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Entomology
Xinneng Lian, Chenyang Cai, Diying Huang
Summary: This study describes a new assemblage of the Chinese Emesinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), containing three genera (two new) and eleven species (ten new) from the late Guadalupian Yinping Formation of Anhui Province, China. This new discovery indicates a high diversity of mecopterans in the Permian of China, and Signoagetopanorpidae might have evolved independently on the Yangtze Platform.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sinang Hongsanan, Rungtiwa Phookamsak, Ishani D. Goonasekara, Kasun M. Thambugala, Kevin D. Hyde, Jayarama D. Bhat, Nakarin Suwannarach, Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon
Summary: Collections of microfungi in Thailand have discovered a new species morphologically similar to Lophiostoma, but distinguished based on multi-locus phylogeny. A new genus, Sublophiostoma, is introduced to accommodate this taxon. A new family, Sublophiostomataceae, is also introduced to classify this distinct clade within Pleosporales.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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Zhi-Teng Chen, Xuhongyi Zheng
Summary: A new genus and species of Ephemeroptera, Siphlonephemerella mupengxui gen. et sp. nov., is reported in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. It belongs to the superfamily Siphlonuroidea, but has unique morphological characters that differentiate it from related families. The study also establishes a new extinct family, Siphlonephemerellidae fam. nov., which is characterized by specific features in its forceps, claws, and wing venation.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
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Microbiology
Shun Liu, Jun-Liang Zhou, Jie Song, Yi-Fei Sun, Yu-Cheng Dai, Bao-Kai Cui
Summary: This study proposes two new families, Climacocystaceae and Gloeoporellaceae, within the diverse group of Polyporales based on morphological and molecular data. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted using DNA sequences of various genes, and the divergence time of Polyporales was estimated using the conserved regions of five DNA fragments. The results reveal the ancestral split of Polyporales and the ages of the families, with Climacocystaceae and Gloeoporellaceae originating at specific time periods.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Microbiology
Lingli Min, Wenzhuo Wang, Aharon Oren, Qiliang Lai, Zhaobin Huang
Summary: Members of the Opitutae class are widespread in various environments and are primarily delineated based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and limited phenotypic characterizations. This study characterized a novel strain, WMMB3(T), from a mangrove sediment, and proposed a new species, Coraliomargarita parva. Additionally, a taxonomic framework for the Opitutae class was provided based on genomic data.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Arianny P. Storari, Arnold H. Staniczek, Roman J. Godunko
Summary: This study reviews the adult holotype of the fossil mayfly Astraeoptera cretacica and assigns it to a new family, Astraeopteridae fam. nov. Additionally, new representatives of Astraeopteridae fam. nov., namely Astraeoptera vitrea sp. nov. and Astraeoptera oligovenata sp. nov., as well as a new genus and species, Eosophobia acuta gen. et sp. nov., are described based on alate specimens. Analysis of the new material suggests systematic affinities between Astraeopteridae fam. nov. and extant families of Siphlonuroidea in the Southern Hemisphere. These newly described fossil mayflies from the Cretaceous of Brazil contribute to the understanding of mayfly biogeography and systematics.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Entomology
Erik Tihelka, Manfred A. Jaech, Robin Kundrata, Yan-Da Li, Michael S. Engel, Jesus Lozano-Fernandez, Diying Huang, Chenyang Cai
Summary: Dryopoidea is a moderately diverse superfamily of beetles, and its position within basal Polyphaga has been difficult to determine. Mastigocoleidae is a new family of Mesozoic dryopoids represented by fossils from different locations, indicating their early-diverging status within Dryopoidea. Integrating molecular and morphological analyses, Mastigocoleidae is closely related to Lutrochidae and Dryopidae.
INSECT SYSTEMATICS AND DIVERSITY
(2022)
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Geology
Marina Hakim, Dany Azar, Jacek Szwedo, Jowita Drohojowska, Diying Huang
Summary: This paper describes four new protopsyllidioid species discovered in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, assigning them to a new family and exploring the characteristics and possible functions of their distinguishing features. Additionally, it briefly discusses the population dynamics, potential diet and feeding behavior, and biogeographical distribution of this family.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Dmitry Kapustin, Maxim Kulikovskiy
Summary: This study describes a new species, Chrysosphaerella septentrionalis, found in a peat bog on the bank of the Paz River in the Murmansk Region, Russia. The species closely resembles C. longispina, but can be differentiated by its smaller subcircular scales. The study also proposes an infrageneric classification for the genus Chrysosphaerella and introduces a new family, Chrysosphaerellaceae fam. nov.
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Entomology
Liyang Dai, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, Chungkun Shih, Mei Wang, Dong Ren
Summary: This article describes a new genus and two new species that were discovered from fossil specimens in northeastern China, enhancing our knowledge of Xyelidae in the mid-Mesozoic. The article provides a key to the genera of Angaridyelini and a table of known fossil species of Macroxyelinae. Various angles between Rs+M and 1-Rs were investigated for known fossil species of Macroxyelinae, revealing a correlation between the angle and the length of 1-Rs. Additionally, the article suggests that the tribe Ceroxyelini may have only one genus of Ceroxyela and proposes the transfer of Isoxyela and Sinoxyela to Gigantoxyelini.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yixiong Wen, Laiming Zhang, Yalin Li, Katharine W. Huntington, Tianjie Jin, Andrew J. Schauer, Chengshan Wang
Summary: A series of tectonic events during the late Mesozoic reshaped the tectonic regime and landscape of North China. The Taihang Mountains became a significant separation zone, dividing North China into regions with different landforms, tectonic settings, and climatic regimes. The elevation history of the Taihang Mountains during this period provides important insights into the geodynamics and regional climatic evolution of North China.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
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Wenxin Xu, Jiyang Ma, Yuan Li, William A. Bourland, Giulio Petroni, Xiaotian Luo, Weibo Song
Summary: This study investigates a new hypotrich ciliate species from a freshwater fishpond based on morphological, morphogenetic, and molecular data. The phylogenetic analyses reveal a close relationship between the new species and Simplicitergida, leading to the proposal of a new family, Clampidae fam. nov.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2022)
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Entomology
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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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Le Wan, Wei Jin, Yang Tian, Timothy Kusky, Xianzhong Ke, Jing Wang, Jie Yang, Wenguo Long
Summary: Abundant Mesozoic magmatic rocks in southeastern China form remarkable magmatic-metallogenetic belts, but the geodynamic mechanism and relation to the region's polymetallic deposits are controversial. This study focuses on high-Mg diorites in the Mufushan region, presenting U-Pb ages, geochemistry, and isotopic data. The high-Mg diorites were emplaced in the late Jurassic, showing characteristics of continental-arc basalts. Isotope data suggests involvement of ancient lithospheric mantle materials and enriched components in the Mesozoic magma genesis.
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Geology
Yin-Hong Wang, Jia-Jun Liu, Fang-Fang Zhang, Zhong-Yu Zhang, Wei Zhang, Zhen-Yu Bo
Summary: The Late Mesozoic Nantai porphyry Mo deposit in eastern China formed in a post-orogenic setting and is associated with quartz porphyry and granite porphyry. The felsic and mafic intrusions at Nantai have certain geochemical characteristics and isotopic features indicating different sources of origin.
ORE GEOLOGY REVIEWS
(2021)
