2012 in arthropod paleontology
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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2012 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2012. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
Arachnids[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Lindquist & Grimaldi in Schmidt et al. | A mite. The type species is Ampezzoa triassica. | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Lagonomegopidae. Type species is A. salticoides. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Europe | ||||
| Sp. nov. | Valid | Penney et al. | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | An ephalmatorid | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | jr synonym | Poinar in Poinar & Buckley | Early Cretaceous | A nephiline. The type species is G. burmanica. |  | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | Originally classified as a ray spider, but subsequently transferred to the araneoid family Zarqaraneidae.[6] The type species is H. paracymbium. | ||||
| gen et sp nov | Valid | Selden et al.. | Early Cretaceous | A member of Araneomorphae, possibly a lycosoid. The type species is K. jinju. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Lagonomegopidae. The type species is L. plumosus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Jr synonym | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Psilodercidae. Originally described as a species of Leclercera, but subsequently transferred to the genus Priscaleclercera.[8] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Jr synonym | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Psilodercidae. Originally described as a species of Leclercera, but subsequently transferred to the genus Priscaleclercera.[8] | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | Originally classified as a ray spider, subsequently transferred to the separate araneoid family Leviunguidae.[6] The type species is L. bruckschi. | ||||
| Sp. nov. | Valid | Giribet et al. | Middle Jurassic | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Lagonomegopidae. The type species is M. gracilipes. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Uloboridae. The type species is O. curvatus. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | An oonopid; a replacement name for Orchestina (Baltorchestina) rectangulata Wunderlich (2011). | ||||
| sp nov | Valid | Saupe et al.. | Latest Albian or earliest Cenomanian | An oonopid | ||||
| Species | Valid | Saupe et al. | Early Albian | An oonopid, a species of Orchestina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lourenço & Henderickx | Malagasy copal | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Leptonetidae. The type species is P. calcar. | ||||
| Sp. nov. | Valid | Lourenço | Eocene | A buthid scorpion, a species of Palaeolychas. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Lourenço | Early Cretaceous | A scorpion. The type species is P. ellenbergeri. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Pholcochyroceridae, possibly a species of Pholcochyrocer. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Pholcochyroceridae, a species of Pholcochyrocer. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Dunlop, Bartel & Mitov | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | A harvestman found in Baltic amber. The type species is P. steineri. |  | |
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Ricinulei, possibly a species of Poliochera. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Miko & Mourek in Miko et al. | Early Pleistocene | A mite. The type species is P. oanae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Henderickx in Henderickx, Tafforeau & Soriano | Late Eocene | Baltic Amber |  | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | First described as possibly species of Psiloderces; transferred to the genus Eopsiloderces.[8] | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Miko in Miko et al. | Early Pleistocene | A mite. The type species is R. quadrituberculatus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A member of Tetrablemmidae. The type species is S. filiembolus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | A long-jawed orb weaver. The type species is S. mutila. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Cretaceous | A spitting spider, possibly a species of Scytodes. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | A zoropsid. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wunderlich | Eocene | Baltic amber | A succinomid, possibly a species of Succinomus. | |||
| Sp. nov. | Valid | Arillo, Subías & Shtanchaeva | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Lindquist & Grimaldi in Schmidt et al. | A mite. The type species is T. fedelei. |
Crustaceans[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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| Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Mashiba & Kamiya | Miocene | An ostracod, a species of Acanthocythereis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Audo & Charbonnier | Hadjoula Lagerstätte | A slipper lobster belonging to the subfamily Arctidinae. The type species is A. peterpani. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Forel | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the family Pilumnidae. The type species is A. zannatoi. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the family Atelecyclidae. The type species is A. eocaenus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije et al. | Middle Oxfordian | A pylochelid, a species of Ammopylocheles. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A schizocytherid ostracod, a species of Amphicytherura. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | An ostracod. Originally described as a species of Amphicytherura; Antonietto et al. (2013) transferred this species to the genus Dinglecythere.[26] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Yuan in Tanaka et al. | An ostracod, a species of Amphissites. | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Eocene | A raninid crab. The type species is "Cyrtorhina" globosa Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1988); genus also contains A. fusseli (Blow & Manning, 1996) and A. ripacurtae (Artal & Castillo, 2005). Van Bakel et al. (2012) tentatively assigned "Cyrtorhina" oblonga Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1988) to the genus Antonioranina as well;[28] however, Karasawa et al. (2014) made it the type species of a separate genus Claudioranina.[29] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Park et al. | Early Cretaceous | An isopod crustacean, a species of Archaeoniscus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cytherideid ostracod, a species of Asciocythere. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sarr | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Asymmetricythere. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Ono in Tanaka et al. | Early Permian | An ostracod, a species of Aurikirkbya. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A hemicytherid ostracod, a species of Aysegulina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A hemicytherid ostracod, a species of Aysegulina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A hemicytherid ostracod, a species of Aysegulina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A hemicytherid ostracod, a species of Aysegulina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Forel | Early Triassic (Griesbachian) | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Maeda in Tanaka et al. | Early Permian | An ostracod, a species of Bairdia. | ||||
