See also: 2018 in arthropod paleontology and 2018 in paleontology. 2018 in paleoentomology is a list of new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2018, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoentomology that were scheduled to occur during the year.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acalyptopygus | Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is A. brevicornis; genus also includes A. lingziae, A. elongatus and A. astriatus. | thumb|center|upright|Acalyptopygus brevicornis | |
| Allostrophus[1] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hsiao et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Tetratomidae. Genus includes new species A. cretaceus. | ||
| Amberocula[2] | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Batelka, Engel & Prokop | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ripiphoridae. The type species is A. muelleri; genus also includes A. costata and A. fallax. | ||
| Amplectister[3] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Caterino & Maddison | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Histeridae. The type species is A. tenax. | thumb|center|upright|Amplectister tenax | |
| Aphelonyssus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is A. latus. | ||
| Apotomoura[4] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bao et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Tenebrionoidea belonging to the new family Apotomouridae. Genus includes new species A. fortiscrura. | ||
| Archaeoheilus[5] | Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil. The type species is A. scudderi; genus also includes new species A. ovalis, as well as A. packardii (Scudder, 1893), A. provectus (Scudder, 1876), A. deleticius (Scudder, 1893) and A. lacoei (Scudder, 1893). | ||
| Ataenius damzeni[6] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs & Alekseev | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A species of Ataenius. | |
| Atomaria saxonica[7] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lyubarsky & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Bitterfeld amber | A species of Atomaria. | ||
| Autosilis annisettaekoppelae[8] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Silinae. | |
| Baltocoeliodes[9] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Bukejs | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae and the tribe Ceutorhynchini. The type species is B. sontagae. | |
| Baltocyba[10] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of the family Brentidae, the subfamily Apioninae and the tribe Rhadinocybini. The type species is B. electrinus. | |
| Baltonanophyes | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of the family Brentidae, the subfamily Nanophyinae and the tribe Nanophyini. The type species is B. crassirostre. | |
| Baltostigus striatipennis[11] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jałoszyński et al. | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the supertribe Mastigitae. | |
| Bowangius | Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is B. cyclops; genus also includes B. tanaops, B. zhenuai and B. glabratus. | ||
| Burmalestes[12] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tomaszewska & Ślipiński in Tomaszewska et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus includes new species B. albertalleni. | ||
| Burmitoma | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Batelka, Engel & Prokop | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ripiphoridae. The type species is B. nalae. | ||
| Burmocorynus[13] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Originally described as a member of the family Belidae, but subsequently transferred to the weevil family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is B. jarzembowskii Legalov (2018); genus also includes B. longus Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. (2018). | ||
| Burmomacer | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Nemonychidae. The type species is B. kirejtshuki. | ||
| Burmomiles[14] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Genus includes new species B. willerslevorum. | ||
| Burmorhinus[15] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil, originally assigned to the subfamily Erirhininae and the tribe Arthrostenini; subsequently transferred to the weevil family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. Genus includes new species B. georgei Legalov (2018) and B. setosus Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. (2018). | ||
| Cacomorphocerus bentifabrici | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | |
| Cacomorphocerus madseni | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | |
| Cacomorphocerus wiszniewskii[16] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Kupryjanowicz | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A soldier beetle. | |
| Calyptocis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is C. brevirostris. | thumb|center|upright|Calyptocis brevirostris | |
| Cantharis hanswerneri[17] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic region) | A species of Cantharis. | |
| Cantharis hoffeinsorum | Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic region) | A species of Cantharis. | |
| Cantharis mikkelsenorum | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Cantharis. | |
| Cascomastigus minor[18] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yin, Cai & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Scydmaeninae. | ||
| Cetionyx | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is C. batiatus; genus also includes C. terebrans and C. ursinus. | ||
| Colon burmiticum[19] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yamamoto in Yamamoto & Takahashi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Leiodidae belonging to the subfamily Coloninae. | ||
| Compsopsarus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is C. reneae. | ||
| Cretaparamecus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tomaszewska, Ślipiński, Bai & Zhang in Tomaszewska et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus includes new species C. tarsalis. | ||
| Cretohister[20] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhou et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of Histeroidea belonging to the new family Cretohisteridae. Genus includes new species C. sinensis. | ||
| Cretohypsilara[21] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai, Maier & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A riffle beetle. Genus includes new species C. parva. | ||
| Cretolestes | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tomaszewska, Ślipiński & Ren in Tomaszewska et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus includes new species C. niger. | ||
| Cretoparacucujus[22] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai & Escalona in Cai et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Boganiidae belonging to the subfamily Paracucujinae. The type species is C. cycadophilus. | ||
| Cretozenodosus[23] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Cleroidea belonging to the family Thanerocleridae and the subfamily Zenodosinae. Genus includes new species C. fossilis. | ||
| ?Cryptarcha subglobosa[24] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Nel | Paleocene | Possibly a species of Cryptarcha. | |||
| Cyclaxyra cretacea[25] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wu, Li & Ding | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Cucujoidea belonging to the family Cyclaxyridae. Originally described as a species of Cyclaxyra; Gimmel et al. (2019) made it the type species of a separate genus Electroxyra.[26] | ||
| Cyrtocis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is C. gibbus. | ||
| Debbia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is D. gracilirostris. | ||
| Dignomus francescovitalii[27] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs, Bellés & Alekseev | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A spider beetle. | |
| Dinoharpalus martynovi | Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation | A member of the family Permosynidae. | ||
| Dysanabatium aenaum[28] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła | Eocene | Baltic amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae. | ||
| Dysanabatium damgaardi | Sp. nov | Valid | Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae. | |
| Dysanabatium johannesi | Sp. nov | Valid | Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae. | |
| Dysanabatium kechrimparense | Sp. nov | Valid | Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła | Eocene | Baltic amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae. | ||
| Echogomphus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is E. viridescens. | ||
| Eduardoxenus[29] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov, Nazarenko & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Choraginae and the tribe Valenfriesiini. The type species is E. unicus. | ||
| Electrocis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is E. dentitibialis. | ||
| Electrorubesopsis[30] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bai & Wang in Li et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Scarabaeidae. Genus includes new species E. beuteli. | ||
| Elwoodius | Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is E. conicops. The generic name is preoccupied by Elwoodius Colonnelli (2014); Clarke & Oberprieler (2019) coined a replacement name Zimmiorhinus.[31] | ||
| Erichia cretacea[32] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Limnichidae. | ||
| Eridanula | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. The type species is E. susannaebierae. | |
| Eudiagogus vossi | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil, a species of Eudiagogus. | ||
| Euroleptochromus setifer | Sp. nov | Valid | Jałoszyński et al. | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the supertribe Mastigitae. | |
| Euroleptochromus tuberculatus[33] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yin & Cai | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the supertribe Mastigitae. | |
| Euryepomus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is E. lophomerus. | ||
| Extinctocentrinus[34] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae. The type species is E. brevirostris. | ||
| Frankencupes[35] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko & Bashkuev | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | Röt Formation | A member of Archostemata belonging to the family Permocupedidae. Genus includes new species F. ultimus. | ||
| Furcalabratum[36] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar & Brown | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Kateretidae. Genus includes new species F. burmanicum. | ||
| Geraeus anvilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A species of Geraeus. | ||
| Geraeus fossilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A species of Geraeus. | ||
| Giltine[37] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Tomaszewska | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. The type species is G. ampeensis. | |
| Glaresis burmitica[38] | Sp. nov | Valid | Cai & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A species of Glaresis. | ||
| Globicornis groehni[39] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs & Háva | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Globicornis. | |
| Gnomus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is G. brevis; genus also includes G. spinipes. | ||
| Gollandia[40] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Makranczy, Yamamoto & Engel | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Oxytelinae, tentatively placed in the tribe Coprophilini. The type species is G. planata. | ||
| Gonodera baygushevae[41] | Sp. nov | Valid | Nabozhenko & Chigray | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A darkling beetle belonging to the subfamily Alleculinae. | |
