2017 in paleoentomology

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2017 in paleoentomology is a list of new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoentomology that were scheduled to occur during the year.

New taxa

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Acylophorus hoffeinsorum{{cite journal |author1=Dagmara Żyła |author2=Alexey Solodovnikov |year=2017 |title=First extinct representative of the rove beetle subtribe Acylophorina from Baltic amber, and its phylogenetic placement |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=157–167 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1399171 |s2cid=90244772 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Żyła & Solodovnikov

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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A rove beetle. Brunke et al. (2019) made it the type species of a separate genus Eolophorus.{{Cite journal|author1=Adam James Brunke |author2=Dagmara Żyła |author3=Shûhei Yamamoto |author4=Alexey Solodovnikov |year=2019 |title=Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=187 |pages=166–197 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz021 |doi-access=free }}

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Aepyceratus{{cite journal |author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Alex E. Brown |author3=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2017 |title=A new weevil, Aepyceratus hyperochus gen. et sp. nov., Aepyceratinae subfam. nov., (Coleoptera; Nemonychidae) in Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=77 |pages=75–78 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.006 |bibcode=2017CrRes..77...75P }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Poinar, Brown & Legalov

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A weevil belonging to the family Nemonychidae. The type species is A. hyperochus.

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Airapus lithuanicus{{cite journal |author1=Vytautas Tamutis |author2=Vitalii I. Alekseev |author3=Andris Bukejs |year=2017 |title=A new species of Eupariini from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4353 |issue=3 |pages=568–576 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3.10 |pmid=29245504 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Tamutis, Alekseev & Bukejs

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Lithuania}}

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A member of the family Scarabaeidae belonging to the subfamily Aphodiinae and the tribe Eupariini.

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Albocryptophagus{{cite journal |author1=David Peris |author2=Georgy Yu. Lyubarsky |author3=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=A new genus of silken-fungus beetle (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from the Spanish Cretaceous amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=191–195 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.018 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78..191P }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Peris, Lyubarsky & Perkovsky

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Early Cretaceous (Albian)

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A silken fungus beetle. The type species is A. cantabricus.

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Amberathyreus{{cite journal |author1=Ming Bai |author2=Ruie Nie |author3=Weiwei Zhang |author4=Dong Ren |author5=Chungkun Shih |author6=Xingke Yang |year=2017 |title=The first fossil Athyreini beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=157–162 |doi=10.1007/s13127-016-0292-4 |s2cid=37005233 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Bai & Zhang in Bai et al.

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Cretaceous

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A dor beetle belonging to the tribe Athyreini. The type species is A. beuteli.

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Apodrosus canalinasus{{cite journal |author1=George Poinar, Jr. |author2=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2017 |title=Five new species from the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Dominican amber |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 20.2.21A |doi=10.26879/698 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Poinar & Legalov

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Eocene or Miocene

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae and possibly the tribe Polydrosini; a species of Apodrosus.

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Apodrosus tinctocorpus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Poinar & Legalov

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Eocene or Miocene

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae and possibly the tribe Polydrosini; a species of Apodrosus.

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Apophisandra{{cite journal |author=Francisco Molino-Olmedo |year=2017 |title=Descripción de Apophisandra ammytae gen. et n. sp. del ámbar cretácico de Myanmar con proposición de Apophisandrini tribus nov. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Parandrinae) |journal=Lambillionea |volume=117 |pages=169–174 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Molino-Olmedo

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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Originally described as a longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Parandrinae; subsequently argued to be a sap beetle belonging to the subfamily Apophisandrinae{{Cite journal|author1=David Peris |author2=Josef Jelínek |author3=Simone Sabatelli |author4=Mei-Ke Liu |author5=Constanza Peña-Kairath |author6=Qian Zhao |author7=Chen-Yang Cai |author8=Kristaps Kairišs |author9=Bastian Mähler |author10=Peter T. Rühr |author11=Jörg U. Hammel |author12=Paolo Audisio |title=Archaic sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) as Cretaceous pollinators |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=594–610 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.4 }} or a member of the separate family Apophisandridae.{{Cite journal|author1=Alexander Georgievich Kirejtshuk |author2=Josh Jenkins Shaw |author3=Igor Sergeevich Smirnov |year=2023 |title=A New Subgenus of the Genus Phenolia (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Myanmar Cretaceous Amber with Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Bionomic Notes on the 'Nitidulid' Group of Families |journal=Insects |volume=14 |issue=7 |at=647 |doi=10.3390/insects14070647 |pmid=37504653 |pmc=10380190 |doi-access=free }} Genus includes new species A. ammytae.

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Archaeodraena{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Manfred A. Jäch |author3=Yui Takahashi |year=2017 |title=Discovery of the first hydraenid beetle in amber, with description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Hydraenidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=27–33 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.015 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78...27Y }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Jäch & Yamamoto in Yamamoto, Jäch & Takahashi

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of the family Hydraenidae. The type species is A. cretacea.

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Archaeomalthodes{{cite journal |author1=Yun Hsiao |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Congshuang Deng |author4=Hong Pang |year=2017 |title=A new genus and species of soldier beetle from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Malthininae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=69 |pages=119–123 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.002|bibcode=2017CrRes..69..119H |url=https://zenodo.org/record/862758 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Hsiao et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae. The type species is A. rosetta.

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Archaeoripiphorus{{cite journal |author1=Yun Hsiao |author2=Yali Yu |author3=Congshuang Deng |author4=Hong Pang |year=2017 |title=The first fossil wedge-shaped beetle (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae) from the middle Jurassic of China |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |issue=277 |pages=1–13 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2017.277 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Hsiao, Yu & Deng in Hsiao et al.

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Middle Jurassic

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Jiulongshan Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Ripiphoridae. The type species is A. nuwa.

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Archaeozenodosus{{cite journal |author1=Yali Yu |author2=Congshuang Deng |author3=Jiří Kolibáč |author4=Adam Ślipiński |author5=Dong Ren |author6=Jianhua Jin |author7=Hong Pang |year=2017 |title=The first record of Cretaceous thaneroclerids (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Burmese amber |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=549–554 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.3.002 |s2cid=90796205 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Yu & Kolibač in Yu et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of the family Thanerocleridae. The type species is A. bellus.

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Asida groehni{{cite journal |author1=Fabien Soldati |author2=Maxim V. Nabozhenko |year=2017 |title=Asida groehni sp. nov., the first and the oldest fossil representative of the subfamily Pimeliinae from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Asidini) |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=555–559 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.3.003 |s2cid=90511670 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Soldati & Nabozhenko

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A species of Asida.

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Attagenus burmiticus{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Jiří Háva |author3=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=The earliest Attagenus species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=72 |pages=95–99 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.018 |bibcode=2017CrRes..72...95C }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Cai, Háva & Huang

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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Originally described as a species of Attagenus, but Li, Huang & Cai (2022) subsequently transferred it to the dermestid subfamily Orphilinae, and to the separate genus Nothattagenus,{{Cite journal|author1=Yan-Da Li |author2=Di-Ying Huang |author3=Chen-Yang Cai |title="Attagenus" burmiticus from mid-Cretaceous amber reinterpreted as a member of Orphilinae (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) |year=2022 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=390–394 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.4.12 |s2cid=251974084 |doi-access=free }} while Háva (2023) transferred it to the genus Ranolus.{{cite journal |author=Jiri Háva |year=2023 |title=Nothattagenus Li, Cai, 2022, a new synonym for Ranolus Blair, 1929 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Orphilinae: Ranolini) |journal=Euroasian Entomological Journal |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=141 |doi=10.15298/euroasentj.22.03.03 |url=https://kmkjournals.com/journals/EEJ/EEJ_Index_Volumes/EEJ_22/EEJ_22_3_141 |doi-access=free }}

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Attagenus lundi{{Cite journal|author1=Jiří Háva |author2=Anders L. Damgaard |year=2017 |title=Attagenus lundi sp. nov. from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae |journal=Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=303–306 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320076426 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Háva & Damgaard

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A species of Attagenus.

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Attagenus secundus{{cite journal |author1=Congshuang Deng |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Hong Pang |year=2017 |title=New Cretaceous carpet beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=76 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.004 |bibcode=2017CrRes..76....1D }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Deng et al.

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Late Cretaceous

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A species of Attagenus.

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Barbaticupes{{cite journal |author1=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Daran Zheng |year=2017 |title=A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) with aedeagus preserved from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=80 |pages=86–90 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.015 |bibcode=2017CrRes..80...86J }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of the family Cupedidae. The type species is B. combertiae.

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Bembidion (Eodontium) bukejsi{{cite journal |author1=Joachim Schmidt |author2=Peter Michalik |year=2017 |title=The ground beetle genus Bembidion Latreille in Baltic amber: Review of preserved specimens and first 3D reconstruction of endophallic structures using X-ray microscopy (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=662 |pages=101–126 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.662.12124 |pmid=28769612 |pmc=5539362 |doi-access=free }}

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Subgen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Schmidt & Michalik

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Curonian Spit

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A species of Bembidion; the type species of the new subgenus Eodontium.

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Bembidion (Eupetedromus) alekseevi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Schmidt & Michalik

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A species of Bembidion.