| Bairdia? huberti[22] | Sp. nov | Valid | Forel | Late Permian (Changhsingian) | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka in Tanaka et al. | Early Permian | An ostracod, a species of Bairdia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Forel | Late Permian (Changhsingian) and Early Triassic (Griesbachian) | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Ono in Tanaka et al. | Early Permian | An ostracod, a species of Bairdia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Yuan in Tanaka et al. | Early Permian | An ostracod, a species of Bairdia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Luppold | Middle Jurassic | An ostracod, a species of Balowella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Garassino, Pasini & Marini | Early Pliocene | A retroplumid crab, a species of Bathypluma. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Late Cretaceous to Paleocene | A lyreidid crab. The type species is "Hemioon" eysunesensis Collins & Wienberg Rasmussen (1992); according to the authors of its description genus also contains "Raninella" carlilensis Feldmann & Maxey (1980), "Palaeocorystes" laevis Schlüter in von der Marck & Schlüter (1868), "Raninella" manningi Bishop & Williams (2000), "Raninella" oaheensis Bishop (1978) and "Raninella" tridens Roberts (1962), as well as the new species Bournelyreidus teodorii.[28] On the other hand, Karasawa et al. (2014) transferred B. teodorii to the genus Lyreidus, "R." tridens to the genus Macroacaena and "R." manningi to the genus Heus.[29] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Brachycythere. | ||||
| gen et comb nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | Cenomanian | crab, New genus for "Xanthosia" danielae (Collins and Breton, 2009). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sarr | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Buntonia. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Buntonia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Buntonia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sciuto | Early Pleistocene | An ostracod, a species of Bythocypris. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sciuto | Early Pleistocene | A bythocytherid ostracod, a species of Bythocythere. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin & De Angeli | Eocene | A member of Callianassidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vega et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian or Langhian) | A goneplacid decapod crustacean, a species of Carcinoplax. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Charbonnier in Petit & Charbonnier | Sahel Alma Lagerstätte | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian) | A palaeocorystid crab, a species of Cenocorystes. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A cenomanocarcinid crab, a species of Cenomanocarcinus. | ||||
| sp nov | Valid | Schweigert & Ernst | A coleiid polychelid, a species of Coleia. | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Cenomanian | A porcelain crab, a new genus for "Porcellana" antiqua A. Milne-Edwards, 1862. | ||||
| gen et sp nov | Valid | Fraaije, Klompmaker, & Artal | Albian or Cenomanian | A hermit crab. The type species is Cretatrizocheles olazagutiensis. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene | A crab belonging to the family Majidae. The type species is "Micromaia" meneguzzoi Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1985); genus also includes "Micromaia" elegans Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1985). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sarr | A cushmanideid ostracod, a species of Buntonia. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cytherellid ostracod, a species of Cytherelloidea. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sciuto | Early Pleistocene | A cytherurid ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sciuto | Early Pleistocene | An ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sciuto | Early Pleistocene | An ostracod, a species of Cytheropteron. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the family Dairidae; a species of Daira. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tshudy & Saward | Eocene (Ypresian) | A lobster, a species of Dinochelus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Klompmaker, Feldmann & Schweitzer | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | A goniodromitid crab, a species of Distefania. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Luppold | Middle Jurassic | An ostracod. Originally described as a species of Dolocythere; Lord, Cabral & Danielopol (2020) transferred this species to the genus Minyocythere.[45] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Womack et al. | Carboniferous | A member of Cladocera, a species of Ebullitiocaris. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cytherurid ostracod, a species of Eocytheropteron. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cytherurid ostracod, a species of Eocytheropteron. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Ceccon | Eocene (Ypresian) | A member of Chirostylidae. The type species is E. montemagrensis. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cytherurid ostracod, a species of Eucytherura. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Klompmaker et al. | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | A galatheoid, a species of Eomunidopsis. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije et al. | Oxfordian | A diogenid, a species of Eopaguropsis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Eocene (Ypresian) | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the family Hexapodidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A palaeocorystid crab, a species of Eucorystes. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A palaeocorystid crab, a species of Eucorystes. | ||||