| Gramboale | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Tomaszewska | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. The type species is G. prutenorum. | |
| Guillermorhinus[42] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Nemonychidae and the subfamily Rhinorhynchinae. The type species is G. longitarsis. | ||
| Habropezus kimpulleni | Sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. | ||
| Habropezus ncoxatirostris | Sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. | ||
| Habropezus tenuicornis | Sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. | ||
| Hukawngichthyurus[43] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Ellenberger | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Genus includes new species H. kyawkhaingwini. | ||
| Hukawngius | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is H. crassipes. | ||
| Hydrobiites permianus[44] | Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation | A member of the family Permosynidae. | ||
| Hymenorus campbelli[45] | Nom. nov | Valid | Bouchard in Bousquet et al. | Miocene | Dominican amber | A darkling beetle; replacement name for Hymenorus oculatus Doyen & Poinar (1994). | ||
| Juratelacrima | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. The type species is J. ballingi. | |
| Kekveus[46] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yamamoto, Grebennikov & Takahashi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ptiliidae. Genus includes new species K. jason. | ||
| Kleinzaches | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Tomaszewska | Late Eocene | Bitterfeld amber | A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. The type species is K. germanicianus. | ||
| Klesovia[47] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Petrov & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A bark beetle. Genus includes new species K. pubescens. | ||
| Kuafu[48] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yin et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An ant-like stone beetle belonging to the stem group of the tribe Scydmaenini. Genus includes new species K. borealis. | ||
| Kuskaella bajerae | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae. | |
| Leptopezus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is L. rastellipes; genus also includes L. barbatus. | ||
| Limodromus emetikos[49] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gamboa & Ortuño | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A ground beetle belonging to the tribe Platynini. | |
| Lithogeraeus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil. The type species is L. greenriverensis. | ||
| Louwiocis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is L. megalops. | ||
| Lycocerus christelae | Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic region) | A soldier beetle. | |
| Lycocerus dentantennatus | Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic region) | A soldier beetle. | |
| Malthinus rifbjergi | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Malthinus. | |
| Malthodes aphidiphagus[50] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Michalski | Eocene | Baltic amber | A species of Malthodes. | ||
| Malthodes henningseni | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Malthodes. | |
| Malthodes meriae[51] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Eocene (Lutetian to Priabonian) | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Malthodes. | |
| Malthodes moellehavei | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Malthodes. | |
| Markus[52] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Pankowski | Eocene (Lutetian to Priabonian) | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Silinae and the tribe Silini. The type species is M. karenae. | |
| Malthodes (Malthodes) josephi[53] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Pankowski | Eocene (Priabonian) | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Malthodes. | |
| Mekorhamphus beatae | Sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. | ||
| Mekorhamphus gracilipes | Sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. | ||
| Mekorhamphus poinari | Sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. | ||
| Mekorhamphus tenuicornis | Sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. | ||
| Menatoraea | Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Nel | Paleocene | A sap beetle. The type species is M. typica; genus also includes M. angustitibialis, M. laticollis and M. gracilis. | |||
| Microzavaljus[54] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lyubarsky & Perkovsky | Eocene | Bitterfeld amber | A member of the family Erotylidae belonging to the subfamily Xenoscelinae. The type species is M. saxonicum. | ||
| Miocenocylas[55] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Middle Miocene | Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation | A member of the family Brentidae belonging to the subfamily Cyladinae. Genus includes new species M. heeri. | ||
| Molliberus[56] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Peris & Fanti | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | A soldier beetle known from amber from the Cave of El Soplao. Genus includes new species M. albae. | |||
| Multispinus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bao et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Tenebrionoidea belonging to the new family Apotomouridae. Genus includes new species M. multispinosus. | ||
| Myanmarus | Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is M. caviventris; genus also includes M. robustus, M. dentifer and M. diversiunguis. | ||
| Nicentrus curvirostris | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A species of Nicentrus. | ||
| Nitoraeopsis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Nel | Paleocene | A sap beetle. Genus includes new species N. mixta. | |||
| Noergaardia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. The type species is N. dinae. | |
| Nuegua[57] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yin, Cai & Newton | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A glandulariine ant-like stone beetle. Genus includes new species N. elongata. | ||
| Nugatorhinus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is N. chenyangi; genus also includes N. albomaculatus. | ||
| Ocriocis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is O. binodosus. | ||
| Opeatorhynchus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is O. comans. | ||
| Ornatomalthinus ruicheni[58] | Sp. nov | Valid | Hsiao & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Originally described as a species of Ornatomalthinus; Fanti (2018) transferred this species to the genus Sanaungulus.[59] | ||
| Orsunius electronefelus[60] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kypke & Solodovnikov | Eocene | Rovno amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae, tribe Lathrobiini and subtribe Medonina. | ||
| Oxycorynoides bucklowae[61] | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Jarzembowski | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Upper Weald Clay Formation | A weevil belonging to the family Nemonychidae. | ||
| Palaecoryphus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Tomaszewska | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. The type species is P. viktori. | |
| Palaeolycra | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Nel | Paleocene | A sap beetle. Genus includes new species P. palaeocenica. | |||
| Palaeomallerus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil. The type species is P. longirostris. | ||
| Palaeomycetes | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tomaszewska, Ślipiński & Ren in Tomaszewska et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus includes new species P. foveolatus. | ||
| Palaeotylus[62] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar, Vega & Legalov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | Originally described as an ambrosia beetle; subsequently considered to be unlikely to belong to Curculionoidea by Clarke et al. (2018). Genus includes new species P. femoralis. | ||
| Palmnickeneoceras | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. The type species is P. ejersboi. | |
| Pangusyndicus[63] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yin, Zhou & Cai in Yin et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An ant-like stone beetle. Genus includes new species P. excavatus. | ||
| Paraodontomma szwedoi[64] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ommatidae belonging to the tribe Brochocoleini. | ||
| Perapion rasnitsyni | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil, a species of Perapion. | ||
| Periosocerus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is P. deplanatus; genus also includes P. crenulatus. | ||
| Perroudia manuherikia[65] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kaulfuss et al. | Early Miocene | Manuherikia Group | A member of the family Brentidae. | ||
| Petalotarsus | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is P. oxycorynoides; genus also includes P. curculionoides and P. cylindricus. | ||
| Platychirus | Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is P. beloides. The generic name is preoccupied by Platychirus Agassiz (1846); Clarke & Oberprieler (2019) coined a replacement name Burmophyletis. | ||
| Platypelochares electricus[66] | Sp. nov. | Valid | Hernando, Szawaryn & Ribera | Eocene (Lutetian) | Baltic amber | Europe (Gdańsk Bay area) | A member of the family Limnichidae. Originally described as a species of Platypelochares, but subsequently made the type species of the separate genus Hernandochares.[67] | |
| Plesiotoma | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Batelka, Engel & Prokop | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ripiphoridae. The type species is P. alissae. | ||
| Podistra kloevedali | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | |
| Poinarinius[68] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An auger beetle belonging to the subfamily Dinoderinae. Genus includes new species P. burmaensis. | ||
| Ponomarenkium[69] | Nom. nov | Valid | Yan et al. | Late Permian | Newcastle Coal Measures | A beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned to the new family Ponomarenkiidae; a replacement name for Ponomarenkia Yan et al. (2017). | ||
| Praphennium[70] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jałoszyński | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Scydmaeninae and the tribe Cephenniini. Genus includes new species P. carinatum. | ||
| Primocentron | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil. The type species is P. wickhami. | ||
| Procleomenes gouverneuri[71] | Sp. nov | Valid | Vitali | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A longhorn beetle. | |
| Propiestus[72] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yamamoto, Caron & Bortoluzzi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Piestinae. Genus includes new species P. archaicus. | ||
| Protoripidius[73] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai, Yin & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ripiphoridae and the subfamily Ripidiinae. Genus includes new species P. burmiticus. | ||
| Pseudochirotenon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil. The type species is P. eocaenicus. | ||
| Pseudochrysomelites dvinensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation | A member of the family Schizocoleidae. | ||
| Pseudophaops | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Legalov | Eocene | Green River Formation | A weevil. The type species is "Otiorhynchus" perditus Scudder (1876). | ||
| Rhadinomycter | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is R. perplexus. | ||
| Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) maryae | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Pankowski | Eocene (Priabonian) | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Rhagonycha. | |
| Rhagonycha nielsenae | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Rhagonycha. | |