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Brochocoleus zhiyuani{{cite journal |author1=Zhenhua Liu |author2=Jingjing Tan |author3=Adam Ślipiński |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=Bo Wang |author6=Dong Ren |author7=Hong Pang |year=2017 |title=Brochocoleus zhiyuani, a New Species of Brochocolein Beetle (Coleoptera: Ommatidae) from the Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=79–85 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.1.009 |s2cid=90264728 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Liu et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of the family Ommatidae. Originally described as a species of Brochocoleus; Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred it to the genus Burmocoleus.{{Cite journal|author=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |year=2020 |title=Taxonomic review of fossil coleopterous families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea |journal=Geosciences |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=Article 73 |doi=10.3390/geosciences10020073 |bibcode=2020Geosc..10...73K |doi-access=free }}

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Cascomastigus{{cite journal |author1=Zi-Wei Yin |author2=Chen-Yang Cai |author3=Di-Ying Huang |author4=Li-Zhen Li |year=2017 |title=Specialized adaptations for springtail predation in Mesozoic beetles |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 98 |doi=10.1038/s41598-017-00187-8 |pmid=28273908 |pmc=5427802 |bibcode=2017NatSR...7...98Y }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Disputed

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Yin & Cai in Yin et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Scydmaeninae and the tribe Mastigini. The type species is C. monstrabilis. Jałoszyński et al. (2018) considered the genus Cascomastigus to be a junior synonym of the genus Clidicostigus.{{cite journal |author1=PaweŁ Jałoszyński |author2=Adam J. Brunke |author3=Shûhei Yamamoto |author4=Yui Takahashi |year=2018 |title=Evolution of Mastigitae: Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossils crucial for reclassification of extant tribes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=184 |issue=3 |pages=623–652 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zly010 }}

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Cathartosilvanus necromanticus{{cite journal |author=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2017 |title=First record of Cathartosilvanus Grouvelle (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) from Baltic amber with description of a new species |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=43–48 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=34&artid=579 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Alekseev

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A species of Cathartosilvanus.

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Cenomaniola{{cite journal |author1=Paweł Jałoszyński |author2=Shûhei Yamamoto |author3=Yui Takahashi |year=2017 |title=A new extinct genus of Glandulariini with two species from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=72 |pages=142–150 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.021 |bibcode=2017CrRes..72..142J }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Jałoszyński & Yamamoto in Jałoszyński, Yamamoto & Takahashi

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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An ant-like stone beetle belonging to the tribe Glandulariini. Genus includes new species C. carinata and C. macrophthalma.

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Ceracyclus{{cite journal |author1=Stéphane Boucher |author2=Ming Bai |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Olivier Montreuil |year=2017 |title=Ceracyclini, tribe nov. of Passalidae Aulacocyclinae for Cylindrocaulus Fairmaire and †Ceracyclus, gen. nov., with two new species from the Cenomanian Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) |journal=Les Cahiers Magellanes (Hors-série) |volume=37 |pages=1–13 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320557651 }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Boucher & Bai in Boucher et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of the family Passalidae belonging to the subfamily Aulacocyclinae. The type species is C. lotus Boucher, Bai & Montreuil; genus also includes C. jirouxi Boucher, Bai & Montreuil.

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Cessator brodzinskyi{{cite journal |author1=Vinicius S. Ferreira |author2=Michael A. Ivie |year=2017 |title=The First Fossil Species of the Extant Genus Cessator Kazantsev (Coleoptera: Lycidae): A New Leptolycini from Dominican Amber |journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=57–60 |doi=10.1649/0010-065X-71.1.57 |s2cid=90284939 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Ferreira & Ivie

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Oligocene to Miocene

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A member of the family Lycidae belonging to the tribe Leptolycini.

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Clambus helheimricus{{cite journal |author=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2017 |title=A new species of minute beetle (Coleoptera: Clambidae) from Baltic amber (Paleogene, Eocene) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4337 |issue=1 |pages=141–145 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4337.1.8 |pmid=29242436 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Alekseev

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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A member of the family Clambidae.

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Clessidromma{{cite journal |author1=Ed. A. Jarzembowski |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Daran Zheng |year=2017 |title=A slender new archaic beetle in Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=110–114 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1374461 |s2cid=135396621 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of Ommatinae. Genus includes new species C. palmeri.

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Clidicostigus{{cite journal |author1=Paweł Jałoszyński |author2=Adam J. Brunke |author3=Brian Metscher |author4=Wei-Wei Zhang |author5=Ming Bai |year=2017 |title=Clidicostigus gen. nov., the first Mesozoic genus of Mastigini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Cenomanian Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=72 |pages=110–116 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.022 |bibcode=2017CrRes..72..110J }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Jałoszyński, Brunke & Bai in Jałoszyński et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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An ant-like stone beetle belonging to the tribe Mastigini. The type species is C. arachnipes.

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Colonellus burmiticus{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=First fossil Coloninae from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Leiodidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=77 |pages=69–74 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.005 |bibcode=2017CrRes..77...69C }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Cai & Huang

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of Leiodidae belonging to the subfamily Coloninae.

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Conotrachelus dysaethrius{{cite journal |author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Andris Bukejs |author3=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2017 |title=First records of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Quaternary Colombian copal |journal=Revista Colombiana de Entomología |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=85–90 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319979847 |doi=10.25100/socolen.v43i1.6654 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Poinar, Bukejs & Legalov

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Quaternary

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{{Flag|Colombia}}

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A species of Conotrachelus.

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Corticaria amberica{{cite journal |author1=Hans-Peter Reike |author2=Andris Bukejs |author3=Tobias Arlt |author4=Nikolay Kardjilov |author5=Ingo Manke |year=2017 |title=Phase-contrast synchrotron microtomography reveals the internal morphology of a new fossil species of the Corticaria-sylvicola-group (Coleoptera: Latridiidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4242 |issue=3 |pages=578–590 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4242.3.9 |pmid=28610167 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Reike et al.

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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A species of Corticaria.

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Cossonus shevnini{{cite journal |author1=A. Bukejs |author2=A. A. Legalov |year=2017 |title=New species of sub-fossil weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Madagascar copal |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=196–202 |doi=10.1134/S003103011702006X |s2cid=90464895 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bukejs & Legalov

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Holocene

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Madagascar Copal

|

{{Flag|Madagascar}}

|

A species of Cossonus.

|

Cretagyrtodes{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=First definitive fossil agyrtodine beetles: An extant southern hemisphere group recorded from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Leiodidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=161–165 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.017 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78..161C }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Leiodidae belonging to the subfamily Camiarinae and the tribe Agyrtodini. The type species is C. glabratus.

|

Cretobythus{{cite journal |author1=Zi-Wei Yin |author2=Joseph Parker |author3=Chen-Yang Cai |author4=Di-Ying Huang |author5=Li-Zhen Li |year=2017 |title=A new stem bythinine in Cretaceous Burmese amber and early evolution of specialized predatory behaviour in pselaphine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=7 |pages=531–541 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1313790 |s2cid=27901927 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yin, Parker & Cai in Yin et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A stem-bythinine pselaphine rove beetle. The type species is C. excavatus.

|

Cretocrenis{{cite journal |author1=Martin Fikáček |author2=Yusuke N. Minoshima |author3=Albrecht Komarek |author4=Andrew E.Z. Short |author5=Diying Huang |author6=Chenyang Cai |year=2017 |title=Cretocrenis burmanicus, the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of a water scavenger beetle (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=77 |pages=49–55 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.017 |bibcode=2017CrRes..77...49F |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fikáček et al.

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Hydrophilidae. The type species is C. burmanicus.

|

Cretodermestes

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Deng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Dermestidae belonging to the subfamily Attageninae. The type species is C. palpalis.

|

Cretoleptochromus burmiticus{{cite journal |author1=Ziwei Yin |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=Diying Huang |author4=Lizhen Li |year=2017 |title=A second species of the genus Cretoleptochromus Cai & Huang (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=75 |pages=115–119 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.018 |bibcode=2017CrRes..75..115Y }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yin et al.

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An ant-like stone beetle.

|

Cretomysteria{{cite journal |author1=Congshuang Deng |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Hong Pang |year=2017 |title=The first Mesozoic colydiid beetles (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) from the Upper Cretaceous amber of Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=71–77 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.010 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78...71D }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Denget al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Zopheridae. The type species is C. burmanica.

|

Cretotrichopsenius{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |author3=Alfred F. Newton |author4=K. Taro Eldredge |author5=Michael S. Engel |year=2017 |title=Early Evolution of Specialized Termitophily in Cretaceous Rove Beetles |journal=Current Biology |volume=27 |issue=8 |pages=1229–1235 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.009 |pmid=28416113 |doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Munetoshi Maruyama |author3=Joseph Parker |year=2017 |title=Evidence from amber for the origins of termitophily |journal=Current Biology |volume=27 |issue=16 |pages=R792–R794 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.078 |pmid=28829961 |doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |author3=Alfred F. Newton |author4=K. Taro Eldredge |author5=Michael S. Engel |year=2017 |title=Response to "Evidence from amber for the origins of termitophily" |journal=Current Biology |volume=27 |issue=16 |pages=R794–R795 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.083 |pmid=28829962 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai et al.