| gen et comb nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | Albian or Cenomanian to Danian | A crab, a new genus for "Xanthosia" gracilis. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian to late Campanian) | A palaeocorystid crab. The type species is "Notopocorystes" dichrous Stenzel (1945); genus also contains "Notopocorystes" australis Secretan (1964) and "Notopocorystes" fritschi Glaessner (1929),[50] as well as the new species Ferroranina tamilnadu. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod. Genus includes new species Floricythereis exquisita, as well as F. lixula (Crane, 1965) (the type species was not designated). | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ceccon & De Angeli | Middle Eocene | A species of Galathea. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Garassino, Pasini, De Angeli & Charbonnier in Garassino et al. | Early Pliocene | An upogebiid decapod, a species of Gebiacantha. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Late Early Permian | A knoxitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Geffenina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early Permian | A knoxitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Geffenina. | ||||
| Glyphea wiffenae[54] | Species | Valid | Feldmann and Stilwell | Late Cretaceous | Maungataniwa Sandstone | A glypheid lobster, a species of Glyphea. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Yuan in Tanaka et al. | Early Permian | An ostracod, a species of Glyptopleura. | ||||
| sp nov | Valid | Starzyk, Krzemiska, & Krzemiski | Oxfordian | A crab, a species of Goniodromites. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Quayle & Collins | Eocene | A goneplacid. The type species is Gonioplacoides minuta. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Late Cretaceous | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Guernet et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Grinioneis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the subfamily Pisinae. The type species is G. vicariottoi. | ||||
| gen et comb et sp nov | Valid | Schweitzer, Feldmann & Lamanna | Late Cretaceous | Antarctica | A necrocarcinid crab, a new genus for "Necrocarcinus" wrighti. The genus also contains "Necrocarcinus" carinatus and a new species Hadrocarcinus tectilacus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Antonietto et al. | Aptian or early Albian | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Quayle & Collins | Late Eocene | Headon Beds | A hexapodid. The type species is Headonipus tuberculatus. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A paracytherideid ostracod, a species of Hemiparacytheridea. | ||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Klompmaker et al. | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | A galatheoid. Genus contains two species: Hispanigalathea pseudolaevis and H. tuberosa. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Niu in Zhang et al. | Late Permian | A vertexiine lioestheriid spinicaudatan clam shrimp, a species of Huanghestheria. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to early Campanian) |
| A palaeocorystid crab. The type species is "Corystes" broderipii Mantell (1844). According to the authors of its description genus also contains "Palaeocorystes" harveyi Woodward (1896), "Eucorystes" japonicus Jimbô (1894), "Notopocorystes" paututensis Collins & Wienberg Rasmussen (1992), "Eucorystes" platys Schweitzer & Feldmann (2002) and "Notopocorystes" syriacus Withers (1928), as well as the new species Joeranina gaspari.[28] On the other hand, Karasawa et al. (2014) transferred "P." harveyi, E. platys and "N." paututensis to the genus Eucorystes; the authors also transferred the species "Notopocorystes" xizangensis Wang (1981) to the genus Joeranina.[29] | |||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Robins, Feldmann & Schweitzer | Late Jurassic (Tithonian) | Ernstbrunn Limestone | A munidid. The type species is Juracrista perculta; genus also contains Juracrista costaspinosa. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije et al. | Middle Oxfordian | A pylochelid, a species of Jurapylocheles. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Luppold | Middle Jurassic | An ostracod, a species of Kinkelinella. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Feldmann et al. | Middle or late Anisian | A decapod crustacean; a clytiopsid erymoid. The type species is Koryncheiros luopingensis. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Poropat & Colin | Aptian | An ostracod crustacean, a new genus for the species "Hourcqia" symmetrica Krömmelbein & Weber and "Hourcqia" angulata Krömmelbein & Weber. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Late Early to Middle Permian | A knoxitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Langdaia. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod. The type species is Leiocythereis polita. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Harzhauser & Schlögl | Early Miocene | |||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | De Angeli | Eocene | A crab belonging to the family Pilumnidae. The type species is "Titanocarcinus" euglyphos Bittner (1875). | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A hermit crab. Originally assigned to the family Paguridae,[23] subsequently transferred to the separate family Xylopaguridae by Gašparič et al. (2016).[68] The type species is L. granulatus. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Uffenorde, Monostori & Tóth | Eocene to Oligocene | Europe | An ostracod, a new genus for "Hermanites" acuticosta and "Hermanites" camela; genus also contains a new, yet-unnamed species. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Luppold | Middle Jurassic | An ostracod, a species of Ljubimovella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Checchi | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the family Tumidocarcinidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A loxoconchid ostracod, a species of Loxoconcha. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Cretaceous (late Albian–early Cenomanian) | A lyreidid crab. The type species is "Notopocorystes" punctatus Rathbun (1935). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | Eocene | A crab, a species of Megokkos. | ||||
| gen et sp nov | Valid | Fraaije, Klompmaker, & Artal | Albian or Cenomanian | A hermit crab. The type species is Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Maeda in Tanaka et al. | Early Permian | An ostracod, a species of Microcheilinella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka & Ichida in Tanaka et al. | Early Permian | An ostracod, a species of Microcheilinella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Middle Permian | A coelonellid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Microcoelonella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Middle Permian | A coelonellid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Microcoelonella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Robins, Feldmann & Schweitzer | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vega et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian or Langhian) | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Klompmaker, Feldmann & Schweitzer | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | A goniodromitid crab. The type species is Navarradromites pedroartali. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Artal et al. | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | A homolid crab. The type species is Navarrahomola hispanica. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Busulini, Beschin & Tessier | Eocene (Priabonian) | A member of Callianassidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Guernet et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A neocytherideid ostracod, a species of Neocytherideis. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yamaguchi, Mashiba & Kamiya | Miocene | An ostracod, a species of Neocytheromorpha. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kolpenskaya in Tesakova et al. | Late Jurassic (Early Kimmeridgian) | An ostracod, a species of Neurocythere. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | Eocene | A crab, a species of Nitotacarcinus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Franţescu | Early Cretaceous (late Albian) | A mantis shrimp. The type species is Nodosculda fisherorum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the superfamily Dromioidea and the family Basinotopidae, a species of Noetlingocarcinus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | De Angeli & Alberti | Eocene (Lutetian) | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Luque et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian) | A palaeocorystid raninoid crab. Initially described as a species of Notopocorystes,[78] but subsequently reassigned to the genus Joeranina.[79] | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Klompmaker et al. | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | A galatheoid. The type species is Nykteripteryx rostrata. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Busulini, Beschin & Tessier | Eocene (Priabonian) | A crab belonging to the family Parthenopidae. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A mantis shrimp belonging to the family Odontodactylidae; a species of Odontodactylus. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene | A crab belonging to the family Majidae. The type species is "Micromaia" mainensis Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier (1985). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Forel | Early Triassic (Griesbachian) | A bairdiid ostracod, a species of Orthobairdia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cytherideid ostracod, a species of Ovocytheridea. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Gagnaison | A species of Paguristes. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A hermit crab belonging to the family Paguridae, a species of Pagurus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Pasini & Garassino | Miocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Junior synonym | Pasini & Garassino | Pliocene | A cirolanid isopod. Originally described as a species of Palaega; considered to be a junior synonym of Bathynomus sismondai (Ristori, 1891) by Hyžný, Pasini & Garassino (2019).[83] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Pasini & Garassino | Pliocene | A cirolanid isopod. Originally described as a species of Palaega; Hyžný, Pasini & Garassino (2019) considered this species to be a nomen dubium and reassigned it to the genus Bathynomus.[83] | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Aguirre-Urreta, Lazo & Rawson | Late Hauterivian or early Barremian | A decapod crustacean, a species of Palaeohomarus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Guernet et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | A necrocarcinid crab, a species of Paranecrocarcinus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Whatley, Khosla & Rathore | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cypridid ostracod. The type species is Periosocypris megistus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A hermit crab belonging to the family Diogenidae, a species of Petrochirus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A hemicytherid ostracod. The type species is Phrixocythere unionensis. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Luque et al. | Early Cretaceous (late Aptian) | A necrocarcinid raninoid crab, a new genus for "Dakoticancer" olssoni Rathbun (1937). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Hyžný & Muñiz | Late Miocene | A callianassid ghost shrimp. Originally described as a species of Podocallichirus; subsequently transferred to the genus Balsscallichirus by Hyžný (2016).[88] | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sarr | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Buntonia. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Pterygocythereis. | ||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije et al. | Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian | A pylochelid hermit crab. Genus contains two species: P. westerbergensis (the type species) and P. gelasinus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the family Raninidae, a species of Quasilaeviranina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | Eocene | A crab, a species of Raninoides. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene (Lutetian) | A crab belonging to the family Parthenopidae; a species of Rhinolambrus. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Garassino, Pasini, De Angeli & Charbonnier in Garassino et al. | Early Pliocene | A leucosiid crab, a new genus for "Ilia" pliocaenica Ristori, 1891. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Middle Permian | A paraparchitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Samarella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early to Middle Permian | A paraparchitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Samarella. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chitnarin in Chitnarin et al. | Early to Middle Permian | A knoxitid palaeocopidan ostracod, a species of Sargentina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Harzhauser & Schlögl | Early Miocene | A scalpellid barnacle, a species of Scalpellum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Schizoptocythere. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A trachyleberidid ostracod, a species of Schizoptocythere. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cytherideid ostracod, a species of Schuleridea. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sarr | A cytherurid ostracod, a species of Semicytherura. | |||||
| gen et sp nov | Valid |
| Silurian (uppermost Ludlow to lower Pridoli) | |||||
| Subgen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Luppold | Middle Jurassic | An ostracod, a subgenus of Southcavea containing three new species: Southcavea (Saxosouthcavea) extendata, Southcavea (Saxosouthcavea) bartenbrandi and Southcavea (Saxosouthcavea) malzi (with two subspecies: S. (S.) malzi malzi and S. (S.) malzi reticulata). | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Puckett & Colin in Puckett, Colin & Mitchell | Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | A cytherideid ostracod. The type species is Spinicytheridea compta from Jamaica; genus also includes a second, unnamed species from the Maastrichtian Ocozocoautla Formation of Chiapas, Mexico. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Beschin et al. | Eocene | A crab belonging to the family Majidae. The type species is "Micromaia" margaritata Fabiani (1910). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije et al. | Early late Kimmeridgian | A pylochelid hermit crab, a species of Stagmacaris. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije et al. | Middle Oxfordian | A pylochelid hermit crab, a species of Stagmacaris. | ||||