| Rhynchitomimus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is R. chalybeus. | ||
| Sanaungulus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A soldier beetle. Genus includes new species S. curtipennis and S. ghitaenoerbyae. | ||
| Scydmobisetia loebli[74] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yin, Zhou & Cai | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An ant-like stone beetle. | ||
| Scydmobisetia mengjiae | Sp. nov | Valid | Yin, Zhou & Cai | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An ant-like stone beetle. | ||
| Seidlitzella hoffeinsorum[75] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kolibáč & Alekseev | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Trogossitidae belonging to the tribe Gymnochilini. | |
| Serangium gedanicum[76] | Sp. nov | Valid | Szawaryn & Szwedo | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Coccinellidae. | |
| Serangium twardowskii | Sp. nov | Valid | Szawaryn & Szwedo | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Coccinellidae. | |
| Shixitomaria | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Lyubarsky & Perkovsky | Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) | Shixi Formation | A member of the family Cryptophagidae belonging to the subfamily Atomariinae; a new genus for "Atomaria" cretacea Cai & Wang (2013). | ||
| Sinochaetodus[77] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Hybosoridae. Genus includes new species S. tridentatus. | ||
| Sinohybosorus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Hybosoridae. Genus includes new species S. cheni. | ||
| Sorodites[78] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Chetverikov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A sap beetle. Genus includes new species S. angustipes. | ||
| Soronia menatensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Kirejtshuk & Nel | Paleocene | A sap beetle. | |||
| Spinotoma[79] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hsiao & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ripiphoridae belonging to the subfamily Pelecotominae. The type species is S. ruicheni. | ||
| Succinumanax[80] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bao, Rust & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A water-penny beetle belonging to the subfamily Eubrianacinae. Genus includes new species is S. birmaniasis. | ||
| Sucinorhagonycha samsockorum | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Pankowski | Eocene (Priabonian) | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae and the tribe Cantharini. | |
| Symbiotes borussiaeorientalis | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Tomaszewska | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. | |
| Taimyraltica[81] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nadein & Perkovsky | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Taimyr amber | A leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Galerucinae. Genus includes new species T. calcarata. | ||
| Tetracoleus aristovi | Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation | A member of the family Asiocoleidae. | ||
| Tetracoleus meyeni | Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation | A member of the family Asiocoleidae. | ||
| Tetracoleus vasilenkoi | Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation | A member of the family Asiocoleidae. | ||
| Themus bennyianderseni | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti & Damgaard | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. | |
| Tomoxia succinea[82] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bao et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Tomoxia. | |
| Trichodesma fennosarmatica[83] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bukejs, Háva & Alekseev | Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Trichodesma. | |
| Trochoideus koenigsbergicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Tomaszewska | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of the family Endomychidae. | |
| Trochoideus resinatissimus | Sp. nov | Valid | Alekseev & Tomaszewska | Late Eocene | Bitterfeld amber | A member of the family Endomychidae. | ||
| Tunguskagyrus[84] | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Yan, Beutel & Lawrence | Permian (Changhsingian) | Lebedevskian Horizon | A beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement; originally described as a whirligig beetle, but subsequently argued to be a member of the family Triaplidae instead.[85] The type species is T. planus; genus might also include "Triaplus" sibiricus Volkov (2013), though this species was also argued to be a member of the genus Tomiaplus instead.[86] | |||
| Tychtocoleus popovi | Sp. nov | Valid | Ponomarenko | Late Permian | Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation | A member of the family Permosynidae. | ||
| Vetatrecus[87] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Kypke et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Staphylininae and the tribe Othiini. Genus includes new species V. adelfiae and V. secretum. | ||
| Vetudasycerus[88] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Dasycerinae. Genus includes new species V. burmiticus. | ||
| Vetujinbrianax[89] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cai & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A water-penny beetle. Genus includes new species V. cretaceus. | ||
| Zemyna | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tomaszewska in Tomaszewska et al. | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus was originally named Laima Alekseev & Tomaszewska (2018); however, this generic name turned out to be preoccupied by Laima Gravitis (1981). The type species is Z. andreei (Alekseev & Tomaszewska, 2018). | |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthodiplatys[90] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ren et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Diplatyidae. Genus includes new species A. leptocercus. | ||
| Brevicula maculata[91] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski | Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) | Charmouth Mudstone Formation | An earwig belonging to the family Protodiplatyidae. | ||
| Dimapteron | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski | Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) | Durlston Formation | An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae. The type species is D. corami. | ||
| Hirtidiplatys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ren et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Diplatyidae. Genus includes new species H. cardiophyllus. | ||
| Phanerogramma australis | Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Blackstone Formation | An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae. | ||
| Phanerogramma dunstani | Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Blackstone Formation | An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae. | ||
| Phanerogramma gouldsbroughi | Sp. nov | Valid | Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski | Rhaetian or Hettangian | An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae. | |||
| Robustipygia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ren et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Pygidicranidae. Genus includes new species R. calvata. | ||
| Trivenapteron | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | An earwig of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is T. moorei. | |||
| Tytthodiplatys ortholabis | Sp. nov | Valid | Ren et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Diplatyidae. | ||
| Valdopteron | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Upper Weald Clay | An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae. The type species is V. woodi. | ||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alienopterella[92] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kočárek | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of Alienopterus. Genus includes new species A. stigmatica. | ||
| Alienopterix[93] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Mlynský, Vršanský & Wang in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of Alienopterus or a member of the family Cratovitismidae.[94] The type species is A. ocularis. | ||
| Apiblatta | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Barna & Bigalk in Vršanský et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Crato Formation | A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is A. muratai. | ||
| Burmantis hexispinea[95] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A mantis. | ||
| Caputoraptor[96] [97] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Bai, Beutel & Wipfler in Bai et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is C. elegans; genus also includes C. vidit Šmídová, Vršanský & Wang in Vršanský et al. (2018). | ||
| Chimaeroblattina | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Barna in Vršanský et al. | Middle Eocene | Green River Formation | A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is C. brevipes. | ||
| Cratovitisma bechlyi[98] | Sp. nov | Valid | Podstrelená in Podstrelená & Sendi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A beetle-like cockroach belonging to the family Umenocoleidae. | ||
| Cratovitisma cortexi | Sp. nov | Valid | Sendi in Podstrelená & Sendi | Early Cretaceous | Lebanese amber | A beetle-like cockroach belonging to the family Umenocoleidae. | ||
| Falcatusiblatta[99] | Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Liang, Shih & Ren | Middle and Late Jurassic | Daohugou Beds Karabastau Svita | A cockroach belonging to the family Raphidiomimidae. Genus includes new species F. gracilis and F. qiandaohua, as well as "Rhipidoblattina" karatavica Vishniakova (1968). | ||
| Grant | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov in Vršanský et al. | Middle Eocene | Green River Formation | A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is G. viridifluvius. | ||
| Meilia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et Wang in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is M. jinghanae. | ||
| Nodosigalea[100] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species N. burmanica. | ||
| Phyloblatta beijingensis[101] | Sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Carboniferous-Permian | Taiyuan Formation | A cockroach. | ||
| Piniblattella yixianensis[102] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gao, Shih & Ren in Gao et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A cockroach. Transferred to the genus Spinaeblattina by Hinkelman (2019).[103] | ||
| Teyia | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský, Mlynský & Wang in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is T. branislav Vršanský & Wang (2018); genus also includes T. huangi Vršanský, Mlynský & Wang (2018). | ||
| Vcelesvab | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský, Barna & Bigalk in Vršanský et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Crato Formation | A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is V. cratocretokrat. | ||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acartophthalmites willii[104] | Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-de la Fuente, Hoffeins & Roháček | Eocene | Baltic amber | Baltic Sea coast, probably (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of Opomyzoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. | |
| Alonchoptera[105] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Early Cretaceous | A member of the stem group of Lonchopteroidea. The type species is A. lebanica. | |||
| Archilimonia grauvogeliana[106] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich & Ribeiro | Middle Triassic (Anisian) | An early member of Tipuloidea. | |||
| Archipleciomima germanica[107] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopeć et al. | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | A member of Mycetophiloidea. | |||