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Aleocharinae and the tribe Trichopseniini. The type species is C. burmiticus.

|

Cycadophila mumia{{cite journal |author1=Vitalii I. Alekseev |author2=Andris Bukejs |year=2017 |title=First fossil representatives of Pharaxonothinae Crowson (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): indirect evidence for cycads existence in Baltic amber forest |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4337 |issue=3 |pages=413–422 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.6 |pmid=29242426 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Bukejs

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A pleasing fungus beetle belonging to the subfamily Pharaxonothinae.

|

Cydianerus eukrinus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar, Bukejs & Legalov

|

Quaternary

|

|

{{Flag|Colombia}}

|

A weevil belonging to the tribe Entimini.

|

Darwinylus{{cite journal |author=David Peris |year=2017 |title=Early Cretaceous origin of pollen-feeding beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) |journal=Cladistics |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=268–278 |doi=10.1111/cla.12168 |pmid=34715730 |s2cid=88791507 |doi-access=free |hdl=10261/347658 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Peris

|

Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A member of Oedemeridae. The type species is D. marcosi.

|

Derolathrus abyssus{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Yui Takahashi |author3=Joseph Parker |year=2017 |title=Evolutionary stasis in enigmatic jacobsoniid beetles |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=45 |pages=275–281 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2016.12.008 |bibcode=2017GondR..45..275Y }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yamamoto, Takahashi & Parker

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Jacobsoniidae.

|

Diaprepes anticus{{cite journal |author1=Nico Franz |author2=Guanyang Zhang |year=2017 |title=Three new species of entimine weevils in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |journal=Biodiversity Data Journal |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=e10469 |doi=10.3897/BDJ.5.e10469 |pmid=28325975 |pmc=5345054 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Franz & Zhang

|

Early Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A species of Diaprepes.

|

Diaprepes squamula

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Legalov

|

Eocene or Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A species of Diaprepes.

|

Dolinelater{{Cite journal|author1=Charles Huber |author2=Werner Marggi |author3=Ursula Menkveld-Gfeller |year=2017 |title=Dolinelater nom. nov., a substitute name for Idiomorphus Dolin, 1980 (Coleoptera, Elateridae) |journal=Contributions to Natural History |volume=34 |pages=1–4 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316459159 }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Huber, Marggi & Menkveld-Gfeller

|

Late Jurassic

|

Karabastau Formation

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A click beetle; a replacement name for Idiomorphus Dolin (1980).

|

Electraesalopsis{{Cite journal|author1=Tengfei Qiu |author2=Yuanyuan Lu |author3=Weiwei Zhang |author4=Shuo Wang |author5=Yuxia Yang |author6=Ming Bai |year=2017 |title=Electraesalopsis beuteli gen. & sp. nov., the first lucanid beetle from the Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) |journal=Zoological Systematics |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=390–394 |doi=10.11865/zs.201717 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bai, Zhang & Qiu in Qiu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A stag beetle. The type species is E. beuteli.

|

Ennoticus{{cite journal |author1=G. Yu. Lyubarsky |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=New genus Ennoticus from the Upper Cretaceous of Taimyr (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=191–195 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117020083 |s2cid=89634396 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyubarsky & Perkovsky

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Taimyr amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Cryptophagidae. The type species is E. mnemosynon.

|

Eoplatypus{{cite journal |author1=David Peris |author2=Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer |author3=Sarah M. Smith |author4=Anthony I. Cognato |year=2017 |title=Eoplatypus jordali gen.n. et sp.n., the first described Platypodinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Baltic amber |journal=Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=185–194 |doi=10.3897/asp.75.e31898 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_75_2/02_asp_75_2_peris_185-194.pdf |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cognato & Smith in Peris et al.

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A curculionid weevil belonging to the subfamily Platypodinae and the tribe Tesserocerini. The type species is E. jordali.

|

Festenus{{cite journal |author1=Dagmara Żyła |author2=Shûhei Yamamoto |author3=Karin Wolf-Schwenninger |author4=Alexey Solodovnikov |year=2017 |title=Cretaceous origin of the unique prey-capture apparatus in mega-diverse genus: stem lineage of Steninae rove beetles discovered in Burmese amber |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |pages=Article number 45904 |doi=10.1038/srep45904 |pmid=28397786 |pmc=5387741 |bibcode=2017NatSR...745904Z }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Żyła et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Steninae. The type species is F. robustus; genus also includes F. gracilis.

|

Gnathopeltos{{cite journal |author1=Evgeny Viktorovich Yan |author2=Rolf Georg Beutel |author3=Alexander Georgievich Ponomarenko |year=2017 |title=†Peltosynidae, a new beetle family from the Middle–Late Triassic of Kyrgyzstan: its affinities with Polyphaga (Insecta, Coleoptera) and the groundplan of this megadiverse suborder |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=515–530 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1313789 |s2cid=89860279 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yan, Beutel & Ponomarenko

|

Triassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of Polyphaga belonging to the family Peltosynidae. The type species is G. dixis.

|

Hemicoelus favonii{{cite journal |author1=Andris Bukejs |author2=Vitalii I. Alekseev |author3=David M.L. Cooper |author4=Gavin A. King |author5=Ryan C. McKellar |year=2017 |title=Contributions to the palaeofauna of Ptinidae (Coleptera) known from Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4344 |issue=1 |pages=181–188 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.12 |pmid=29245654 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bukejs et al.

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

|

Holcoptera alisonae{{cite journal |author1=Richard S. Kelly |author2=Andrew J. Ross |author3=Philip Davidson |year=2017 |title=Mesozoic Holcoptera (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae) from England and the United States |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=128 |issue=4 |pages=659–674 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.05.009 |bibcode=2017PrGA..128..659T |doi-access=free |hdl=1983/f54090ef-e495-4f35-a375-b845583021e3 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Davidson

|

Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)

|

Charmouth Mudstone Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of the family Coptoclavidae.

|

Holcoptera pigmentatus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Davidson

|

Late Triassic (Rhaetian)

|

Penarth Group

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of the family Coptoclavidae.

|

Holcoptera solitensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Davidson

|

Late Triassic (Norian)

|

Cow Branch Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Coptoclavidae.

|

Hyperstenichnus{{cite journal |author1=Paweł Jałoszyński |author2=Vincent Perrichot |author3=David Peris |year=2017 |title=Ninety million years of chasing mites by ant-like stone beetles |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=48 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.002 |bibcode=2017GondR..48....1J |s2cid=89815283 |url=https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01502751/file/Ja%C5%82oszy%C5%84ski-2017.pdf }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jałoszyński & Perrichot in Jałoszyński, Perrichot & Peris

|

Late Cretaceous (Turonian)

|

Vendean amber

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

An ant-like stone beetle. The type species is H. vendeanus.

|

Ischalia danieli{{cite journal |author1=Vitalii I. Alekseev |author2=Andris Bukejs |year=2017 |title=New fossil taxa of Ischalia Pascoe (Coleoptera: Ischaliidae) from Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4323 |issue=2 |pages=229–238 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.6 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Bukejs

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of Ischaliidae.

|

Ischalia dohnaturris

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Bukejs

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of Ischaliidae.

|

Istrisia vithlandica{{Cite journal |author=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2017 |title=Third species of Salpinginae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Salpingidae) from Baltic amber |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=117–121 |doi=10.18476/pale.v10.a7 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev

|

Eocene (Priabonian)

|

Prussian Formation
(Baltic amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of the family Salpingidae.

|

Kuskaella{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Janusz Kupryjanowicz |year=2017 |title=A new soldier beetle from Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=785–788 |doi=10.4202/app.00388.2017 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Kupryjanowicz

|

Eocene (Lutetian to Priabonian)

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Poland}}

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae. The type species is K. macroptera.

|

Lachnopus serraticrus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Legalov

|

Eocene or Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae and the tribe Eustylini; a species of Lachnopus.

|

Lemodicarmenia{{cite journal |author=Francisco Molino-Olmedo |year=2017 |title=Descripcion de Lemodicarmenia olmedoae gen. et sp. nov. del ámbar cretácico de Myanmar (Coleoptera, Anthicidae, Lemodinae) |journal=Lambillionea |volume=117 |pages=121–124 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Molino-Olmedo

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Anthicidae belonging to the subfamily Lemodinae. Genus includes new species L. olmedoae.

|

Lepicerus mumia{{cite journal |author1=Paweł Jałoszyński |author2=Shûhei Yamamoto |author3=Yui Takahashi |year=2017 |title=Discovery of a new Mesozoic species of the ancient genus Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae), with implications for the systematic placement of all previously described extinct 'lepiceroids' |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=95–102 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.001 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78...95J }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jałoszyński & Yamamoto in Jałoszyński, Yamamoto & Takahashi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A species of Lepicerus.

|

Lepichelus{{Cite journal |author=A.G. Kirejtshuk |year=2017 |title=Taxonomic notes on fossil beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=35–36 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.26.1.03 |url=http://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_26/REJ_26_1_035_036_Kirejtshuk |doi-access=free }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Kirejtshuk

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Lepiceridae; a replacement name for Lepiceroides Kirejtshuk & Poinar (2013).

|

Loricera groehni{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Ye Liu |author3=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=A new species of Loricera Latreille from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Loricerinae) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=315–320 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1283050 |s2cid=89676005 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai, Liu & Huang

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A species of Loricera.

|

Mallecupes{{cite journal |author1=Edmund Aleksander Jarzembowski |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Daran Zheng |year=2017 |title=The first cupedine beetle from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=241–247 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2016.08.004 |bibcode=2017CRPal..16..241J |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Cupedidae. The type species is M. qingqingae; genus also includes M. cleevelyi.{{cite journal |author1=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Daran Zheng |year=2017 |title=A new spiny reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=128 |issue=5–6 |pages=798–802 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.07.003 |bibcode=2017PrGA..128..798J }}

|

Malthodes caenozoicus{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Francesco Vitali |year=2017 |title=Key to fossil Malthininae, with description of two new species in Baltic amber (Coleoptera Cantharidae) |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=19–27 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=34&artid=577 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Vitali

|

Early Oligocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Lithuania}}

|

A soldier beetle.

|

Malthodes michalskii{{cite journal |author=Fabrizio Fanti |year=2017 |title=Malthodes michalskii: a new species of Cantharidae from Baltic amber (Coleoptera) |journal=Giornale Italiano di Entomologia |volume=14 |issue=62 |pages=685–690 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A soldier beetle.

|

Mantimalthinus{{Cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Elvira Castiglione |year=2017 |title=Description of a new genus and species of Cantharidae from Eocene Baltic amber (Insecta, Coleoptera) |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=123–127 |doi=10.18476/pale.v10.a8 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Castiglione

|

Eocene (LutetianPriabonian)

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Poland}}

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae. The type species is M. balticus.

|

Megatoma atypica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Deng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Dermestidae. Originally described as a species of Megatoma, but subsequently transferred to the separate genus Cretomegatoma.{{Cite journal|author=Jiri Háva |title=Two new genera and species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |year=2021 |journal=Euroasian Entomological Journal |volume=20 |issue=6 |pages=343–345 |doi=10.15298/euroasentj.20.6.08 |s2cid=247374410 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357395546 |doi-access=free }}

|

Menatorhis{{cite journal |author1=Andrei A. Legalov |author2=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |author3=André Nel |year=2017 |title=New and little known weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Paleocene of Menat (France) |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=248–256 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2016.10.007 |bibcode=2017CRPal..16..248L |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov, Kirejtshuk & Nel

