1908). Melychocella biperforata new species is described from the lower Miocene Monte León and Chenque formations. The presence of Melychocella in the Neogene of Patagonia extends its geographic distribution and its temporal range.UUID: http://zoobank.org/d84df2d8-cab2-4e74-82b8-7c67d938a58f

scholarly journals Late Oligocene Melia (Meliaceae) from the Nanning Basin of South China and it’s biogeographical implication

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Qiu Liu ◽  
Sheng-Lan Xu ◽  
Qiong-Yao Fu ◽  
Cheng Quan ◽  
Jian-Hua Jin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
Small Genus ◽  
A New Species

AbstractMelia L. is a small genus of only 2–3 species, which is native to Indo-Malesia, India, Pakistan and southern parts of tropical Africa. Fossil records of Melia are known from the early Miocene to the Pleistocene. Here we describe some mummified fossil endocarps of Melia from the upper part of the Yongning Formation (late Oligocene) in Nanning Basin, South China. These well-preserved stony endocarps are 8–14 mm long and 5–9 mm wide, and have 5 locules with a single spindle seed per locule. We interpret these endocarps as the internal remains of a Melia drupe, and assign them as a new species: M. santangensis sp. nov. This is the only fossil record of anatomically preserved Melia found in China, and also the oldest fossil record of Melia so far reported globally. The fossil record confirms the presence of Melia in Asia at the late Oligocene, and provides evidence supporting the distribution and dispersal hypothesis of the Meliaceae.

scholarly journals Polymera alexanderi n. sp., a new species of Limoniidae (Diptera) from Dominican amber

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiesław Krzemiński ◽  
Katarzyna Kopeć ◽  
Alicja Pełczyńska ◽  
Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Fossil Resin ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Dominican amber is the fossil resin famous for the best quality of inclusions, exploited in Dominican Republic from the deposits formed in the late Early Miocene, ca. 16 Ma. A new species, Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi sp. n. of the dipteran family Limoniidae is described from this amber. This new limonid belongs to the genus Polymera Wiedemann, 1820 with 63 extant species described mostly from South America. Only three fossil species are known so far from Dominican and Baltic amber.

scholarly journals Two new species of Symplocos based on endocarps from the early Miocene Brandon Lignite of Vermont, USA

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce H. Tiffney ◽  
Steven R. Manchester ◽  
Peter W. Fritsch
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Two New Species

AbstractWe describe two new species of Symplocos (Symplocaceae) from the early Miocene Brandon Lignite Flora of Vermont, USA. The endocarps of Symplocos laevigata (Lesq.) comb. nov. are most similar in morphology and anatomy to those of the extant species S. tinctoria of southeastern North America and S. wikstroemiifolia of eastern Asia, both of S. sect. Hopea, and to those of several species of S. sect. Lodhra, endemic to eastern Asia; they are also somewhat similar to those of S. minutula of the Tertiary of Europe. The endocarps of Symplocos hitchcockii sp. nov. are most similar in morphology and anatomy to those of living members of S. sect. Lodhra, and are also somewhat similar to fossil S. incurva of the Tertiary of Europe. This report extends the fossil record of Symplocos endocarps to eastern North America and underscores the mixed mesophytic to subtropical nature of the Brandon flora.

A new species of Picrasma, P. nanophylla (Simaroubaceae), from the Dominican Republic

Brittonia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas C. Majure ◽  
Teodoro Clase ◽  
Allison Blankenship ◽  
Alfredo Noa-Monzón
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
A New Species

Three new species of Thaloe Brescovit (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae), with descriptions of the first known females of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-266
Author(s):  
ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT ◽  
LUIZ FERNANDO M. OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Virgin Island ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Three new species of the genus Thaloe are described from Antillean region: Thaloe maricao n. sp., from Maricao, Puerto Rico and Virgin Island, Thaloe leboulet n. sp., from Le Boulet and Mariani, Haiti and Thaloe ebano n. sp., from the Dominican Republic. Females of species of this genus are described for the first time. 

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