| Aschizomyia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Syrphoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is A. burmensis. | ||
| Austroconops perrichoti[108] | Sp. nov | Valid | Dominiak, Szadziewski & Nel | Cretaceous (latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian) | A member of the family Ceratopogonidae belonging to the subfamily Leptoconopinae. | |||
| Burmapeza | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is B. radicis. | ||
| Burmazelmira grimaldii[109] | Sp. nov | Valid | Arillo, Blagoderov & Peñalver | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Maestrat Basin | A member of Archizelmiridae. | ||
| Calvopeza | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is C. divergens. | ||
| Canadopeza | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous | A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is C. biacrosticha. | |||
| Chandleromyia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is C. anomala. | ||
| Dacochile browni[110] | Sp. nov | Valid | Skibińska & Krzemiński | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Tanyderidae. | ||
| Dacochile poinari | Sp. nov | Valid | Skibińska & Krzemiński | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Tanyderidae. | ||
| Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) colombiana[111] | Sp. nov | Valid | Krzemiński et al. | Colombian copal | A species of Dicranomyia. | |||
| Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) indica[112] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kania et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay amber | A species of Dicranomyia. | ||
| Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) kukulai[113] | Sp. nov | Valid | Krzemiński, Kania & Wojtoń | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A species of Dicranomyia. | |
| Eodromyia[114] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Myskowiak, Garrouste & Nel | Early Eocene | Oise amber | A member of the family Hybotidae. Genus includes new species E. pumilio. | ||
| Eoprocladius[115] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Szadziewski, Sontag & Dominiak | Eocene | Baltic amber | Baltic Sea region | A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Procladiini. Genus includes new species E. hoffeinsorum. | |
| Eosciadocera pauciseta | Sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Phoridae belonging to the subfamily Sciadocerinae. | |
| Gujaratomyia[116] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Giłka & Zakrzewska in Zakrzewska et al. | Early Eocene | Cambay amber | A non-biting midge belonging to the tribe Tanytarsini. Genus includes new species G. miripes. | ||
| Helius spiralensis[117] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kania, Krzemiński & Arillo | Early Cretaceous | Álava amber | A species of Helius. | ||
| Irwinimyia[118] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Apsilocephalidae. Genus includes new species I. spinosa. | ||
| Langtonius[119] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lukashevich & Przhiboro | Early Cretaceous | Tsagan Tsab Formation | A member of the family Chironomidae. Genus includes new species L. cynaricaudatus. | ||
| Lebanopeza | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is L. azari. | |||
| Libanosycorax[120] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Azar, Azar & Maksoud | Early Cretaceous | A relative of members of the genus Sycorax. Genus includes new species L. dimyi. | |||
| Lindneromyia dominicana | Sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Lindneromyia. | ||
| Lindneromyia neomedialis | Sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Lindneromyia. | ||
| Lonchopterites burmensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the stem group of Lonchopteroidea. | ||
| Macalpinomyia[121] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li & Yeates | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ironomyiidae. Genus includes new species M. jiewenae. | ||
| Mailotrichocera praedicta[122] | Sp. nov | Valid | Krzemińska & Lukashevich | Early Jurassic (possibly Sinemurian) | Dzil Formation | A member of the family Trichoceridae. | ||
| Mesorhyphus ulrichi | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopeć et al. | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | A member of the family Anisopodidae. | |||
| Mesotipula slatteri[123] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopeć | Early Jurassic | A member of Limoniidae. | |||
| Myanmarpsilocephala | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Apsilocephalidae. Genus includes new species M. grimaldii. | ||
| Neuseptychoptera[124] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Szadziewski, Krynicki & Krzemiński | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | Tar Heel Formation | A member of Ptychopteridae belonging to the subfamily Eoptychopterinae. Genus includes new species N. carolinensis. | ||
| Oligopipiza[125] | Gen et sp. nov | Valid | Nidergras, Hadrava & Nel in Nidergas et al. | Oligocene | A hoverfly. The type species is O. quadriguttata. | |||
| Palaeopetia dorsalis | Sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ironomyiidae. | ||
| Palaeopetia terminus | Sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ironomyiidae. | ||
| Proironia | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Ironomyiidae. The type species is P. gibbera; genus also includes P. burmitica. | ||
| Prophora | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomianian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Phoridae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. dimorion. | ||
| Prosyrphus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Grimaldi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A possible stem-hoverfly. The type species is P. thompsoni. | ||
| Serromyia errata[126] | Sp. nov | Valid | Szadziewski | Eocene | Bitterfeld amber | A species of Serromyia; a new species established for the specimens originally assigned to the species Serromyia alphea (Heyden, 1870). | ||
| Similinannotanyderus zbigniewi[127] | Sp. nov | Valid | Skibińska & Krzemiński | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Tanyderidae. | ||
| Sylvicola baltica[128] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wojtoń, Kania & Kopeć | Eocene | Baltic amber | Baltic Sea region | A species of Sylvicola. | |
| Sylvicola hoffeinsorum | Sp. nov | Valid | Wojtoń, Kania & Kopeć | Eocene | Baltic amber Bitterfeld amber | Baltic Sea region | A species of Sylvicola. | |
| Sylvicola punctata | Sp. nov | Junior homonym | Wojtoń, Kania & Kopeć | Eocene | Baltic amber | Baltic Sea region | A species of Sylvicola. The name is preoccupied by Sylvicola punctatus (Fabricius, 1787); Hancock & Kania (2019) coined a replacement name Sylvicola harrisi.[129] | |
| Tipula americana[130] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kania et al. | Eocene | Green River Formation | A species of Tipula. | ||
| Ugolyakia[131] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Perkovsky, Sukhomlin & Zelenkov | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Taimyr amber | A black fly. Genus includes new species U. kaluginae. | ||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthoscytina daidaleos[132] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fu, Huang & Engel | Middle or Late Jurassic | Haifanggou Formation | A froghopper belonging to the family Procercopidae. | ||
| Aphrastomedes[133] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yamada & Yamamoto in Yamada, Yamamoto & Takahashi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Cimicomorpha, probably belonging to the family Velocipedidae. Genus includes new species A. anthocoroides. | ||
| Archetingis[134] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Montagna et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Meride Limestone | A member of the family Tingidae. The type species is A. ladinica. | ||
| Archipedionis[135] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dietrich & Thomas | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A leafhopper belonging to the subfamily Eurymelinae and the tribe Macropsini. The type species is A. obscurus. | |
| Burmacader lativentris[136] | Sp. nov | Valid | Heiss & Guilbert | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Tingidae. | ||
| Camuracicada[137] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Moulds | Miocene (Serravallian) | A cicada; a new genus for "Cicada" aichhorni Heer (1853). | |||
| Chilamnestocoris[138] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lis, Lis & Heiss | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Cydnidae. Genus includes new species C. mixtus. | ||
| Criniverticillus[139] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lin, Yao & Ren | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of scale insects belonging to the family Weitschatidae. Genus includes new species C. longicumulus. | ||
| Cucullitingis[140] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Du & Yao | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Tingidae. The type species is C. biacantha. | ||
| Dachibangus[141] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jiang, Szwedo & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae. Genus includes new species D. trimaculatus. | ||
| Dorytocus[142] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Emeljanov & Shcherbakov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A planthopper belonging to the new family Dorytocidae. Genus includes new species D. ornithorhynchus. | ||
| Eoidiocerus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dietrich & Thomas | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A leafhopper belonging to the subfamily Eurymelinae and the tribe Idiocerini. The type species is E. emarginatus. | |
| Fangyuania[143] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen, Szwedo & Wang in Chen et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae. Genus includes new species F. xiai. | ||
| Hormatalis[144] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Węgierek & Wang in Węgierek et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An aphid belonging to the family Isolitaphidae. Genus includes new species H. lancigerens. | ||
| Jaculistilus[145] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang, Ren & Yao | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae. Genus includes new species J. oligotrichus. | ||
| Leptopharsa antica[146] | Sp. nov | Valid | Golub & Heiss | Eocene or Miocene | Dominican amber | A species of Leptopharsa. | ||
| Leptopharsa colombiana | Sp. nov | Valid | Golub & Heiss | Colombian copal | A species of Leptopharsa. | |||
| Luanpingia daohugouensis[147] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fu, Cai & Huang | Middle or Late Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | A froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae. | ||
| Paleopsalta | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Moulds | Miocene (Serravallian) | A cicada; a new genus for "Cicada" ungeri Heer (1853). | |||
| Phatnoma pulchra | Sp. nov | Valid | Golub & Heiss | Eocene or Miocene | Dominican amber | A member of the family Tingidae. | ||
| Prolavexillaphis[148] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu, Qiao & Yao in Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | An aphid belonging to the family Juraphididae. Genus includes new species P. munditia. | ||
| Stictocercopis[149] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fu & Huang | Jurassic (Callovian or Oxfordian) | Haifanggou Formation | A froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae. The type species is S. wuhuaensis. | ||
| Tanyaulus[150] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | An aphid belonging to the family Burmitaphidae. Genus includes new species T. caudisetula. | ||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authorship of new name | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amplicella minor[151] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopylov | Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Ichneumonidae. | |||