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A weevil; a new genus for "Balaninus" elegans Piton (1940).

|

Mesosmicrips

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Kirejtshuk

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Smicripidae; a new genus for "Smicrips" cretacea Cai & Huang (2016).

|

Michalskantharis{{cite journal |author=Fabrizio Fanti |year=2017 |title=New fossil Cantharidae genus and species from Baltic amber (Insecta Coleoptera) |journal=Giornale Italiano di Entomologia |volume=14 |issue=62 |pages=709–714 }}

|

Gen et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A soldier beetle. The type species is M. bursztynica.

|

Mimoplatycis bicolor

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Vitali

|

Early Oligocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe
(Baltic Sea coast)

|

A soldier beetle.

|

Molinernobius{{cite journal |author=Francisco Molino-Olmedo |year=2017 |title=Descripción de Molinernobius fuentesi gen. et n. sp. del ámbar Cretácico de Myanmar (Coleoptera, Ptinidae, Ernobiinae) |journal=Lambillionea |volume=117 |pages=151–154 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Molino-Olmedo

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the subfamily Ernobiinae. Genus includes new species M. fuentesi.

|

Myamalycocerus{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Sieghard Ellenberger |year=2017 |title=Myamalycocerus vitalii: A new genus and species of soldier beetle in Burmese amber (Coleoptera Cantharidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=71 |pages=166–169 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.11.019 |bibcode=2017CrRes..71..166F }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Ellenberger

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A soldier beetle. The type species is M. vitalii.

|

Ofthalmopeltos

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yan, Beutel & Ponomarenko

|

Triassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of Polyphaga belonging to the family Peltosynidae. The type species is O. synkritos.

|

Olemehliella{{Cite journal|author=Jan Batelka |year=2017 |title=A replacement name for the Baltic amber ripidiine genus Olemehlia (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae) |journal=Novitates Paleoentomologicae |volume=20 |issue=20 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.17161/np.v0i20.6543 |doi-access=free }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Batelka

|

Eocene (Lutetian)

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Lithuania}}

|

A member of Ripiphoridae belonging to the subfamily Ripidiinae; a replacement name for Olemehlia Batelka (2012).

|

Omma daxishanense{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=Omma daxishanense sp. nov., a fossil representative of an extant Australian endemic genus recorded from the Late Jurassic of China (Coleoptera: Ommatidae) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=277–283 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1225251 |s2cid=132470695 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai & Huang

|

Late Jurassic

|

Tiaojishan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Omma.

|

Omma lii{{cite journal |author1=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Daran Zheng |year=2017 |title=A new ommatin beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera) with unusual genitalia from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=71 |pages=113–117 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.10.010 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A species of Omma.

|

Oropsis{{cite journal |author1=Andrei A. Legalov |author2=Dany Azar |author3=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |year=2017 |title=A new weevil (Coleoptera; Nemonychidae; Oropsini trib. nov.) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=70 |pages=111–116 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.10.006 |bibcode=2017CrRes..70..111L }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov, Azar & Kirejtshuk

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Nemonychidae. The type species is O. marinae.

|

Oxyporus cretaceous{{cite journal |author=Shûhei Yamamoto |year=2017 |title=Discovery of the oxyporine rove beetle in the Mesozoic amber and its evolutionary implications for mycophagy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=74 |pages=198–204 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.018 |bibcode=2017CrRes..74..198Y }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yamamoto

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Oxyporinae.

|

Palaeoboganium{{cite journal |author1=Zhenhua Liu |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=John F. Lawrence |author4=Dong Ren |author5=Hong Pang |year=2017 |title=Palaeoboganium gen. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Boganiidae): the first cycad pollinators? |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=351–360 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1304459 |s2cid=90279204 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu et al.

|

Daohugou Beds

|

Mexican amber

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Boganiidae. Genus includes new species P. jurassicum.

|

Palaeoiresina{{Cite journal|author1=Jürgen Wiesner |author2=Kipling Will |author3=Joachim Schmidt |year=2017 |title=Two new genera and species of tiger beetles from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) |journal=Insecta Mundi |volume=577 |pages=1–14 |url=http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/105082 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wiesner, Will & Schmidt

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe
(southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

|

A tiger beetle. The type species is P. cassolai.

|

Palaeomesoporus{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Munetoshi Maruyama |year=2017 |title=A new genus and species of the rove beetle tribe Mesoporini from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=203–207 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2016.1144750 |s2cid=87578750 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yamamoto & Maruyama

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Poland}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Aleocharinae. The type species is Palaeomesoporus electiricus.

|

Palaeopronyssiformia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wiesner, Will & Schmidt

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe
(southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)

|

A tiger beetle. The type species is P. groehni.

|

Palaeosclerum{{cite journal |author1=Maxim Nabozhenko |author2=Alexander Kirejtshuk |year=2017 |title=The oldest opatrine terrestrial darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae) from the Paleocene of Menat (France) |journal=PalZ |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=307–313 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0368-2 |s2cid=90426581 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nabozhenko & Kirejtshuk

|

Middle Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A darkling beetle. Genus includes new species P. pohli.

|

Paleoendeitoma

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Denget al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Zopheridae belonging to the subfamily Colydiinae and the tribe Synchitini. The type species is P. antennata; genus also includes P. minuta.

|

Palorus platycotyloides{{cite journal |author1=Vitalii I. Alekseev |author2=Maxim Nabozhenko |year=2017 |title=Palorus platycotyloides sp. n., the Second Fossil Representative of the Tribe Palorini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Baltic Amber |journal=Acta Zoologica Bulgarica |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=167–170 |url=http://acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/downloads/acta-zoologica-bulgarica/2017/69-2-167-170.pdf }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Nabozhenko

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A darkling beetle.

|

Paradermestes{{cite journal |author1=Congshuang Deng |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Hong Pang |year=2017 |title=The Oldest Dermestid Beetle from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=109–112 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.1.012 |s2cid=90134192 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Deng et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Dermestidae. The type species is P. jurassicus.

|

Paraodontomma{{cite journal |author=Shûhei Yamamoto |year=2017 |title=A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=76 |pages=34–39 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.008 |bibcode=2017CrRes..76...34Y }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yamamoto

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ommatidae belonging to the tribe Brochocoleini. The type species is P. burmitica.

|File:Paraodontomma_szwedoi.jpg

Peltosyne varyvrosa

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yan, Beutel & Ponomarenko

|

Triassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of Polyphaga belonging to the family Peltosynidae.

|

Pentarthrum inclusus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bukejs & Legalov

|

Holocene

|

Madagascar Copal

|

{{Flag|Madagascar}}

|

A species of Pentarthrum.

|

Perapion menatensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov, Kirejtshuk & Nel

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Brentidae.

|

Petropsis

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov, Kirejtshuk & Nel

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A relative of the New York weevil. Genus includes new species P. rostrata.

|

Ponomarenkia{{cite journal |author1=Evgeny Viktorovich Yan |author2=John Francis Lawrence |author3=Robert Beattie |author4=Rolf Georg Beutel |year=2017 |title=At the dawn of the great rise: †Ponomarenkia belmonthensis (Insecta: Coleoptera), a remarkable new Late Permian beetle from the Southern Hemisphere |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=7 |pages=611–619 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1343259 |s2cid=89870747 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Junior homonym

|

Yan et al.

|

Late Permian

|

Newcastle Coal Measures

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|

A beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned to the new family Ponomarenkiidae. The type species is P. belmonthensis. The generic name turned out to be preoccupied by Ponomarenkia Perkovsky (2001); Yan et al. (2018) coined a replacement name Ponomarenkium.{{cite journal |author1=Evgeny Viktorovich Yan |author2=Rolf Georg Beutel |author3=Robert Beattie |author4=John Francis Lawrence |year=2018 |title=Ponomarenkium gen. nov., a replacement name for the stem group beetle Ponomarenkia Yan et al., 2017 (Insecta: Coleoptera) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=220 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118020156 |s2cid=90722201 }}

|

Praeanchodemus{{cite journal |author1=Joachim Schmidt |author2=Torben Göpel |author3=Kipling Will |year=2017 |title=Description of the first flightless platynine ground beetle preserved in Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4318 |issue=1 |pages=110–122 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.4 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Schmidt, Göpel & Will

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A ground beetle belonging to the tribe Platynini. The type species is P. punctaticeps.

|

Prajna{{cite journal |author1=Liang Lü |author2=Chen-Yang Cai |author3=Di-Ying Huang |year=2017 |title=The earliest oxyteline rove beetle in amber and its systematic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=69 |pages=169–177 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.008 |bibcode=2017CrRes..69..169L }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lü, Cai & Huang

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Oxytelinae and the tribe Thinobiini. The type species is P. tianmiaoae.

|

Promecops (Promecodes) divarichela

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Legalov

|

Eocene or Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae and the tribe Eudiagogini; a species of Promecops.

|

Protonicagus{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Ziwei Yin |author3=Ye Liu |author4=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=Protonicagus tani gen. et sp. nov., the first stag beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae: Nicagini) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=109–112 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.008 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78..109C }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A stag beetle belonging to the subfamily Aesalinae and the tribe Nicagini. The type species is P. tani.

|

Qitianniu{{cite journal |author1=Mei-Ying Lin |author2=Ming Bai |year=2017 |title=Qitianniu zhihaoi gen. et sp. nov.: The first cerambycid beetle found in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=75 |pages=173–178 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.030 |bibcode=2017CrRes..75..173L }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lin & Bai

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A longhorn beetle. The type species is Q. zhihaoi.

|

Sarothrias cretaceus{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Richard A. B. Leschen |author4=Ziwei Yin |author5=De Zhuo |author6=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=The first Mesozoic Jacobson's beetle (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber and biogeographical stasis |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=7 |pages=543–550 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1314388 |s2cid=91087174 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai et al.