| gen et comb nov | Valid | Schweitzer et al. | Late Albian to Cenomanian | Crab, New genus for "Xanthosia" aspera. Other species S. pawpawensis and S. reidi. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Schweitzer & Feldmann | Late Cretaceous (Senonian) | A tumidocarcinid decapod, a new genus for "Titanocarcinus" meridionalis Secretan, 1961. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Luppold | Middle Jurassic | An ostracod. The type species is S. binodosa. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Paleocene (early Danian) | A raninid crab. The type species is Symethoides monmouthorum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fraaije et al. | Oligocene | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Garassino, Pasini, De Angeli & Charbonnier in Garassino et al. | Early Pliocene | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Feldmann et al. | Middle or late Anisian | A decapod crustacean; a glypheoid belonging to the family Litogastridae.[92] The type species is Tridactylastacus sinensis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Schweitzer et al. | Eocene | A thalassinidean. The type species is Turbiocheir minutospinata. Hyžný et al. (2020) considered the genus Turbiocheir to be a junior synonym of the genus Anacalliax, creating a new combination Anacalliax minutospinata.[94] | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Quayle & Collins | Late Eocene and Oligocene[95] | Headon Beds | A callichirid[95] ghost shrimp. The type species is Vecticallichirus abditus. Hyžný (2020) considered V. abditus to be a junior synonym of "Callianassa" batei Woodward (1869), resulting in a new combination Vecticallichirus batei.[95] | |||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Van Bakel et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) | A raninid crab. The type species is "Lophoranina" precocious Feldmann, Vega, Tucker, García-Barrera & Avendaño (1996). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Luppold | Middle Jurassic | An ostracod, a species of Vernoniella. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Artal et al. | Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian) | A viaiid glaessneropsoid crab. The type species is Viaia robusta. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Feldmann et al. | Middle or late Anisian | A decapod crustacean; a spiny lobster. The type species is Yunnanopalinura schrami. |
Insects[edit]
Blattodea[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sp. nov | Valid | Engel & Pérez-de La Fuente | Middle Jurassic | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wei, Shih & Ren | Middle Jurassic | A fuziid cockroach. The type species is Arcofuzia cana. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et al. | Eocene | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov. | Valid | Liang, Vršanský & Ren | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | A raphidiomimid cockroach. The type species is Divocina noci. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský, Liang & Ren | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) | A liberiblattinid cockroach. The type species is Entropia initialis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liang, Huang & Ren | Middle Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | A raphidiomimid cockroach. The type species is Graciliblatta bella. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský & Aristov | Late Permian | A mutoviid cockroach. The type species is Mutovia intercalaria. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wei, Liang & Ren | Middle Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | A fuziid cockroach, a species of Parvifuzia. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid[105] | Zhang, Schneider & Hong | Carboniferous (earliest Pennsylvanian) | A cockroach. The type species is Qilianiblatta namurensis. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Anisyutkin & Gröhn | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | A blaberid cockroach. The type species is Stegoblatta irmgardgroehni. |
Coleoptera[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrocar concavus[107] | Sp. nov | Valid[108] | Davis et al. | Early Cretaceous | A weevil, a species of Abrocar. | |||
| Abrocar relicinus[107] | Sp. nov | Valid[108] | Davis et al. | Early Cretaceous | A weevil, a species of Abrocar. | |||
| Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid[110] | Tan et al. | Middle Jurassic | A schizophorid archostematan beetle. Genus contains four species: A. eurycladus, A. ooideus, A. nii and A. patefactus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bai, Ren & Yang in Bai et al. | Middle Jurassic | An alloioscarabaeid scarabaeoid beetle. The type species is Alloioscarabaeus cheni. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk, Nabozhenko & Nel | Early Cretaceous | A tenebrionine darkling beetle. The type species is Alphitopsis initialis. | ||||
| sp nov | Valid | Yue, Makranczy & Ren | Early Cretaceous | An oxyteline rove beetle, a species of Anotylus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chatzimanolis et al. | Cretaceous | A ptilodactylid byrrhoid beetle. The type species is Aphebodactyla rhetine. | ||||
| Aploceble (Chalcoaploceble) viridiaeneus[115] | Subgen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tshernyshev | Eocene | A melyrid beetle belonging to the subfamily Dasytinae, a subgenus and species of Aploceble. | |||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Schomann & Solodovnikov | Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) | A rove beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is A. volans; genus also includes A. solidus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Europe | A curculionid beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Archaeosciaphilus marshalli. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Háva & Bukejs | Late Eocene | A dermestid beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Attagenus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Riedel in Riedel et al. | A weevil belonging to the family Attelabidae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Riedel in Riedel et al. | A weevil belonging to the family Attelabidae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Riedel in Riedel et al. | A weevil belonging to the family Attelabidae. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs, Rücker & Kirejtshuk | Late Eocene | Europe | A latridiid beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Cartodere. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Perreau | Eocene | A leiodid beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Catops. | ||||