| Angarosphex saxosus[152] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang, Rasnitsyn & Zhang | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of Apoidea belonging to the family Angarosphecidae. | ||
| Apis (Synapis) dalica[153] | Sp. nov | Valid | Engel & Wappler in Engel et al. | Middle Miocene | Huazhige Formation | A honey bee. | ||
| Aptenoperissus amabilis[154] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae. | ||
| Aptenoperissus delicatus | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae. | ||
| Aptenoperissus etius[155] | Sp. nov | Valid | Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae. | ||
| Aptenoperissus formosus | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae. | ||
| Aptenoperissus magnifemoris | Sp. nov | Valid | Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae. | ||
| Aptenoperissus pusillus | Sp. nov | Valid | Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae. | ||
| Aptenoperissus zonalis[156] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Rasnitsyn in Zhang, Rasnitsyn & Zhang | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae. | ||
| Archaeocercus[157] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Simutnik & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Encyrtidae. Genus includes new species A. schuvachinae. | ||
| Auricleptes[158] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lucena & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species A. nebulosus. | ||
| Azanichrum | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lucena & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species A. pilosum. | ||
| Baeomorpha avamica[159] | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha baikurenis | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Cretaceous (late Albian–?early Cenomanian) | Ognevka Formation? (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha bianellus | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha caeleps | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha gracilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha ingens | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha popovi | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha quattorduo | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha quattoruno | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha yantardakh | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Baeomorpha zherikhini | Sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Cretaceous (late Albian–?early Cenomanian) | Ognevka Formation? (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. | ||
| Bohartiura | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lucena & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species B. glabrata. | ||
| Brachysyntexis tenebrosa[160] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopylov | Middle–Late Jurassic | A member of the family Anaxyelidae. | |||
| Brachysyntexis tigris | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopylov | Middle–Late Jurassic | A member of the family Anaxyelidae. | |||
| Burmasega | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lucena & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species B. ammirabilis. | ||
| Burmasphex[161] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Melo & Rosa | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Apoidea belonging to the family Angarosphecidae. The type species is B. sulcatus; genus also includes B. pilosus. | ||
| Burminata[162] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Haas, Burks & Krogmann | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A chalcid wasp belonging to the new family Diversinitidae. The type species is B. caputaeria. | ||
| Burmusculus[163] | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Rasnitsyn in Zhang, Rasnitsyn & Zhang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the group Pompiloidea. Genus includes new species B. nuwae, B. fuxii and B. shennongii. | ||
| Carinibus[164] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic et al. | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | A member of the family Ichneumonidae. The type species is C. molestus. | ||
| Chifengilyda[165] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng & Chen | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A sawfly belonging to the family Xyelydidae. Genus includes new species C. robusta. | ||
| Colmepsiterona[166] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Cockx & McKellar | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A wasp belonging to the family Crabronidae and the subfamily Pemphredoninae. Genus includes new species C. cumcarena. | ||
| Conostigmus talamasi[167] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mikó & Trietsch in Mikó et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Gdańsk Bay) | A species of Conostigmus. | |
| Coptera anka[168] | Sp. nov | Valid | Krogmann, van de Kamp & Schwermann in van de Kamp et al. | Paleogene | Quercy Phosphorites Formation | A member of the family Diapriidae. | ||
| Cretevania tenuis | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Evanioidea. | ||
| Cretevania venae | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of Evanioidea. | ||
| Cretosirex[169] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A horntail. Genus includes new species C. xiaoi. | ||
| Crusopimpla[170] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kopylov, Spasojevic & Klopfstein | Early Eocene | Tadushi Formation | A member of the family Ichneumonidae. Genus includes new species C. tadushensis. | ||
| Curtevania[171] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Evanioidea. Genus includes new species C. enervia. | ||
| Dencyrtus[172] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Simutnik & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Danish amber | A member of the family Encyrtidae. Genus includes new species D. vilhelmseni. | ||
| Dolichomitus? saxeus | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopylov, Spasojevic & Klopfstein | Early Eocene | Tadushi Formation | Possibly a species of Dolichomitus. | ||
| Dryinus maderai[173] | Sp. nov | Valid | Guglielmino et al. | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A member of the family Dryinidae. | ||
| Diversinitus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Haas, Burks & Krogmann | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A chalcid wasp belonging to the new family Diversinitidae. The type species is D. attenboroughi. | ||
| Electromyrmex wheeleri[174] | Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Dlussky | Late Eocene | Baltic amber Bitterfeld amber | Baltic Sea region | ||
| Epyris moulyi[175] | Sp. nov | Valid | Falières & Nel | Early Eocene | Oise amber | A species of Epyris. | ||
| Epyris neolongiceps[176] | Nom. nov | Valid | Azevedo in Azevedo et al. | Oligocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Epyris; a replacement name for Calyoza longiceps Brues (1923). | |
| Eupsenella neoeocenica | Nom. nov | Valid | Ramos & Azevedo in Azevedo et al. | Eocene | Fushun amber | A member of the family Bethylidae; a replacement name for Fushunochrysites eocenicus Hong (2002). | ||
| Eupsenella neohongi | Nom. nov | Valid | Ramos & Azevedo in Azevedo et al. | Eocene | Fushun amber | A member of the family Bethylidae; a replacement name for Sinibethylus eocenicus Hong (2002). | ||
| Exilaulacus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Evanioidea. Genus includes new species E. loculatus and E. latus. | ||
| Fallomyrma anodonta[177] | Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Dlussky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | An ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae. | ||
| Fallomyrma marginata | Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Dlussky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | An ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae. | ||
| Fallomyrma robusta | Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Dlussky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | An ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae. | ||
| Glabiala | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Haas, Burks & Krogmann | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A chalcid wasp belonging to the new family Diversinitidae. The type species is G. barbata. | ||
| Heterobaissa | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of Evanioidea. Genus includes new species H. apetiola. | ||
| Ichninsum | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic et al. | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | A member of the family Ichneumonidae. The type species is I. appendicrassum. | ||
| Kulbastavia grandis | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopylov | Middle–Late Jurassic | A member of the family Anaxyelidae. | |||
| Mesoclistus? yamataroti | Sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic et al. | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | A member of the family Ichneumonidae. | ||
| Mesornatus[178] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein | Eocene | Messel pit | A member of the family Ichneumonidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is M. markovici. | ||
| Miracorium | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lucena & Melo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species M. tetrafoveolatum. | ||
| Myanmarina[179] | Gen. et 4 sp. nov | Valid | Zhang & Rasnitsyn in Zhang et al. | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A member of Apocrita belonging to the superfamily Stephanoidea. The type species is M. lisu; genus also includes new species M. kachin, M. lahu and M. jeannineae Li et al. (2018).[180] | ||
| Napakimyrma[181] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lapolla & Barden | Paleocene | Paskapoo Formation | An ant belonging to the subfamily Aneuretinae. The type species is N. paskapooensis. | ||
| Newjersevania brevis | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Evanioidea. | ||
| Newjersevania longa | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Evanioidea. | ||
| Palaeortona | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Krogmann, van de Kamp & Schwermann in van de Kamp et al. | Paleogene | Quercy Phosphorites Formation | A member of the family Diapriidae. The type species is P. quercyensis. | ||
| Parevania oculiseparata[182] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jennings et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | A member of the family Evaniidae. | ||
| Peleproctus[183] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A basal member of Proctotrupomorpha. Genus includes new species P. dolichurus. | ||
| Peleserphus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A basal member of Proctotrupomorpha. The type species is P. brachyurus; genus also includes P. genalis. | ||
| Phanerotomella brevivena[184] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kittel | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Cheloninae. | |
| Polyhelictes | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein | Eocene | Messel pit | A member of the family Ichneumonidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. bipolarus. | ||
| Praeaulacus rectus | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Middle Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | A member of Evanioidea. | ||
| Pristomyrmex archaios[185] | Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Dlussky | Eocene | Bitterfeld amber | An ant, a species of Pristomyrmex. | ||
| Pristomyrmex elmesi | Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Dlussky | Eocene | Rovno amber | An ant, a species of Pristomyrmex. | ||
| Proleptothorax[186] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko, Dlussky & Perfilieva | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | An ant. Genus includes new species P. primitivus. | ||
| Rhyssella vera | Sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein | Eocene | Messel pit | A member of the family Ichneumonidae, a species of Rhyssella. | ||