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Jacobsoniidae.

|

Scelianoma compacta

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Franz & Zhang

|

Early Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of Curculionidae.

|

Serramorphus{{Cite journal |author1=G.Yu. Lyubarsky |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=Serramorphus, a new genus of Erotylidae from Eocene amber (Coleoptera: Clavicornia) from Late Eocene Bitterfeldian Amber |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=37–40 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.26.1.04 |url=http://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_26/REJ_26_1_037_040_Lyubarsky_Perkovsky |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyubarsky & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Bitterfeld amber

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of Erotylidae belonging to the subfamily Languriinae and the tribe Thallisellini. The type species is S. rasnitsyni.

|

Stenommatus copalicus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar, Bukejs & Legalov

|

Quaternary

|

|

{{Flag|Colombia}}

|

A weevil belonging to the tribe Dryophthorini.

|

Tetraphalerus lindae{{cite journal |author1=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Daran Zheng |year=2017 |title=Another amber first: A tiny tetraphalerin beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) in Myanmar birmite: Tetraphalerin beetle Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=84–88 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.023 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

Originally described as a species of Tetraphalerus; Kirejtshuk (2020) transferred this species to the ommatine genus Bukhkalius.

|File:Bukhkalius.jpg

Tillomorphites otiliae{{cite journal |author=Francesco Vitali |year=2017 |title=Two new fossil species of Tillomorphites Vitali (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and remarks on the morphological evolution, mimicry, biogeography and phylogeny of the tribe Tillomorphini |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=147–160 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=35&artid=588 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Vitali

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A longhorn beetle.

|

Tillomorphites spinipes

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Vitali

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A longhorn beetle.

|

Trichodesma amberica{{cite journal |author1=Petr Zahradník |author2=Jiří Háva |year=2017 |title=Three new species of Trichodesma LeConte, 1861 from Baltic Amber (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Anobiinae) |journal=Folia Heyrovskyana, Series A |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=89–92 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317433937 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zahradník & Háva

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Trichodesma.

|

Trichodesma electra

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zahradník & Háva

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Trichodesma.

|

Trichodesma groehni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zahradník & Háva

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Trichodesma.

|

Tropirhinus palpebratus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Franz & Zhang

|

Early Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of Curculionidae.

|

Tympanophorus greenwalti{{cite journal |author1=Adam J. Brunke |author2=Harald Schillhammer |author3=Stylianos Chatzimanolis |year=2017 |title=The first fossil rove beetle from the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation (North America) provides evidence for ancient Eocene relicts within the hyperdiverse Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=15 |issue=12 |pages=1015–1025 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2016.1266402 |s2cid=91004059 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/3239386 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid{{cite web| url = http://zoobank.org/References/CA1993B8-1251-45C3-877E-C4604F78E781| title = ZooBank.org}}

|

Chatzimanolis, Brunke & Schillhammer in Brunke, Schillhammer & Chatzimanolis

|

Eocene

|

Kishenehn Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Staphylininae, the tribe Staphylinini and the subtribe Anisolinina.

|

Wabbel{{cite journal |author=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2017 |title=A new coleopterous family Wabbelidae fam. nov. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Baltic amber (Cenozoic, Paleogene, Eocene) |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=29–41 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=34&artid=578 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of Cucujoidea belonging to the new family Wabbelidae. The type species is W. cerebricavus.

|

Xenophagus{{cite journal |author1=G.Yu. Lyubarsky |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=Xenophagus, a new genus of pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from Baltic Amber |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=147–150 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.26.2.05 |url=http://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_26/REJ_26_2_147_150_Lyubarsky_Perkovsky |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyubarsky & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A pleasing fungus beetle belonging to the subfamily Xenoscelinae. The type species is X. popovi.

|

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Gracilipygia{{Cite journal|author1=Mingyue Ren |author2=Weiting Zhang |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=A new earwig (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=74 |pages=137–141 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.012 |bibcode=2017CrRes..74..137R }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ren et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An earwig belonging to the family Pygidicranidae and the subfamily Pyragrinae. The type species is G. canaliculata.

|

Stonychopygia{{Cite journal|author1=Michael S. Engel |author2=Diying Huang |author3=Jennifer C. Thomas |author4=Chenyang Cai |year=2017 |title=A new genus and species of pygidicranid earwigs from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Asia (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=69 |pages=178–183 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.009 |bibcode=2017CrRes..69..178E }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An earwig belonging to the family Pygidicranidae. The type species is S. leptocerca.

|

=Dictyopterans=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Balatronis{{Cite journal|author1=Lucia Šmídová |author2=Xiaojie Lei |year=2017 |title=The earliest amber-recorded type cockroach family was aposematic (Blattaria: Blattidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=72 |pages=189–199 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.01.008 |bibcode=2017CrRes..72..189S }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Šmídová & Lei

|

Cretaceous (Barremian-Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

Lebanese amber

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{{Flag|Lebanon}}

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A cockroach. Originally described as a member of Blattidae; Qiu et al. (2020) considered it to be a cockroach of uncertain phylogenetic placement.{{cite journal |author1=Lu Qiu |author2=Yu-Chao Liu |author3=Zong-Qing Wang |author4=Yan-Li Che |year=2020 |title=The first blattid cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) in Cretaceous amber and the reconsideration of purported Blattidae |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=109 |pages=Article 104359 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104359 |bibcode=2020CrRes.10904359Q |s2cid=213557497 }} The type species is B. cretacea Šmídová & Lei (2017); genus also includes B. libanensis Sendi & Azar (2017).{{Cite journal|author1=Hemen Sendi |author2=Dany Azar |year=2017 |title=New aposematic and presumably repellent bark cockroach from Lebanese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=72 |pages=13–17 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.11.013 |bibcode=2017CrRes..72...13S }}

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Ol{{Cite journal|author1=Peter Vršanský |author2=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=A new cockroach, with bipectinate antennae,(Blattaria: Olidae fam. nov.) further highlights the differences between the Burmite and other faunas |journal=Biologia |volume=72 |issue=11 |pages=1327–1333 |doi=10.1515/biolog-2017-0144 |s2cid=90462220 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Vršanský & Wang

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A cockroach belonging to the new family Olidae. Genus includes new species O. xiai.

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Archirhagio gracilentus{{Cite journal|author1=Fengyan Wang |author2=Chungkun Shih |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Yongjie Wang |year=2017 |title=Quantitative assessments and taxonomic revision of the genus Archirhagio with a new species from Daohugou, China (Diptera: Archisargidae) |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=230–239 |doi=10.1111/syen.12204 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

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Middle Jurassic

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Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Archisargidae.

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Avenaphora gallica{{Cite journal|author1=André Nel |author2=Romain Garrouste |author3=Christophe Daugeron |year=2017 |title=Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=69 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009 |bibcode=2017CrRes..69....1N |url=http://hal.upmc.fr/hal-01369622/file/Nel_2017_Two_new_long-legged.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron

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Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

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A member of Dolichopodidae.

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Bibio aquaesextiae{{Cite journal|last1=Skartveit |first1=J. |last2=Nel |first2=A. |year=2017 |title=Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4225 |issue=1 |pages=1–83 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4225.1.1 |pmid=28187637 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01471927/file/Skartveit_2017_Revision_of_fossil.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Skartveit & Nel

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Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

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A member of Bibionidae, a species of Bibio.

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Bibio edda{{Cite journal|author1=John Skartveit |author2=Friðgeir Grímsson |author3=Torsten Wappler |year=2017 |title=Bibionidae (Diptera) from the late Miocene of Hrútagil (Mókollsdalur), Iceland |journal=PalZ |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=195–205 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0341-0 |s2cid=133588552 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Skartveit, Grímsson & Wappler

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Late Miocene

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Skarðsströnd–Mókollsdalur Formation

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{{Flag|Iceland}}

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A member of Bibionidae, a species of Bibio.

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Bibiodes provincialis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Skartveit & Nel

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Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

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A member of Bibionidae.

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Boreofairchildia dominicana{{cite journal |author=Rüdiger Wagner |year=2017 |title=Synopsis of extinct Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Burmese, Baltic and Dominican amber, with descriptions of new genera and species |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4320 |issue=1 |pages=100–120 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.6 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Wagner

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Miocene

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A drain fly belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae.

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Camptopterohelea odora{{Cite journal|author1=Frauke Stebner |author2=Ryszard Szadziewski |author3=Peter T. Rühr |author4=Hukam Singh |author5=Jörg U. Hammel |author6=Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte |author7=Jes Rust |year=2016 |title=A fossil biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from early Eocene Indian amber with a complex pheromone evaporator |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=6 |pages=Article number 34352 |doi=10.1038/srep34352 |pmid=27698490 |pmc=5048152|bibcode=2016NatSR...634352S }}{{Cite journal|author1=Frauke Stebner |author2=Ryszard Szadziewski |author3=Peter T. Rühr |author4=Hukam Singh |author5=Jörg U. Hammel |author6=Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte |author7=Jes Rust |year=2017 |title=Corrigendum: A fossil biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from early Eocene Indian amber with a complex pheromone evaporator |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |pages=Article number 41899 |doi=10.1038/srep41899 |pmid=28272525 |pmc=5341566 |bibcode=2017NatSR...741899S }}

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Sp. nov.

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Valid

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Stebner et al.

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Eocene (Ypresian)

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Cambay Formation

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{{Flag|India}}

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A member of the family Ceratopogonidae.

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Cretomicrophorus piolencensis

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Nel, Garrouste & Daugeron

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Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

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A member of Dolichopodidae.

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Cyrtinella{{Cite journal|author1=Jessica P. Gillung |author2=Shaun L. Winterton |year=2017 |title=A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=325–350 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566 |s2cid=90493326 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Gillung & Winterton

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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A member of Acroceridae belonging to the subfamily Acrocerinae. Genus includes new species C. flavinigra.