| Conapium (Palaeoconapion) alleni[122] | Subgen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | A beetle belonging to the family Brentidae, a subgenus and species of Conapium. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nikolajev, Wang & Zhang | Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Hybosoridae. The type species is C. fractus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yan, Nikolajev & Ren | Early Cretaceous | A glaphyrid beetle. The type species is Cretohypna cristata. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid[126] | Legalov | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | An apionine brentid weevil. Type species is Cretotanaos bontsaganensis. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lyubarsky & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | A cryptophagid beetle found in Rovno amber, a species of Cryptophagus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. | Valid | Kazantsev | Eocene | A firefly. The type species is Electotreta rasnitsyni. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Eocene | An omethid beetle. The type species is Electromethes alleni. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Oligocene | A lycid. The type species is E. avus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Klausnitzer | Eocene | Europe | A scirtid beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Elodes. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Klausnitzer | Eocene | Europe | A scirtid beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Elodes. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs, Reike & Rücker | Late Eocene | A member of Latridiidae found in Baltic amber, a species of Enicmus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Europe | A rhynchitid beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Eocenorhynchites vossi. | |||
| Eodromeus daohugouensis[132] | sp nov | Valid | Wang, Zhang and Ponomarenko | Middle Jurassic | A trachypachid, a species of Eodromeus. | |||
| Eodromeus robustus[132] | sp nov | Valid | Wang, Zhang and Ponomarenko | Middle Jurassic | A trachypachid, a species of Eodromeus. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A lucioline firefly found in Baltic amber. The type species is Eoluciola varang. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jałoszyński | A rove beetle found in Lithuanian Eocene Baltic amber. The type species is Euroleptochromus sabathi. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fikáček et al. | Late Jurassic | A hydrophiloid beetle, a species of Helophorus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fikáček et al. | Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary | A hydrophiloid beetle, a species of Helophorus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Cai, Short & Huang | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Hydroscaphidae. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai et al. | Middle Jurassic | A glypholomatine rove beetle. The type species is Juroglypholoma antiquum. | ||||
| Species | Valid | Legalov | Middle-Late Jurassic | |||||
| Species | Valid | Legalov | Middle-Late Jurassic | Karabastau Formation | An obrieniid beetle, a species of Kararhynchus. | |||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Fikáček et al. | Early Cretaceous | A hydrophiloid beetle; a new genus for "Hydrophilopsia" baissensis Ponomarenko (1987), "H." bontsaganica Prokin (2009), "H." hydraenoides Prokin, Ren & Fikáček (2010), "H." mongolica Ponomarenko (1987) and "H." shatrovskiyi Prokin, Ren & Fikáček (2010). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yan | Early Cretaceous | A lasiosynid beetle, a species of Lasiosyne. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yan | Early Cretaceous | A lasiosynid beetle, a species of Lasiosyne. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yan | Late Jurassic | A lasiosynid beetle, a species of Lasiosyne. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yan | Late Jurassic | A lasiosynid beetle, a species of Lasiosyne. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yan | Early Cretaceous | A lasiosynid beetle, a species of Lasiosyne. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Yan | Late Jurassic | A lasiosynid beetle, a species of Lasiosyne. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chatzimanolis, Grimaldi & Engel in Chatzimanolis et al. | Late Triassic (late Carnian or early Norian) | A beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be the earliest known rove beetle or a member of Myxophaga related to the family Hydroscaphidae.[141] The type species is Leehermania prorova. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nikolajev & Ren | Early Cretaceous | A beetle belonging to the family Glaphyridae, a species of Lithohypna. | ||||
| Lithohypna longula[142] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nikolajev & Ren | Early Cretaceous | A beetle belonging to the family Glaphyridae, a species of Lithohypna. | |||
| Lithohypna tuberculata[142] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nikolajev & Ren | Early Cretaceous | A beetle belonging to the family Glaphyridae, a species of Lithohypna. | |||
| Lithohypna yuxiana[142] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nikolajev & Ren | Early Cretaceous | A beetle belonging to the family Glaphyridae, a species of Lithohypna. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Telnov | Late Eocene | A macratriine anthicid beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Macratria. | ||||
| Melanapion (Melanapionoides) wanati[122] | Subgen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | A beetle belonging to the family Brentidae, a subgenus and species of Melanapion. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid[144] | Tan et al. | Middle Jurassic | A schizophorid archostematan beetle, a species of Menopraesagus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Nel | Earliest Eocene | A scymnine coccinellid beetle found in Oise amber, as species of Nephus | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko et al. | Early Jurassic | Originally described as a species of Notocupes; Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred this species to the genus Zygadenia.[147] | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Batelka | A member of the family Ripiphoridae belonging to the subfamily Ripidiinae. The type species is O. krali. The generic name is preoccupied by Olemehlia Holzschuh (2011); Batelka (2017) coined a replacement name Olemehliella.[149] | |||||
| Sp. nov | Tan et al. | A species of Omma | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Bukejs | Late Eocene | A melandryid beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Orchesia. | ||||
| Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid[126] | Legalov | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | A curculionid weevil. Type species is Palaeoerirhinus ponomarenkoi; genus also contains new species P. latus, P. thompsoni and P. longirostris. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Junior synonym | Legalov | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A belid. The type species is Palaeometrioxena zherikhini. Legalov (2019) considered the genus Palaeometrioxena to be a junior synonym of the genus Archimetrioxena, and transferred the species P zherikhini to the latter genus.[152] | |||
| Nom. et 2 sp. nov | Tan et al. | A member of the family Ommatidae; a replacement name for Euryomma Tan et al. (2006). The type species is "Euryomma" tylodes Tan et al. (2006); genus also includes new species P. cardiobasis. Additional new species described by Tan et al., P. ancistrodonta from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, was subsequently transferred to the genus Omma by Kirejtshuk (2020).[147] | ||||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Nikolajev & Ren | Early Cretaceous | A rain beetle, a species of Pleocoma. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bai, Ren, & Yang | Barremian to early Aptian | A stag beetle. The type species is Prosinodendron krelli. | ||||
| Prosolierius[155] | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Thayer, Newton, & Chatzimanolis | Barremian to Albian | A rove beetle. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Middle-Late Jurassic | Karabastau Formation | An obrieniid beetle. Its type species is Pseudobrienia rasnitsyni. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | An anthribid beetle. The type species is Pseudoglaesotropis martynovi. Legalov (2019) subsequently changed the rank of the genus Pseudoglaesotropis to the subgenus of the genus Glaesotropis, and transferred the species P. martynovi to the latter genus.[152] | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yan, Bai & Ren | Early Cretaceous | A hybosorid beetle. The type species is Pulcherhybosorus tridentatus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Nel | Earliest Eocene | Oise amber | A cocciduline coccinellid beetle, a species of Rhyzobius | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Nel | Earliest Eocene | Oise amber | A cocciduline coccinellid beetle, a species of Rhyzobius | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid[158] | Bai et al. | Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous | A septiventerid scarabaeoid beetle. The type species is Septiventer quadridentatus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk | Late Jurassic | |||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Zhang & Ponomarenko | Early Cretaceous | A trachypachid. The type species is Sinodromeus liutiaogouensis. | ||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Yu et al. | Middle Jurassic | A peltine trogossitid beetle. Genus contains two species: S. jurrasica (type species) and S. amoena. Kirejtshuk (2017) considered the genus Sinopeltis to be a junior synonym of the genus Cervicatinius Tan & Ren (2007).[161] | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jarzembowski et al. | Middle Jurassic | A schizophorid beetle. The type species is Sinoschizala darani. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Europe | A belid weevil found in Baltic amber. The type species is Succinometrioxena poinari. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev | Eocene (Priabonian) | A spider beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Sucinoptinus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Perreau | Eocene | A leiodid beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Tafforeus cainosternus. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Oberprieler & Oberprieler | Late Jurassic | A nemonychid weevil. The type species is Talbragarus averyi. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Tan et al. | Originally described as a species of Tetraphalerus; Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred this species to the ommatine genus Monticupes.[147] | ||||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko et al. | Late Triassic | A new genus for "Ademosynoides" chinaticus Lin (1992). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Telnov | Late Eocene | A tomoderine anthicid beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Tomoderus. | ||||
| Trixagus majusculus[167] | sp nov | Valid | Kovalev, Kirejtshuk & Nel | Lowermost Eocene | ||||
| Unda chifengensis[132] | sp nov | Valid | Wang, Zhang & Ponomarenko | Middle Jurassic | A trachypachid, a species of Unda. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lyubarsky & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A pleasing fungus beetle belonging to the subfamily Xenoscelinae. The type species is X. rovnense. |
Diptera[edit]
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Harbach & Greenwalt | Eocene | Europe | A mosquito found in Baltic Amber, a new genus for "Aedes" hoffeinsorum Szadziewski 1998. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit & Nel | A species of Bibio. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit & Nel | Oligocene | A species of Bibio. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Oberprieler & Yeates | Late Jurassic | An archisargid brachyceran, a species of Calosargus. | ||||
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Fedotova & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | A cecidomyiid fly, with two species: C. korneyevi and C. conceptiva. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Harbach & Greenwalt | Eocene | A mosquito, a species of Culiseta. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Harbach & Greenwalt | Eocene | A mosquito, a species of Culiseta. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi & Kirk-Spriggs | Miocene | A curtonotid found in Dominican amber, a species of Curtonotum. | ||||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Zhang | Middle Jurassic | An archisargid brachyceran; a new genus for "Sharasargus" eximius Zhang, Yang & Ren (2008). | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi & Kirk-Spriggs | Miocene | A curtonotid found in Dominican amber. The type species is Depressonotum priscum. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Podenas & Poinar | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | A species of Dicranomyia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Podenas & Poinar | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | A species of Dicranomyia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Podenas & Poinar | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | A species of Dicranomyia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Podenas & Poinar | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | A species of Dicranomyia. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Fedotova & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | A cecidomyiid fly found in Rovno amber, a species of Didactylomyia. | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Brown | Burdigalian | Dominican amber | A bat fly, type species E. stegosoma, |  | ||