| Scambus fossilobus | Sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein | Eocene | Messel pit | A member of the family Ichneumonidae, a species of Scambus. | ||
| Scambus? mandibularis | Sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic et al. | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | A member of the family Ichneumonidae. | ||
| Scambus? parachuti | Sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic et al. | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | A member of the family Ichneumonidae. | ||
| Seneciobracon[187] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engel & Huang in Engel et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Braconidae. The type species is S. novalatus. | ||
| Sinuevania | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Evanioidea. Genus includes new species S. mira. | ||
| Taimyromorpha | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn | Late Cretaceous (late Santonian) | Kheta Formation (Taimyr amber) | A member of the family Rotoitidae. Genus includes new species T. pusilla. | ||
| Trigonator | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein | Eocene | Messel pit | A member of the family Ichneumonidae belonging to the subfamily Labeninae. The type species is T. macrocheirus. | ||
| Trjapitzion[188] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Simutnik in Simutnik & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of the family Encyrtidae. Genus includes new species T. cylindrocerus. | ||
| Trymectus | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Spasojevic et al. | Early Eocene | Green River Formation | A member of the family Ichneumonidae; a new genus for "Tryphon" amasidis Cockerell & LeVeque (1931). | ||
| Versolabrum[189] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Burks & Krogmann in Burks, Krogmann & Heraty | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Pteromalidae. Genus includes new species V. coriaceum. | |
| Vitimosphex vividus | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang, Rasnitsyn & Zhang | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of Apoidea belonging to the family Angarosphecidae. | ||
| Xanthopimpla messelensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein | Eocene | Messel pit | A member of the family Ichneumonidae belonging to the subfamily Pimplinae and the tribe Pimplini. | ||
| Xanthopimpla praeclara | Sp. nov | Valid | Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein | Eocene | Messel pit | A member of the family Ichneumonidae belonging to the subfamily Pimplinae and the tribe Pimplini. | ||
| Xenomorphia | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Krogmann, van de Kamp & Schwermann in van de Kamp et al. | Paleogene | Quercy Phosphorites Formation | A member of the family Diapriidae. The type species is X. resurrecta; genus also includes X. handschini. | ||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bittacus lepiduscretaceus[190] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A hangingfly, a species of Bittacus. | ||
| Eomerope eonearctica[191] | Sp. nov | Valid | Archibald & Rasnitsyn | Eocene (Ypresian) | A member of the family Eomeropidae. | |||
| Eomerope simpkinsae | Sp. nov | Valid | Archibald & Rasnitsyn | Eocene (Ypresian) | Allenby Formation | A member of the family Eomeropidae. | ||
| Gigaphlebia[192] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Soszyńska-Maj et al. | Jurassic | Dzil Formation Jiulongshan Formation Karabastau Svita | A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. Genus includes "Orthophlebia" riccardii Petrulevičius & Ren (2012), "Orthophlebia" grandis Martynov (1927) and "Mesopanorpa" palmaris Martynova (1948). | ||
| Hongchoristites[193] | Nom. nov | Valid | Hernández | Middle Triassic | Tongchuan Formation | A member of the family Permochoristidae; a replacement name for Choristites Hong (2005). | ||
| Longiphlebia | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Soszyńska-Maj et al. | Middle Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. Genus includes "Orthophlebia" stigmosa Qiao, Shih & Ren (2012). | ||
| Mesopanorpa brooksorum[194] | Sp. nov | Valid | Jarzembowski & Soszyńska-Maj | Early Cretaceous | Wealden Supergroup | A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. | ||
| Orthobittacus suni[195] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kopeć et al. | Middle Jurassic | A hangingfly. | |||
| Worcestobia[196] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Soszyńska-Maj et al. | Triassic | A new genus for "Orthophlebia" gigantea Tillyard (1933) and "O." haradai Ueda (1991). | |||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberrantochrysa[197] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Khramov | Early Cretaceous | A green lacewing. Genus includes new species A. buryatica and A. pulchella. | |||
| Acanthopsychops[198] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano & Engel in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychopsidae. The type species is A. triaina. | ||
| Adelpholeon | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano & Engel in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is A. lithophorus. | ||
| Aphthartopsychops | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano & Engel in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychopsidae. The type species is A. scutatus. | ||
| Burmitus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is B. tubulifer. | ||
| Burmogramma[199] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Kalligrammatidae belonging to the subfamily Cretanallachiinae. The type species is B. liui. | ||
| Burmopsychops labandeirai | Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Kalligrammatidae belonging to the subfamily Cretanallachiinae. | ||
| Caririneura macrothoracica[200] | Sp. nov | Valid | Makarkin, Wedmann & Heads | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Araripeneuridae. | ||
| Chorilingia bakharica[201] | Sp. nov | Valid | Khramov & Vasilenko | Jurassic | A member of the family Grammolingiidae. | |||
| Cladofer | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the stem group of Myrmeleontiformia. The type species is C. huangi. | ||
| Cratoneura minor | Sp. nov | Valid | Makarkin, Wedmann & Heads | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Araripeneuridae. | ||
| Cretogramma | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Kalligrammatidae belonging to the subfamily Cretanallachiinae. The type species is C. engeli. | thumb|center|upright|Cretogramma engeli | |
| Diodontognathus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is D. papillatus. | ||
| Electrocaptivus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is E. xui. | ||
| Haploberotha carsteni[202] | Sp. nov | Valid | Makarkin | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Berothidae. | ||
| Kujiberotha[203] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Nakamine & Yamamoto | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Tamagawa Formation (Kuji amber) | A thorny lacewing. The type species is K. teruyukii. | ||
| Laccosmylus cicatricatus[204] | Sp. nov | Valid | Fang et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian boundary) | Jiulongshan Formation | A member of the family Saucrosmylidae. | ||
| Laccosmylus latizonus | Sp. nov | Valid | Fang et al. | Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian boundary) | Jiulongshan Formation | A member of the family Saucrosmylidae. | ||
| Longipronotum[205] [206] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jepson, Khramov & Ohl | Late Jurassic | A member of the family Mantispidae. Genus includes new species L. benmaddoxi. The original generic name, Longicollum, turned out to be preoccupied by Longicollum Yamaguti (1935), necessitating creation of a replacement name. | |||
| Macleodiella | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano & Engel in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the stem group of Myrmeleontiformia. The type species is M. electrina. | ||
| Mesoptynx | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is M. unguiculatus. | ||
| Mesypochrysa cannabina | Sp. nov | Valid | Khramov | Early Cretaceous | A green lacewing. | |||
| Mesypochrysa naranica | Sp. nov | Valid | Khramov | Early Cretaceous | A green lacewing. | |||
| Nilionympha shantouensis[207] | Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Ren & Wang | Middle Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | A member of the family Osmylidae. | ||
| Nymphavus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Nymphidae. The type species is N. progenitor. | ||
| Oligopsychopsis[208] | Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Chang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Psychopsoidea, possibly belonging to the family Kalligrammatidae. Genus includes new species O. penniformis Chang et al. (2018) and O. grandis Liu et al. (2018), as well as "Burmopsychops" groehni Makarkin (2017). | thumb|center|upright|Oligopsychopsis grandis | |
| Opapanfilovia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Khramov & Vasilenko | Jurassic | A member of the family Panfiloviidae. Genus includes new species O. bonata. | |||
| Ovalofemora | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Jepson, Khramov & Ohl | Late Jurassic | A member of the family Mantispidae. Genus includes new species O. abbottae, as well as "Mesithone" monstruosa Khramov (2013). | |||
| Parababinskaia makarkini[209] | Sp. nov | Valid | Hu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. | thumb|center|upright|Parababinskaia makarkini | |
| Parabaisochrysa[210] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A green lacewing. Genus includes new species P. xingkei. | ||
| Phyllochrysa[211] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Chrysopoidea. The type species is P. huangi. | ||
| Pristinofossor | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Badano & Engel in Badano et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A stem-antlion. The type species is P. rictus. | ||
| Pseudosencera[212] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Makarkin, Wedmann & Weiterschan | Late Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A green lacewing. The type species is P. baltica. | |
| Stictosisyra[213] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Yang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Sisyridae. The type species is S. pennyi. | ||
| Tragichrysa[214] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-de la Fuente et al. | Early Cretaceous (early Barremian) | Lebanese amber | A member of Chrysopoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is T. ovoruptora. | ||
| Tyruschrysa[215] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-de la Fuente et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Lebanese amber | A member of the superfamily Chrysopoidea. The type species is T. melqart. | ||
| Wesmaelius makarkini[216] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yang, Pang & Ren in Yang et al. | Early Miocene | Garang Formation | A brown lacewing belonging to the subfamily Hemerobiinae. | ||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglophlebia[217] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kelly & Nel | Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) | Charmouth Mudstone Formation | A member of Epiprocta belonging to the superfamily Heterophlebioidea and to the family Anglophlebiidae. The type species is "Liassophlebia" gigantea Zeuner (1962). | ||
| Araripegomphus shai[218] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A dragonfly. | ||
| Burmahemiphlebia hui[219] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zheng & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A damselfly belonging to the family Hemiphlebiidae. | ||
| Cretamegaloprepus[220] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng, Nel & Wang in Zheng et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A damselfly. Genus includes new species C. zhouae. | ||