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Dohrniphora calvata{{Cite journal|author1=Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer |author2=Brian V. Brown |year=2017 |title=Dohrniphora (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Miocene Mexican and Dominican ambers with a paleobiological reconstruction |journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=299–327 |doi=10.1163/1876312X-00002174 |s2cid=91113885 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320508458 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

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Dominican amber

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{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora kraemergabi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

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Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora mexicana

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

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Mexican amber

|

{{Flag|Mexico}}

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A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora minoris

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora paleocircularis

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

|

Early Middle Miocene

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Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora processa

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora quasicornuta

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

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Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora quinti

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

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Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora saepis

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

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Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora translucendi

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Sp. nov

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Valid

|

Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

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Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Phoridae.

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Dohrniphora volkswageni

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Solórzano Kraemer & Brown

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Early Middle Miocene

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Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

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A member of the family Phoridae.

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Eohelea indica{{Cite journal|author1=Frauke Stebner |author2=Ryszard Szadziewski |author3=Hukam Singh |author4=Simon Gunkel |author5=Jes Rust |year=2017 |title=Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Cambay Amber Indicate that the Eocene Fauna of the Indian Subcontinent Was Not Isolated |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=e0169144 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0169144 |pmid=28076427 |pmc=5226682 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1269144S |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Stebner & Szadziewski in Stebner et al.

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Early Eocene

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Cambay amber

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A biting midge.

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Espanoderus{{cite journal |author1=Kornelia Skibińska |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |author3=Antonio Arillo |year=2017 |title=The first Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Lower Cretaceous Álava amber (Spain) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=7 |pages=872–878 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1398747 |s2cid=89925663 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Skibińska, Krzemiński & Arillo

|

Early Cretaceous

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Álava amber

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{{Flag|Spain}}

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A member of the family Tanyderidae. Genus includes new species E. barbarae.

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Ferneiella gallica{{Cite journal|author1=S. Bramuzzo |author2=D. Coty |author3=A. Nel |year=2017 |title=A new species of Ferneiella from the Eocene French amber (Diptera: Scatopsidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4350 |issue=1 |pages=177–184 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.11 |pmid=29245573 |s2cid=35148904 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01656906/file/Binder1.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bramuzzo, Coty & Nel

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Earliest Eocene

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Oise amber

|

{{Flag|France}}

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A member of Scatopsidae.

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Flagellisargus (Changbingisargus) parvus{{Cite journal|author=Junfeng Zhang |year=2017 |title=New findings of Flagellisargus J Zhang, 2012 (Diptera, Brachycera, Archisargidae), with discussion of the placements of some controversial taxa |journal=Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=111–122 |doi=10.3897/dez.64.13550 |doi-access=free }}

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Subgen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Zhang

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Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian)

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Daohugou Beds

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Archisargidae.

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Furcobuchonomyia{{Cite journal|author1=Viktor Baranov |author2=Tomasz Góral |author3=Andrew Ross |year=2017 |title=A new genus of Buchonomyiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber, with the phylogeny of the subfamily revisited |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=79 |pages=146–152 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.07.007 |bibcode=2017CrRes..79..146B |url=http://osf.io/2mzkq }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Baranov, Góral & Ross

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Buchonomyiinae. Genus includes new species F. saetheri Baranov, Góral & Ross (2017) and F. pankowskii Giłka & Zakrzewska (2017).{{Cite journal |author1=Wojciech Giłka |author2=Marta Zakrzewska |year=2017 |title=A new species of the subfamily Buchonomyiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Dipteron. Bulletin of the Dipterological Section of the Polish Entomological Society |volume=33 |pages=26–33 |url=https://sparrow.up.poznan.pl/pte/dipteron/biuletyn/vol33/Gilka-et-Zakrzewska_Dipteron_33_03.pdf }}

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Ganseriella{{Cite journal|author1=E. E. Perkovsky |author2=Z. A. Fedotova |year=2017 |title=The Second Cretaceous Gall Midge Genus of the Tribe Diallactiini (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from the Late Cretaceous Burmese Amber |journal=Vestnik Zoologii |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=117–124 |doi=10.1515/vzoo-2017-0017 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Fedotova & Perkovsky in Perkovsky & Fedotova

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Cecidomyiidae belonging to the subfamily Porricondylinae and the tribe Diallactiini. The type species is G. pankowskiorum.

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Gedanohelea gerdesorum

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stebner & Szadziewski in Stebner et al.

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Early Eocene

|

Cambay amber

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A biting midge.

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Grimmenia tillyardi{{Cite journal|author1=Katarzyna Kopeć |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |author3=Karina Skowron |author4=Robert Coram |year=2017 |title=The genera Architipula Handlirsch, 1906 and Grimmenia Krzemiński and Zessin, 1990 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Lower Jurassic of England |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 20.1.15A |doi=10.26879/637 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopeć et al.

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A member of the family Limoniidae belonging to the subfamily Architipulinae.

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Hoffeinsodes

|

Gen. et 5 sp. nov et comb.

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Valid

|

Wagner

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A drain fly belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Genus includes new species H. obtusa, H. bifida, H. cubicula, H. longicauda and H. reducta, as well as H. hoffeinsi (Wagner, 2006).

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Hoffeinsomyia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gillung & Winterton

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of Acroceridae belonging to the subfamily Philopotinae. Genus includes new species H. leptogaster.

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Indorrhina{{Cite journal|author1=Frauke Stebner |author2=Hukam Singh |author3=Jes Rust |author4=David A. Grimaldi |year=2017 |title=Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha: Sciaroidea) in early Eocene Cambay amber |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e3313 |doi=10.7717/peerj.3313 |pmid=28533964 |pmc=5437858 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stebner & Grimaldi in Stebner et al.

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Early Eocene

|

Cambay Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of Sciaroidea belonging to the family Lygistorrhinidae. The type species is I. sahnii.

|

Krassiloviola{{cite journal |author1=Z.A. Fedotova |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=New tribe, genus, and species of paedogenetic gall midges (Diptera, Lestremiidae: Krassiloviolini trib. nov.) from the Late Cretaceous Taimyr amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=5 |pages=520–532 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117050045 |s2cid=90704111 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=29963092 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fedotova & Perkovsky

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Taimyr amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A gall midge. Genus includes new species K. geniusloci.

|

Leptotarsus (sensu lato) ribeiroi{{Cite journal|author1=Wiesław Krzemiński |author2=Katarzyna Kopeć |author3=Iwona Kania |year=2017 |title=New and little known species from the genus Leptotarsus Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Diptera: Tipulidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northern Brazil |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=103–108 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.032 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78..103K }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Krzemiński, Kopeć & Kania

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Santana Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A crane fly.

|

Lygistorrhina indica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stebner & Grimaldi in Stebner et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of Sciaroidea belonging to the family Lygistorrhinidae.

|

Lysistrata burmensis{{Cite journal|author1=Yuming Liu |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=First soldier fly from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=70 |pages=142–146 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.10.007 |bibcode=2017CrRes..70..142L }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu, Cai & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A soldier fly.

|

Mesembrinella caenozoica{{cite journal |last1=Cerretti |first1=P |last2=Stireman |first2=JO III |last3=Pape |first3=T |last4=O’Hara |first4=JE |last5=Marinho |first5=MAT |last6=Rognes |first6=K |last7=Grimaldi |first7=DA |year=2017 |title=First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=8 (e0182101) |pages=e0182101 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0182101 |pmid=28832610 |pmc=5568141 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1282101C |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cerretti et al.

|

Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of Oestroidea belonging to the family Mesembrinellidae.

|

File:Mesembrinella caenozoica profile view.jpg]]

Mesonemestrius{{Cite journal|author1=Qingqing Zhang |author2=Junfeng Zhang |author3=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=First record of the subfamily Archinemestriinae in the family Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=75 |pages=141–145 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.005 |bibcode=2017CrRes..75..141Z }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang, Zhang & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Nemestrinidae belonging to the subfamily Archinemestriinae. The type species is M. caii.

|

Meunierohelea borkenti

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stebner & Szadziewski in Stebner et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay amber

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A biting midge.

|

Meunierohelea cambayana

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stebner & Szadziewski in Stebner et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay amber

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A biting midge.

|

Meunierohelea orientalis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stebner & Szadziewski in Stebner et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay amber

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A biting midge.

|

Microphorites erikai{{Cite journal|author1=Simone Bramuzzo |author2=André Nel |year=2017 |title=Youngest representative of the extinct genus Microphorites in the Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4231 |issue=4 |pages=590–594 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4231.4.11 |pmid=28264410 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bramuzzo & Nel

|

Eocene

|

Oise amber

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of Dolichopodidae.

|

Palaeoglaesum

|

Gen. et comb. et 3 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wagner

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A drain fly belonging to the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Genus includes "Nemopalpus" quadrispiculatus Stebner et al. (2015) and "Nemopalpus" velteni Wagner (2012), as well as new species P. muelleri, P. bisulcum and P. notandum.

|

Palaeognoriste orientale

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Stebner & Grimaldi in Stebner et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay Formation

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A member of Sciaroidea belonging to the family Lygistorrhinidae.

|

Penthetria luberonica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Skartveit & Nel

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of Bibionidae, a species of Penthetria.

|

Penthetria lugens

|

Sp nov

|

jr synonym

|

Oustalet, 1870

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A bibionid,
new combination for Protomyia lugens

|

File:Penthetria lugens holotype MNHN direct lighting.jpg]]

Plecia larteti

|

Comb. nov

|

Valid

|

(Oustalet, 1870)

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A bibionid, new combination for Bibio lartetii

|

File:Plecia larteti holotype MNHN.F.R06667 direct lighting.jpg]]

Plecia theobaldi

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Skartveit & Nel

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

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A member of Bibionidae, a species of Plecia; a replacement name for Bibio nigripennis Théobald (1937).

|

Prophilopota variegata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gillung & Winterton

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of Acroceridae belonging to the subfamily Philopotinae.

