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Gary A. P. Gibson, Lucian Fusu
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Vitalii Igorevich Alekseev, Andris Bukejs
Summary: Six new extinct representatives of the family Melandryidae are described from Eocene Baltic amber, along with twenty-eight additional fossil specimens belonging to ten species. A compiled list of Melandryidae described from Baltic amber is provided with an identification key.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Valentin de Mazancourt, Torsten Wappler, Sonja Wedmann
Summary: A new species of extinct freshwater shrimp has been discovered in the Eocene deposit. This rare find includes several specimens, one of which has remarkably preserved soft tissues and other internal parts. By examining the characteristics of the shrimp, researchers can gain insights into its morphology and its role in the ancient ecosystem. Another specimen shows slightly different morphology and may belong to a different species.
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Summary: Two-winged flies, particularly the fungus gnats and gall midges, are highly diverse and still poorly known insect groups. This study describes 17 new species of fungus gnats and introduces two new genera from amber fossils, providing new insights into the diversity and evolution of Diptera.
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Andris Bukejs, Georgy Yu. Lyubarsky, Vitalii I. I. Alekseev
Summary: Based on the analysis of a single Eocene Baltic amber specimen, a new extinct species of the genus Henoticus, called Henoticus groehni sp. nov., is described. The research includes a detailed study and illustration of the new species using optical microphotography and X-ray micro-computed tomography. Another congeneric specimen is discussed, but its attribution to a specific species level is not determined. The study reveals the presence of exoskeletal depressions on the metaventrite in Henoticus during the Eocene, which may have had mycangia roles. The study hypothesizes the potential involvement of the newly described species in the dynamics of ecosystems during the early stages of natural pyrogenic succession in Eocene amber forests.
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(2023)
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Gregory D. Edgecombe, Susan E. Strange, George Popovici, Taylor West, Varpu Vahtera
Summary: This study presents the first fossil occurrence of the Plutoniumidae family, a clade represented by seven extant species, based on four specimens of scolopendromorph centipede from Eocene Baltic amber. The fossil material belongs to the genus Theatops and is distinct from its extant counterparts. The discovery provides evidence for the extent and nature of tropical to warm temperate European forests during the Eocene and supports the hypothesis that the distribution of Plutoniumidae has been pruned by extinction.
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(2023)
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Federico J. Degrange, Diego Pol, Pablo Puerta, Peter Wilf
Summary: The new fossil discovery of a stem-Coracii in the Early Eocene of South America indicates a wider distribution of this clade than previously hypothesized, already extending into the Southern Hemisphere.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Georgy Yu. Lyubarsky, Andris Bukejs
Summary: Two new extinct species of the genus Atomaria are described and illustrated in this article, one from Baltic amber and the other from Rovno amber. A key to extinct Eocene species of Atomaria is provided.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Julio A. Diaz, Sergio Ramirez-Amaro, Francesc Ordines
Summary: The study identified 19 sponge species at the seamounts in the Mallorca Channel, including 3 new species and a new genus. Identification was done through morphological and molecular character analysis.
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Evolutionary Biology
Wesley D. Colombo, Evgeny E. Perkovsky, Cecilia Waichert, Celso O. Azevedo
Summary: This study revises, diagnoses, and illustrates the commonly found subfamily Epyrinae in the bethylid fossil record, proposing a new genus and describing ten new species. A total of 81 fossil species within Bethylidae are recognized, with a key provided for the classification of fossil epyrines.
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY
(2021)
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Despoina Konstantinou, Eleni Voultsiadou, Emmanuel Panteris, Spyros Gkelis
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(2021)
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C. R. S. Lira, R. L. M. Alvarenga, A. M. S. Soares, L. Ryvarden, T. B. Gibertoni
Summary: New genera Jorgewrightia and Mariorajchenbergia were described in the Polyporaceae based on phylogenetic analyses of Brazilian and Chinese material, with a need for DNA sequence data and geographical distribution information to differentiate closely related taxa. New species and combinations were proposed, with synoptic tables including characteristics for 27 species from five genera presented.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Sergei E. Tshernyshev, Georgy Yu. Lyubarsky, Vitalii Alekseev, Andris Bukejs
Summary: A new malachite beetle, Baltamauroania mirabilicornis gen. et sp. nov., belonging to the tribe Amauroniodini (Coleoptera: Dasytidae) embedded in Eocene Baltic amber is described and illustrated. The new genus differs from the congeners of the tribe Amauroniodini in possessing distinct body characteristics, antennae, and legs. This is the second extinct genus and third record of the subfamily Danaceinae found in Eocene amber.
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Viktor B. Golub, Evgeny E. Perkovsky, Dmitry V. Vasilenko
Summary: A new species, Parasinalda sukachevae sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tinginae: Phatnomini), is described based on a specimen from Eocene amber of the Rovno region in Ukraine. The similarities and differences to closely related species, Parasinalda baltica, P. froeschneri, and P. groehni are discussed, and a key to the four known species of the genus is provided.
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Jindrich Rohacek, Christel Hoffeins
Summary: This study describes seven fossil flies found in Baltic amber, with four new species, and establishes a new fly family, Clusiomitidae. This indicates an unusually diverse acalyptrate fly group in the amber forest of Europe during the Eocene climatic optimum.
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(2020)
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(2020)
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(2020)
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LiHeng Che, Peng Zhang, ShaoHong Deng, Hermes E. Escalona, Xingmin Wang, Yun Li, Hong Pang, Natalia Vandenberg, Adam Slipinski, Wioletta Tomaszewska, Dan Liang
Summary: Ladybirds, one of the most diverse groups of beetles with over 6000 species globally, have their taxonomy and evolutionary history elucidated through sequencing nuclear protein-coding genes. The study identifies three subfamilies in Coccinellidae and suggests an Early Cretaceous origin for extant lady beetles. The rapid diversification of lady beetles in the Late Cretaceous is hypothesized to be driven by the boom of angiosperms which promoted the diversification of aphids, their prey.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
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