| Cretapodagrion[221] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Huang, Azar & Nel | Early Cretaceous (Barremian – Aptian) | Yixian Formation | A damselfly. Genus includes new species C. sibelleae. | ||
| Cretastenophlebia jiuquanensis[222] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Early Cretaceous (Lower Albian) | Zhonggou Formation | A member of the family Stenophlebiidae. | ||
| Cymatophlebia yixianensis[223] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A dragonfly belonging to the family Cymatophlebiidae. | ||
| Erpetogomphus shii[224] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Early Miocene | La Quinta Formation (Mexican amber) | A dragonfly, a species of Erpetogomphus. | ||
| Honghea[225] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Early Jurassic | Badaowan Formation | A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the family Campterophlebiidae. Genus includes new species H. xui. | ||
| Jurathemis[226] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Huang et al. | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | Yangshuzhuang Formation | A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the group Isophlebioptera and the family Selenothemistidae. The type species is J. incompletus. | ||
| Lateophlebia[227] | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kelly & Nel | Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) | A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the family Campterophlebiidae. The type species is "Petrophlebia" anglicanopsis Zeuner (1962). | |||
| Madres[228] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Petrulevičius | Eocene (Lutetian) | A damselfly belonging to the family Synlestidae. The type species is M. delpueblo. | |||
| Paraburmagomphides[229] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A dragonfly. Genus includes new species P. zhaoi. | ||
| Paracoryphagrion[230] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng, Nel & Wang in Zheng et al. | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | A damselfly belonging to the group Pseudostigmatoidea. Genus includes new species P. deltoides. | ||
| Paradecoraeshna[231] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zheng, Nel & Zhang in Zheng et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Yixian Formation | A dragonfly belonging to the family Progobiaeshnidae. Genus includes new species P. liaoningensis. | ||
| Parazygokaratawia[232] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Huang, Cai & Nel | Middle Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the family Campterophlebiidae. Genus includes new species P. azari. | ||
| Proinogomphus kreuzerorum[233] | Sp. nov | Valid | Bechly | Early Jurassic | A dragonfly belonging to the family Liassogomphidae. | |||
| Rossiphlebia | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kelly & Nel | Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) | Charmouth Mudstone Formation | A member of Epiprocta belonging to the superfamily Heterophlebioidea and to the family Liassophlebiidae. The type species is "Liassophlebia" jacksoni Zeuner (1962). | ||
| Sinothemis[234] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Huang, Cai & Nel | Late Jurassic (late Oxfordian or early Kimmeridgian) | Tiaojishan Formation | A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the group Isophlebioptera and the family Selenothemistidae. Genus includes new species S. difficilis. | ||
| Thairia[235] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Felker & Vasilenko | Early Cretaceous | A damselfly belonging to the family Ponomarenkiidae. Genus includes new species T. transbaikalica. | |||
| Valdaeshna mikei | Sp. nov | Valid | Zheng et al. | Early Cretaceous | Upper Weald Clay | A dragonfly belonging to the family Cymatophlebiidae. | ||
| Zygokaratawia incompleta | Sp. nov | Valid | Huang, Cai & Nel | Middle Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the family Campterophlebiidae. | ||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascadelcana[236] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fang et al. | Late Triassic (Norian) | Cow Branch Formation | A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species C. virginiana. | ||
| Cascogryllus[237] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Tridactylidae. Genus includes new species C. lobiferus. | ||
| Elcanonympha[238] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Heads, Thomas & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species E. diana. | thumb|center|upright|Elcanonympha diana | |
| Ellipes dominicana | Sp. nov | Valid | Poinar | Eocene or Miocene | Dominican amber | A member of the family Tridactylidae. | ||
| Jeholelcana[239] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of Orthoptera belonging to the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species J. yanensis. | ||
| Pseudaboilus ningchengensis[240] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Early Cretaceous | Yixian Formation | A member of the family Prophalangopsidae belonging to the subfamily Termitidiinae. | ||
| Sigmaboilus calophlebius[241] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang et al. | Middle–Late Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | An orthopteran belonging to the family Prophalangopsidae. | ||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balticopteryx[242] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A member of the family Taeniopterygidae. Genus includes new species B. dui. | |
| Baltileuctra[243] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Leuctridae. Genus includes new species B. foraminis. | |
| Boreoperlidium callopterus[244] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Eustheniidae. | |||
| Boreoperlidium certus | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Eustheniidae. | |||
| Boreoperlidium ramificans | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Eustheniidae. | |||
| Electroneuria[245] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sroka, Staniczek & Kondratieff | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Perlidae. The type species is E. ronwoodi. | ||
| Euroleuctra[246] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen | Eocene | Baltic amber | A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Leuctridae. Genus includes new species E. gillesi. | ||
| Kargaloperla fibrosa | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Palaeoperlidae. | |||
| Kargaloperla gratum | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Palaeoperlidae. | |||
| Kargaloperla postica | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Palaeoperlidae. | |||
| Kargaloperla queata | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Palaeoperlidae. | |||
| Lapisperla | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sroka, Staniczek & Kondratieff | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Plecoptera belonging to the group Arctoperlaria, assigned to the new family Petroperlidae. The type species is L. keithrichardsi. | thumb|center|upright|Lapisperla keithrichardsi | |
| Largusoperla[247] | Gen. et 11 sp. nov | Valid | Chen, Wang & Du | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Perlidae. Genus includes new species L. acus Chen, Wang & Du (2018), L. arcus Chen, Wang & Du (2018), L. flata Chen, Wang & Du (2018), L. difformitatem Chen (2018),[248] L. dewalti Chen (2018), L. borisi Chen (2018),[249] L. charliewattsi Sroka, Staniczek & Staniczek (2018), L. brianjonesi Sroka, Staniczek & Staniczek (2018), L. micktaylori Sroka, Staniczek & Staniczek (2018), L. billwymani Sroka, Staniczek & Staniczek (2018) and L. crassus Chen (2018).[250] | ||
| Palaeonemoura benevola[251] | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | ||||
| Palaeonemourisca corrugata | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | ||||
| Palaeotaeniopteryx alligata | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | ||||
| Palaeotaeniopteryx trinerva | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | ||||
| Paranotonemoura[252] | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Cui & Béthoux in Cui, Ren & Béthoux | Middle Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Notonemouridae. The type species is P. zwicki; genus also includes "Perlariopsis" fidelis Sinitshenkova (1987). | ||
| Petroperla | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sroka, Staniczek & Kondratieff | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Plecoptera belonging to the group Arctoperlaria, assigned to the new family Petroperlidae. The type species is P. mickjaggeri. | ||
| Pinguisoperla[253] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Perlidae. Genus includes new species P. yangzhouensis. | ||
| Properla incrassata | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Palaeoperlidae. | |||
| Properla umbrosa | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | A member of the family Palaeoperlidae. | |||
| Votaknemoura persuasibil | Sp. nov | Valid | Sinitshenkova | Middle Permian | ||||
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anisocalamus[254] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Probably Early Cretaceous | Doronino Formation | A member of the family Calamoceratidae. Genus includes new species A. mixtus. | ||
| Austaulius[255] | Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Kelly, Ross & Coram | Late Triassic (Rhaetian) and Early Jurassic (Hettangian and Sinemurian) | Penarth Group | A member of the family Necrotauliidae. The type species is "Orthophlebia" furcata Giebel (1856); genus also includes new species A. haustrum. | ||
| Burmapsyche[256] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Wichard et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Integripalpia belonging to the family Dysoneuridae. Genus includes new species B. comosa and B. palpsfurcata. | ||
| Calamostavropolia[257] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva et al. | Middle Miocene | A member of the family Calamoceratidae. Genus includes new species C. revolutionaria. | |||
| Cretaganonema[258] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Espeland & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Calamoceratidae. The type species is C. dongi. | ||
| Cretahelicopsyche | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Espeland & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A snail-case caddisfly. The type species is C. liuyani. | ||
| Cretapsyche | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Wichard et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Integripalpia belonging to the family Dysoneuridae. Genus includes new species C. circula,C. elegans and C. insueta. | ||
| Ecnomus cretacia[259] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Azar | Early Cretaceous | Lebanese amber | A member of the family Ecnomidae. | ||
| Electroadicella kuenowi[260] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Neumann & Werneburg | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Leptoceridae. | |
| Halesus miocenicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva et al. | Middle Miocene | ||||
| Kempia | Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Sukatcheva in Aristov & Sukatcheva | Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Philopotamidae. The type species is K. piotri. The generic name is preoccupied by Kempia Mathews (1912), Kempia Kieffer (1913) and Kempia Preston (1913). | |||
| Limnephilus antiquastepposus | Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva et al. | Middle Miocene | A species of Limnephilus. | |||
| Limnephilus metakaspievi | Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva et al. | Middle Miocene | A species of Limnephilus. | |||
| Limnephilus parakaspievi | Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva et al. | Middle Miocene | A species of Limnephilus. | |||
| Limnephilus valliculacerasinus | Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva et al. | Middle Miocene | A species of Limnephilus. | |||
| Litholimnephilops[261] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Robinson, Thomas & Heads | Eocene (Ypresian) | Green River Formation | A caddisfly of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Genus includes new species L. yinani. | ||