|

Rovnoholoneurus{{Cite journal|author1=Z. A. Fedotova |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=New Genus and Species of Gall Midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Porricondylinae, Holoneurini) from the Late Eocene Amber of Olevsk (Zhitomir Region, Ukraine) |journal=Vestnik Zoologii |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=23–30 |doi=10.1515/vzoo-2017-0004 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Fedotova & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A member of Cecidomyiidae belonging to the subfamily Porricondylinae and the tribe Holoneurini. The type species is R. davidi; genus also includes new species R. miyae, as well as "Bryocrypta" laqueata Fedotova in Fedotova & Perkovsky (2005).

|

Sinonemestrius completus{{Cite journal|author=Junfeng Zhang |year=2017 |title=On the enigmatic Sinonemestrius Hong & Wang, 1990, with description of a new species based on a complete fossil fly (Diptera, Brachycera, Tabanomorpha, Heterostomidae) |journal=Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=61–67 |doi=10.3897/dez.64.11724 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Laiyang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Heterostomidae.

|

=Hemipterans=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Ambaraphis baikurensis{{Cite journal |author1=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |author2=Piotr Węgierek |year=2017 |title=Oldest amber species of Palaeoaphididae (Hemiptera) from Baikura (Taimyr amber) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=80 |pages=56–60 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.013 |bibcode=2017CrRes..80...56P }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Perkovsky & Węgierek

|

Cretaceous (Albian–early Cenomanian)

|

Ognevka Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Palaeoaphididae.

|

Burmissus{{Cite journal |author=Dmitry E. Shcherbakov |year=2017 |title=First record of the Cretaceous family Mimarachnidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) in amber |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=389–392 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.26.4.12 |url=http://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_26/REJ_26_4_389_392_Shcherbakov |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Shcherbakov

|

Cretaceous (AlbianCenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae. The type species is B. raunoi.

|

Christometra{{cite journal |author1=Rodrigo V. Pêgas |author2=Maria E. C. Leal |author3=Jakob Damgaard |year=2017 |title=A surprisingly derived hydrometrid (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=30 |issue=8 |pages=1094–1101 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1337112 |s2cid=89779713 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pêgas, Leal & Damgaard

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Crato Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A member of the family Hydrometridae. The type species is C. paradoxa.

|

Cicadocoris parvus{{Cite journal |author1=Jia-Qian Jiang |author2=Di-Ying Huang |year=2017 |title=New species of Cicadocoris (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicidae) from mid-Jurassic deposits in northeastern China |journal=European Journal of Entomology |volume=114 |pages=355–364 |doi=10.14411/eje.2017.045 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jiang & Huang

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Haifanggou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A moss bug belonging to the family Progonocimicidae.

|

Cixius discretus{{Cite journal |author1=Yi Li |author2=Xiaohui Liu |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Xiangchuan Li |author5=Yunzhi Yao |year=2017 |title=First report of Cixiidae insect fossils from the Miocene of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau and their palaeoenvironmental implications |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=54–60 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1180027 |s2cid=132478562 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Early Miocene

|

Garang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A species of Cixius.

|

Cryptostemma eocenica{{Cite journal |author1=Viktor Hartung |author2=Romain Garrouste |author3=André Nel |year=2017 |title=The first fossil Dipsocoridae found in the early Eocene amber of France (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=16 |issue=7 |pages=715–720 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2017.05.008 |bibcode=2017CRPal..16..715H |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hartung, Garrouste & Nel

|

Early Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of Dipsocoromorpha belonging to the family Dipsocoridae.

|

Feroorbis{{Cite journal |author1=Piotr Węgierek |author2=Dagmara Żyła |author3=Agnieszka Homan |author4=Chenyang Cai |author5=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=New genus and species of the extinct aphid family Szelegiewicziidae and their implications for aphid evolution |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=104 |issue=11–12 |pages=Article 95 |doi=10.1007/s00114-017-1517-x |pmid=29064069 |bibcode=2017SciNa.104...95W |s2cid=19133155 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Węgierek & Huang in Węgierek et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An aphid belonging to the family Szelegiewicziidae. Genus includes new species F. burmensis.

|

Foveopsis heteroidea{{Cite journal |author1=Xiao Zhang |author2=Dong Ren |author3=Yunzhi Yao |year=2017 |title=A new species of Foveopsis Shcherbakov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea: Perforissidae) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=79 |pages=35–42 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.07.002 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang, Ren & Yao

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A planthopper belonging to the family Perforissidae.

|

Gedanotropis{{Cite journal |author1=Jacek Szwedo |author2=Adam Stroiński |year=2017 |title=Who's that girl? A singular Tropiduchidae planthopper from the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 20.3.60A |doi=10.26879/784 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Szwedo & Stroiński

|

Eocene (Lutetian)

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Gdańsk Bay area)

|

A planthopper belonging to the family Tropiduchidae and the subfamily Elicinae. The type species is G. sontagae.

|

Hallakkungis{{Cite journal |author1=Kye Soo Nam |author2=Ying Wang |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Jong Heon Kim |author5=Jacek Szwedo |year=2017 |title=An extraordinary palaeontinid from the Triassic of Korea and its significance |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |pages=Article number 40691 |doi=10.1038/srep40691 |pmid=28098190 |pmc=5241632 |bibcode=2017NatSR...740691N }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

|

Nam, Wang & Szwedo in Nam et al.

|

Late Triassic

|

Amisan Formation

|

{{Flag|South Korea}}

|

A member of Palaeontinidae. The type species is H. amisanus.

|File:Hallakkungis_amisanus_holotype.jpg

Glaesivelia{{Cite journal |author1=Alba Sánchez-García |author2=André Nel |author3=Antonio Arillo |author4=Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer |year=2017 |title=The semi-aquatic pondweed bugs of a Cretaceous swamp |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e3760 |doi=10.7717/peerj.3760 |pmid=28890856 |pmc=5590552 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sánchez-García & Solórzano Kraemer in Sánchez-García et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A member of Gerromorpha belonging to the family Mesoveliidae. The type species is G. pulcherrima.

|

Iberovelia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sánchez-García & Nel in Sánchez-García et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A member of Gerromorpha belonging to the family Mesoveliidae. The type species is I. quisquilia.

|

Isolitaphis{{Cite journal |author=George Poinar Jr. |year=2017 |title=A new family of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=75 |pages=7–10 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.013 |bibcode=2017CrRes..75....7P }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An aphid belonging to the new family Isolitaphidae or to the family Juraphididae.{{cite journal |author1=Xue Liu |author2=Gexia Qiao |author3=Yunzhi Yao |author4=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=New fossil Juraphididae (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha) from Burmese amber, with phylogeny of the family |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=420–425 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.009 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..420L }} Genus includes new species I. prolatantennus.

|

Mapuchea pinoi{{Cite journal |author1=Juan F. Campodonico |author2=Eduardo I. Faúndez |author3=Allan C. Ashworth |year=2017 |title=Mapuchea pinoi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Membracoidea: Myerslopiidae): especie fósil de un lecho de turba de Monteverde, región de Los Lagos, Chile |journal=Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (Chile) |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=49–52 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316595979 |doi=10.4067/S0718-686X2017000100049 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Campodonico, Faúndez & Ashworth

|

Late Pleistocene

|

|

{{Flag|Chile}}

|

A member of Membracoidea belonging to the family Myerslopiidae.

|

Oviparosiphum stictum{{Cite journal |author1=Ying Fu |author2=Yunzhi Yao |author3=Gexia Qiao |author4=Yunyun Zhao |author5=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=A new species of Oviparosiphidae (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=75 |pages=157–161 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.023 |bibcode=2017CrRes..75..157F }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fu et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Aphidomorpha belonging to the family Oviparosiphidae.

|

Priscacutius{{Cite journal |author1=George Poinar Jr. |author2=Alex Brown |year=2017 |title=A new genus of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=160–163 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1384472 |s2cid=90556006 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Brown

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A leafhopper. The type species is P. denticulatus.

|

Shufania{{Cite journal|author1=Jun Chen |author2=Yan Zheng |author3=Guangjin Wei |author4=Xiaoli Wang |year=2017 |title=New data on Jurassic Sinoalidae from northeastern China (Insecta, Hemiptera) |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=91 |issue=5 |pages=994–1000 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2017.27 |bibcode=2017JPal...91..994C |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen et al.

|

Jurassic (CallovianOxfordian)

|

Daohugou Beds

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae. The type species is S. hani.

|

Tinaphis mongolica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Żyła & Węgierek in Węgierek et al.

|

Late Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

An aphid belonging to the family Szelegiewicziidae.

|

Triassonepa{{cite journal |author1=Julia Criscione |author2=David Grimaldi |year=2017 |title=The oldest predaceous water bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera, Belostomatidae), with implications for paleolimnology of the Triassic Cow Branch Formation |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=91 |issue=6 |pages=1166–1177 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2017.48 |bibcode=2017JPal...91.1166C |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Criscione & Grimaldi

|

Triassic

|

Cow Branch Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Belostomatidae. The type species is T. solensis.

|

Vitimaphis subridens{{Cite journal |author1=Dagmara Żyła |author2=Agnieszka Homan |author3=Piotr Węgierek |year=2017 |title=Polyphyly of the extinct family Oviparosiphidae and its implications for inferring aphid evolution (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=e0174791 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0174791 |pmid=28445493 |pmc=5405925 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1274791Z |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Żyła, Homan & Węgierek

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Baissa locality

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

An aphid.

|

Xulsigia{{cite journal |author1=Jacek Szwedo |author2=Robert Weis |author3=André Nel |year=2017 |title=A bizarre sternorrhynchan wing from the Lower Jurassic of Luxembourg (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pincombeomorpha?) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=806–812 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1395423 |s2cid=90106633 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02374596/file/Szwedo%20et%20al.%20-%202019%20-%20A%20bizarre%20sternorrhynchan%20wing%20from%20the%20Lower%20Jura.pdf }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Szwedo, Weis & Nel

|

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

|

{{Flag|Luxembourg}}

|

A member of Sternorrhyncha, possibly belonging to the group Pincombeomorpha. The type species is X. karetsa.

