Paleoploiariola venosa, a new fossil Emesinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) genus and species from Dominican amber.

1969 ◽  
Vol 77 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Jenaro Maldonado Capriles ◽  
Jorge A. Santiago Blay ◽  
George O. Poinar, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Discal Cell ◽  
Fossil Genus

Paleoploiariola, a monotypic fossil genus in the Emesinae (Heteroptera, Reduviidae), is described based on P. venosa, new species. The genus is characterized by the very thick apical vein of the fore wing's only discal cell.

scholarly journals A New Lycid Genus from the Dominican Amber (Insecta, Coleoptera, Lycidae, Leptolycinae, Leptolycini)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Kazantsev
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Taxon ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
A New Species

A new fossil genus,Electropteron  gen.n., and a new species,E. avus  sp.n., are described from the Dominican Amber.Electropteron avus  gen.n.,sp.n., appears to be related to some of the extant Great Antillean lycids and is the first fossil taxon from the subfamily Leptolycinae.

Protomauroania mikhailovi—a new species of malachite beetles (Coleoptera, Dasytidae) in Rovno amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5006 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
SERGEI E. TSHERNYSHEV ◽  
EVGENY E. PERKOVSKY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Late Eocene ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
A New Species

A new species of malachite beetles, Protomauroania mikhailovi Tshernyshev & Perkovsky, sp. n. is described from late Eocene Rovno amber. The new beetle is the second species of the Eocene fossil genus Protomauroania Tshernyshev, 2021 that was first recorded in Rovno amber and shows fauna similarity of dasytids in Baltic and Rovno amber. The new species is typical owing to the following characters: antennae with 5-segmented wide club, surface covered with dark-brown long semi-erect thin setae, and the ultimate ventrite (apical sternite) simple, narrow, not depressed. Digital high resolution pictures of the beetle are provided.

scholarly journals A male of the bee genus Agapostemon in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2013 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel ◽  
Laura C.V. Breitkreuz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
West Indian ◽  
The West ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Modern Species

Thefirst fossil species of the caenohalictine bee genus Agapostemon Guérin-Méneville (Halictinae: Caenohalictini:Agapostemonina) is described and figured from a single male preserved in EarlyMiocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic.  Agapostemon (Notagapostemon) luzziiEngel & Breitkreuz, new species, is compared with modern species and isnoteworthy for the absence of metafemoral modifications [in this regardplesiomorphically resembling the West Indian A. kohliellus (Vachal)and A. centratus (Vachal)], form of the head and protibial antennalcleaner, integumental sculpturing, and male terminalia, the latter of which arefortunately exposed and cleared.  Briefcomments are made on the affinity of the species to others in the West Indiesand surrounding regions as well as possible biogeographic implications.

Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae) from Dominican amber

Botany ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (8) ◽  
pp. 530-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Poinar ◽  
Royce Steeves
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
The Family ◽  
Small Pollen ◽  
Male Flowers ◽  
Staminal Column

The Myristicaceae is a member of the early diverging angiosperm order Magnoliales; however, the family is poorly represented by fossil collections. We describe Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae), the first record of fossilized Myristicaceae flowers, from mid-Tertiary (45–15 million years ago) Dominican amber. The description is based on 24 male flowers in 17 pieces of amber, thus providing some indication of intraspecific variation, including a two-tepaled flower. Diagnostic characters of the new species are the long-simple or few-branched trichomes on the perianth margins, the small pollen grains, and a short staminal column. These fossils also show co-occurring insects, some of which could be Virola pollinators. It is speculated that V. dominicana disappeared from Hispaniola during the Pliocene–Pleistocene cooling events leaving no native members of the Myristicaceae in this region today. Additionally, these fossils demonstrate that Myristicaceae was present in the Western Hemisphere during the mid-Tertiary.

First female and new species of Phaenicocleus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae) from Sabah and a key to genera of Enicocephalidae without forewing basal cell

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2913 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
PETR BAŇAŘ ◽  
PAVEL ŠTYS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Basal Cell ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fore Tibia ◽  
Discal Cell ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Enicocephalidae: Enicocephalinae, Phaenicocleus granulosus sp. n. (based on a female), is described from Sabah and compared with the other three species of the genus (based on males). Autapomorphies of the genus (particularly reduced armature of fore tibia and tarsus, interrupted posterior claval vein AA3+4, striking occurrence of large setigerous tubercles the latter shared with Australian Usingeriella) are stressed and partly discussed. A new key to genera of Enicocephalidae with forewing basal cell absent and closed discal cell present is provided.

CRICKETS (GRYLLOPTERA: GRYLLOIDEA) IN DOMINICAN AMBER

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon R. Vickery ◽  
George O. Poinar
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Ability To Regenerate

AbstractTwenty-eight pieces of amber from the Dominican Republic were studied. These pieces, 22–40 million years old, contain 29 cricket specimens as inclusions. Six new species in the Trigonidiidae: Trigonidiinae are described, one in the extant genus Anaxipha (A. dominica) and in three related new genera: Proanaxipha (P. latoca and P. bicolorata), Abanaxipha (A. longispina and A. incongrua), and Grossoxipha (G. yaque). One specimen is described in the Mogoplistidae: Mogoplistinae in the extant genus Ornebius (O. ambericus). The presence of these specimens in amber proves that utilization of the boreal habitat is of long standing. Disparity in the size of the hind legs of one specimen indicates that crickets may once have had the ability to regenerate lost limbs.

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.

Key to the fossil genus Largusoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae), with description of two new species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4450 (4) ◽  
pp. 495 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHI-TENG CHEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Burmese Amber ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Fossil Genus

Two new species of the fossil stonefly genus Largusoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae), Largusoperla dewalti sp. nov. and Largusoperla borisi sp. nov. are described and illustrated from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The two new species are distinguished from other known congeners by the specifically modified paraprocts. In addition, an identification key to the known species of Largusoperla is provided. 

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