| Mesoviatrix[262] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sukatcheva in Aristov & Sukatcheva | Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Philopotamidae. The type species is M. paradoxa. | |||
| Miocenocosmoecus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva et al. | Middle Miocene | A member of the family Limnephilidae. Genus includes new species M. silvacaliginosus. | |||
| Palaeorheithrus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sukacheva & Vasilenko | Probably Early Cretaceous | Doronino Formation | A member of the family Philorheithridae. Genus includes new species P. sibiricus. | ||
| Palerasnitsynus furcatis[263] | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychomyiidae. | ||
| Palerasnitsynus gracilis | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychomyiidae. | ||
| Palerasnitsynus lepidus | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychomyiidae. | ||
| Palerasnitsynus spinosus | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychomyiidae. | ||
| Palerasnitsynus subgrandis | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychomyiidae. | ||
| Palerasnitsynus subglobolus | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychomyiidae. | ||
| Palerasnitsynus sukatchevae | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychomyiidae. | ||
| Palerasnitsynus vulgaris | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Müller & Wang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of the family Psychomyiidae. | ||
| Phylocentropus succinolebanensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard & Azar | Early Cretaceous | Lebanese amber | A member of the family Dipseudopsidae. | ||
| Polylongaevus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sukatcheva in Aristov & Sukatcheva | Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous | A member of the family Polycentropodidae. The type species is P. eskovi. | |||
| Potamophylax martynovorum | Sp. nov | Valid | Sukatsheva et al. | Middle Miocene | ||||
| Triaenodes simoni | Sp. nov | Valid | Wichard, Neumann & Werneburg | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea coast) | A member of the family Leptoceridae. | |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Type Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiban | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Madygen Formation | A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea (an extinct group of insects of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be related to plecopterans or orthopterans) belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. Genus includes new species A. kichineis. | ||
| Annulipsyllipsocus[264] | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Hakim et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Psocodea belonging to the family Psyllipsocidae. Genus includes new species A. andreneli and A. inexspectatus. | ||
| Antiquatortia[265] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brown & Baixeras in Heikkilä et al. | Miocene (Burdigalian) | La Toca Formation (Dominican amber) | A Tortricidae moth. The type species is A. histuroides. | ||
| Archaemegaptilus blakelyi[266] | Sp. nov | Valid | Beckemeyer & Engel | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | Pottsville Formation | A member of Palaeodictyoptera belonging to the family Archaemegaptilidae. | ||
| Baltianania[267] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Solis in Heikkilä, Simonsen & Solis | Eocene (Lutetian) | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A lepidopteran, probably a member of the family Crambidae. The type species is B. yantarnia. | |
| Carbohymen[268] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pecharová & Prokop | Late Carboniferous | Mazon Creek fossil beds | A member of Megasecoptera belonging to the family Protohymenidae. Genus includes new species C. testai. | ||
| Chiastogryllus[269] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Beckemeyer | Early Permian | Wellington Formation | A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Eoblattida and the family Blattogryllidae. The type species is C. taschi. | ||
| Cretaceomachilis longa[270] | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Meinertellidae. | ||
| Dinmopsylla[271] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lambkin | Late Triassic (Norian) | Dinmore fossil insect locality | A member of Paraneoptera belonging to the group Permopsocida and the family Archipsyllidae. Genus includes new species D. semota. | ||
| Echmepteryx (Loxopholia) dominicanus[272] | Sp. nov | Valid | Hakim, Huang & Azar | Miocene | Dominican amber | A member of the family Lepidopsocidae, a species of Echmepteryx. | ||
| Elasmophasma[273] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chen et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Phasmatodea belonging to the group Euphasmatodea. Genus includes new species E. stictum. | ||
| Eopyralis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Simonsen in Heikkilä, Simonsen & Solis | Eocene (Ypresian) | Fur Formation | A lepidopteran, probably a member of the family Pyralidae. The type species is E. morsae. | ||
| Griphopteron iya | Sp. nov | Valid | Aristov in Aristov & Sukatcheva | Middle Jurassic | Cheremkhovo Formation | A member of Eoblattida belonging to the family Blattogryllidae. | ||
| Hexameropsis elongatus[274] | Sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A mayfly belonging to the family Hexagenitidae. | ||
| Iblatta[275] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Permian (Kungurian) | A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Eoblattida. Genus includes new species I. attrepida. | |||
| Issatermes[276] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Late Permian | A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the new family Issatermitidae. Genus includes new species I. parvus. | |||
| Karga[277] | Nom. nov | Valid | Aristov | Middle Permian | A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida; a replacement name for Kargalia Aristov (2009). | |||
| Kinitocelis sparsella[278] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mey et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Amphiesmenoptera belonging to the group Tarachoptera. | ||
| Lepismachilis eocaenica[279] | Sp. nov | Valid | Kaplin & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Machilidae. | ||
| Mazonopterum cooperi[280] | Sp. nov | Valid | Prokop et al. | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | A member of Palaeodictyoptera belonging to the family Homoiopteridae. | |||
| Micropermula ceceya | Sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Late Permian | A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. | |||
| Myanmarothrips[281] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Ulitzka | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A thrips belonging to the family Merothripidae. The type species is M. pankowskiorum. | ||
| Nullmeinertellus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Meinertellidae. The type species is N. wenxuani. | ||
| Paleolepidopterites | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Kozlov in Heikkilä et al. | Eocene (Lutetian to Priabonian) | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument | (Kaliningrad Oblast) | A collective group name for Lepidoptera fossils that cannot be placed with certainty in any known family. Includes Tortrix? florissantana Cockerell (1907), Tortrix? destructus Cockerell (1916) and "Tortricites" sadilenkoi Kozlov (1988). | |
| Paralepinotus[282] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Azar et al. | Early Eocene | Fushun amber | A member of Psocodea belonging to the group Trogiomorpha and to the family Trogiidae. Genus includes new species P. fushunensis. | ||
| Protohymen novokshonovi | Sp. nov | Valid | Pecharová & Prokop | Early Permian | A member of Megasecoptera belonging to the family Protohymenidae. | |||
| Proximicorneus[283] | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lin et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A mayfly belonging to the family Prosopistomatidae. Genus includes new species P. rectivenius. | ||
| Retortocelis | Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Mey et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Amphiesmenoptera belonging to the group Tarachoptera. Genus includes new species R. longella, R. minimella and R. tyloptera. | ||
| Rohrthrips burmiticus | Sp. nov | Valid | Ulitzka | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A thrips belonging to the family Rohrthripidae. | thumb|center|upright|Rohrthrips burmiticus | |
| Sauk | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov in Aristov & Sukatcheva | Early Jurassic | Sauk-Tan'ga locality | A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida and the family Geinitziidae. The type species is S. batkenicus. | ||
| Say | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov in Aristov & Sukatcheva | Early–Middle Jurassic | Sogul Formation | A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida and the family Geinitziidae. The type species is S. kirgizicus. | ||
| Shurabia tanga | Sp. nov | Valid | Aristov in Aristov & Sukatcheva | Early Jurassic | Madygen Lagerstätte | A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida and the family Geinitziidae. | ||
| Sibestia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Middle Permian | A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. Genus includes new species S. nana. | |||
| Stenoraphidia[284] | Gen. et comb. et sp. nov | Valid | Lyu, Ren & Liu | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | Yixian Formation | A snakefly belonging to the family Mesoraphidiidae. Genus includes "Alloraphidia" obliquivenatica Ren (1994) and a new species S. longioccipitalis. | ||
| Tillyardembia zalazna | Sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Late Permian | A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Tillyardembiidae. | |||
| Tshekardushka | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Permian (Kungurian) | A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida. Genus includes new species T. artenatis. | |||
| Udembia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Middle Permian | A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Tillyardembiidae. Genus includes new species U. udmurtica. | |||
| Unimeinertellus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Meinertellidae. The type species is U. abundus; genus also includes U. bellus. | ||
| Vernooijia | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Prokop et al. | Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) | A member of Palaeodictyoptera belonging to the family Breyeriidae. Genus includes new species V. sassoonae, as well as "Breyeria" harlemensis Brauckmann & Gröning (1996). | |||
| Vokhmia | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Late Permian | A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. Genus includes new species V. pyriformis and V. laxa. | |||
| Votyak | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aristov | Middle Permian | A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. Genus includes new species V. pictus. | |||
| Zorotypus (Octozoros) cenomanianus[285] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yin, Cai & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Zoraptera. | ||
| Zorotypus (s. str.) denticulatus | Sp. nov | Valid | Yin, Cai & Huang | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Zoraptera. | ||
| Zorotypus dilaticeps[286] | Sp. nov | Valid | Yin et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Zoraptera. | ||
| Zorotypus hirsutus[287] | Sp. nov | Valid | Mashimo in Mashimo et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Zoraptera. | ||
| Zorotypus oligophleps[288] | Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Zoraptera. | ||
| Zorotypus robustus | Sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | A member of Zoraptera. | ||