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Harbach & Greenwalt | Eocene | Europe | A mosquito found in Baltic Amber, a new genus for "Aedes" damzeni Szadziewski 1998. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Liu, Shih & Ren | Middle Jurassic | A ptychopterid, a species of Eoptychopterina. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Liu, Shih & Ren | Middle Jurassic | A trichocerid, a species of Eotrichocera. | ||||
| Erioptera (?Mesocyphona) beata[175] | Sp. nov | Valid | Podenas & Poinar | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | A species of Erioptera. | |||
| Erioptera (Mesocyphona) diver[175] | Sp. nov | Valid | Podenas & Poinar | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | A species of Erioptera. | |||
| Erioptera (?Mesocyphona) sherry[175] | Sp. nov | Valid | Podenas & Poinar | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | A species of Erioptera. | |||
| Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Zhang | An archisargid fly. Genus contains three species: Flagellisargus sinicus, F. venustus and F. robustus. | |||||
| Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Fedotova & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | A cecidomyiid fly with 4 species | ||||
| Helius (Helius) collemus[175] | Sp. nov | Valid | Podenas & Poinar | Late Oligocene to early Miocene | A species of Helius. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich & Przhiboro | A chironomid, a species of Jurochlus. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich & Przhiboro | A chironomid, a species of Jurochlus. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich & Przhiboro | A chironomid, a species of Jurochlus. | |||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich & Przhiboro | A chironomid, a species of Jurochlus. | |||||
| Lacrimyza[183] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid[184] | Roháček | Eocene | Europe | An anthomyzid. Genus contains two species: L. lacrimosa and L. christelae. | ||
| Laiyangitabanus[185] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang | Early Cretaceous | A horse-fly. The type species is Laiyangitabanus formosus. | |||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Li | Middle Jurassic or lowermost Upper Jurassic | A rhagionid. The type species is Lithorhagio megalocephalus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Grund | Miocene | A lygistorrhinid fungus gnat found in Dominican amber, a species of Lygistorrhina. | ||||
| Mesorhyphus handlirschi[188] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | Upper Jurassic | An anisopodid bibionomorph, a species of Mesorhyphus. | |||
| Mesorhyphus hennigi[188] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | Upper Jurassic | An anisopodid bibionomorph, a species of Mesorhyphus. | |||
| sp nov | Valid | Wang, Zhao & Ren | Middle Jurassic | A mesosciophilid nematoceran, a species of Mesosciophila. | ||||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Zhang | Middle Jurassic | An archisargid brachyceran; a replacement name for Brevisolva daohugouensis Zhang et al. (2010). | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wagner in Wagner & Stuckenberg | Late Eocene | Europe | A bruchomyiine psychodid fly. Originally described as a species of Nemopalpus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Palaeosycorax.[191] | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wagner in Wagner & Stuckenberg | Cretaceous (Albian) | A bruchomyiine psychodid fly. Originally described as a species of Nemopalpus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Palaeoglaesum.[191] | ||||
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang | Latest Middle Jurassic or earliest Late Jurassic | An orientisargid archisargoid brachyceran. The type species is Orientisargus illecebrosus. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | Late Jurassic | A podonomine chironomid, as species of Oryctochlus | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | Late Jurassic | A podonomine chironomid, as species of Oryctochlus | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Kania & Krzemiński | Eocene | Europe | A limoniid found in Baltic amber, a species of Palaeopoecilostola. | |||
| sp nov | Valid | Wang, Zhao & Ren | Middle Jurassic | A mesosciophilid nematoceran, a species of Paramesosciophilodes. | ||||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit & Nel | Oligocene | A species of Penthetria. | ||||
| sp nov | Valid | Krzemiński, Kania & Nel | Late Miocene | A ptychopterid, a species of Probittacomorpha. | ||||
| Procramptonomyia kovalevi[188] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | Upper Jurassic | A procramptonomyiid bibionomorph, a species of Procramptonomyia. | |||
| Procramptonomyia ponomarenkoi[188] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | Upper Jurassic | A procramptonomyiid bibionomorph, a species of Procramptonomyia. | |||
| Protanthomyza hennigi[183] | Sp. nov | Valid[184] | Roháček | Eocene | Europe | An anthomyzid, a species of Protanthomyza. | ||
| Protanthomyza hoffeinsorum[183] | Sp. nov | Valid[184] | Roháček | Eocene | Europe | An anthomyzid, a species of Protanthomyza. | ||
| Protanthomyza krylovi[183] | Sp. nov | Valid[184] | Roháček | Eocene | Europe | An anthomyzid, a species of Protanthomyza. | ||
| Protanthomyza loewi[183] | Sp. nov | Valid[184] | Roháček | Eocene | Europe | An anthomyzid, a species of Protanthomyza. | ||
| Protanthomyza meunieri[183] | Sp. nov | Valid[184] | Roháček | Eocene | Europe | An anthomyzid, a species of Protanthomyza. | ||
| Protanthomyza presli[183] | Sp. nov | Valid[184] | Roháček | Eocene | Europe | An anthomyzid, a species of Protanthomyza. | ||
| Protanthomyza tschirnhausi[183] | Sp. nov | Valid[184] | Roháček | Eocene | Europe | An anthomyzid, a species of Protanthomyza. | ||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Borkent | Canadian amber | A member of the family Ceratopogonidae. Originally described as a species of Protoculicoides; Borkent (2019) transferred this species to the genus Atriculicoides.[196] | ||||
| Protorhagio parvus[186] | sp nov | Valid | Zhang & Li | Middle Jurassic or lowermost Upper Jurassic | A rhagionid, a species of Protorhagio. | |||
| Protorhyphus rohdendorfi[188] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich | Upper Jurassic | A protorhyphid bibionomorph, a species of Protorhyphus. | |||
| Gen. et 3 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Fedotova & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Europe | A cecidomyiid fly with 5 species | |||
| Nom. nov | Valid | Zhang | Early Cretaceous | An archisargid brachyceran; a replacement name for Allomyia Ren (1998). | ||||
| Sinocretomyia[185] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang | Early Cretaceous | An athericid. The type species is Sinocretomyia minuscula. | |||
| Sp. nov | Valid | Borkent |