|

=Hymenopterans=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authorship of new name

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Aptenoperissus{{Cite journal|author1=A.P. Rasnitsyn |author2=George Poinar Jr. |author3=Alex E. Brown |year=2017 |title={{sic|Biz|zare|nolink=y}} wingless parasitic wasp from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Aptenoperissidae fam. nov.) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=69 |pages=113–118 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.003 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rasnitsyn, Poinar & Brown

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Ceraphronoidea. The type species is A. burmanicus.

|File:Aptenoperissus_burmanicus.jpg

Archaeoteleia astropulvis{{Cite journal|author1=Elijah J. Talamas |author2=Norman F. Johnson |author3=Matthew L. Buffington |author4=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=Archaeoteleia Masner in the Cretaceous and a new species of Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) |journal=Journal of Hymenoptera Research |volume=56 |pages=241–261 |doi=10.3897/jhr.56.10388 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Talamas in Talamas et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Platygastroidea.

|

Archeofoenus{{Cite journal|author=Michael S. Engel |year=2017 |title=New Evanioid Wasps from the Cenomanian of Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Othniodellithidae, Aulacidae), with a Summary of Family-Group Names Among Evanioidea |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3871 |pages=1–28 |doi=10.1206/3871.1 |hdl=2246/6695 |s2cid=90759044 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/156723 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Aulacidae belonging to the subfamily Hyptiogastritinae. The type species is A. tartaricus.

|

Bellohelorus{{cite journal |author1=Longfeng Li |author2=Chungkun Shih |author3=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=New fossil helorid wasps (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=474–486 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1282980 |s2cid=89628963 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li, Shih & Ren

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Proctotrupoidea belonging to the family Heloridae. Genus includes new species B. fortis.

|

Boltonimecia{{Cite journal|author=Leonid H. Borysenko |year=2017 |title=Description of a new genus of primitive ants from Canadian amber, with the study of relationships between stem- and crown-group ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |journal=Insecta Mundi |volume=570 |pages=1–57 |url=http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/view/104678 }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Borysenko

|

Late Cretaceous

|

Canadian amber

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|

An ant, a relative of Zigrasimecia. The type species is "Sphecomyrma" canadensis Wilson (1985).

|

File:Boltonimecia canadensis fig 1 A- Borysenko bioRxiv preprint 2016.jpg]]

Bombus (Cullumanobombus) trophonius{{Cite journal|last1=Prokop |first1=J. |last2=Dehon |first2=M. |last3=Michez |first3=D. |last4=Engel |first4=M. S. |year=2017 |title=An Early Miocene bumble bee from northern Bohemia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=710 |pages=43–63 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.710.14714 |pmid=29118643 |pmc=5674177 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop et al.

|

Early Miocene

|

Most Formation

|

{{Flag|Czech Republic}}

|

A bumblebee.

|

File:Bombus (Cullumanobombus) trophonius holotype whole.jpg]]

Caloichneumon{{Cite journal|author1=Longfeng Li |author2=Dmitry S. Kopylov |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=The first record of Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=70 |pages=152–162 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.11.001 |bibcode=2017CrRes..70..152L }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Ichneumonidae. The type species is C. perrarus.

|

Caputelus{{Cite journal|author1=Juanita Rodriguez |author2=Cecilia Waichert |author3=Carol D. von Dohlen |author4=James P. Pitts |year=2017 |title=The geological record and phylogeny of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): A revision of fossil species and their phylogenetic placement |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=10 |pages=e0185379 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0185379 |pmid=29020022 |pmc=5636076 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1285379R |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Waichert & Pitts in Rodriguez et al.

|

Eocene (Priabonian)

|

Florissant Fossil Beds

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A spider wasp. The type species is "Hemipogonius" scudderi Cockerell (1906).

|

Curiosivespa striata{{Cite journal |author1=Adrien Perrard |author2=David Grimaldi |author3=James M. Carpenter |year=2017 |title=Early lineages of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) in Cretaceous amber |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=379–386 |doi=10.1111/syen.12222 |s2cid=90328491 |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01587206/file/article.pdf }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Perrard, Grimaldi & Carpenter

|

Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Vespidae.

|

Curiosivespa zigrasi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Perrard, Grimaldi & Carpenter

|

Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Vespidae.

|

Deuteragenia catalunyia

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rodriguez, Waichert & Pitts in Rodriguez et al.

|

Miocene (Messinian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A spider wasp.

|

Dolichoderus tavridus{{Cite journal|author1=K.S. Perfilieva |author2=D.A. Dubovikoff |author3=G.M. Dlussky |year=2017 |title=Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Crimea |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=4 |pages=391–401 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117040098 |s2cid=90536477 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=29762021 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Perfilieva, Dubovikoff & Dlussky

|

Miocene

|

|

Crimean Peninsula

|

An ant, a species of Dolichoderus.

|

Electrofoenops

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Aulacidae related to Electrofoenus. The type species is E. diminuta.

|

Enneamerus costatus{{cite journal |author1=Alexander Radchenko |author2=Gennady M. Dlussky |year=2017 |title=New species of the extinct ant genus Enneamerus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and designation of the neotype of E. reticulatus |journal=Asian Myrmecology |volume=9 |pages=e009012 |doi=10.20362/am.009012 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

|

Radchenko & Dlussky

|

Eocene (Priabonian)

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe
(Baltic Sea coast)

|

An ant.

|

Eosega{{cite journal |author1=K.V. Martynova |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=Two new genera of cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae: Amiseginae) from Rovno and Baltic ambers |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=4 |pages=382–390 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117040074 |s2cid=89736989 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=29762020 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Martynova & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A cuckoo wasp. The type species is E. heterotarsata.

|

Florimena{{cite journal |author=A. V. Antropov |year=2017 |title=A new genus of fossil digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) from the Upper Eocene of Florissant, USA |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=186–190 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117020034 |s2cid=90957538 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Antropov

|

Late Eocene

|

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Crabronidae belonging to the subfamily Pemphredoninae. The type species is F. impressa.

|

Foveorisus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Martynova & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A cuckoo wasp. The type species is F. kilimniki.

|

Geoscelio{{Cite journal|author=Michael S. Engel|author2=Diying Huang|author3=Abdulaziz S. Alqarni|author4=Chenyang Cai|author5=Mabel Alvarado|author6=Laura C.V. Breitkreuz|author7=Dany Azar|name-list-style=amp |year=2017 |title=An apterous scelionid wasp in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=5–11 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2016.03.005 |bibcode=2017CRPal..16....5E |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel & Huang in Engel et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Scelionidae. The type species is G. mckellari.

|

Ghilarella alexialis{{cite journal |author1=D. S. Kopylov |author2=A. P. Rasnitsyn |year=2017 |title=New sepulcids (Hymenoptera: Sepulcidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Asia: II. Ghilarellinae and Trematothoracinae |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=291–303 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117030029 |s2cid=89823685 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov & Rasnitsyn

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A member of the family Sepulcidae.

|

Ghilarella masculina

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov & Rasnitsyn

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Sepulcidae.

|

Juraserphus{{Cite journal |author1=Yan Zheng |author2=Jun Chen |year=2017 |title=A new mesoserphid wasp from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |issue=379 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2017.379 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng & Chen

|

Middle Jurassic (Callovian)

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Proctotrupoidea belonging to the family Mesoserphidae.

|

Karatavites ningchengensis{{cite journal |author1=Matthew J.H. Shih |author2=Longfeng Li |author3=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=Application of geometric morphometric analyses to confirm two new species of Karatavitidae (Hymenoptera: Karatavitoidea) from northeastern China |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=499–508 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1316872 |s2cid=133959279 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Shih, Li & Ren

|

Middle Jurassic (Callovian)

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Karatavitidae.

|

Lagenostephanus{{Cite journal|author1=Lonfgeng Li |author2=Alexander P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Conrad C. Labandeira |author4=Chungkun Shih |author5=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=Phylogeny of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) with a new genus from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=194–203 |doi=10.1111/syen.12202 |s2cid=90172798 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li, Rasnitsyn, Shih & Ren in Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Stephanidae. The type species is L. lii.

|

Linguamyrmex{{Cite journal|last1=Barden |first1=P |last2=Herhold |first2=H. W. |last3=Grimaldi |first3=D. A. |year=2017 |title=A new genus of hell ants from the Cretaceous (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) with a novel head structure |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=837–846 |doi=10.1111/syen.12253 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Barden & Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An ant belonging to the tribe Haidomyrmecini. The type species is L. vladi.

|

file:Linguamyrmex vladi AMNH-BUPH01 profile.jpg]]

Micramphilius mirabilipennis{{cite journal |author1=D. S. Kopylov |author2=A. P. Rasnitsyn |year=2017 |title=New sepulcids (Hymenoptera: Sepulcidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Asia. I. Parapamphiliinae and Xyelulinae |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=69–76 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117010087 |s2cid=90911921 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=28107101 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov & Rasnitsyn

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Sepulcidae.

|

Mirolyda{{Cite journal|author1=Mei Wang |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Zhongqi Yang |author4=Chungkun Shih |author5=Hongbin Wang |author6=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=Mirolydidae, a new family of Jurassic pamphilioid sawfly (Hymenoptera) highlighting mosaic evolution of lower Hymenoptera |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |pages=Article number 43944 |doi=10.1038/srep43944 |pmid=28266631 |pmc=5339686 |bibcode=2017NatSR...743944W }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

|

Wang, Rasnitsyn & Ren in Wang et al.

|

Middle Jurassic (late Callovian)

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Pamphilioidea belonging to the new family Mirolydidae. The type species is M. hirta.

|

Novhelorus

|

Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Li, Shih & Ren

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Proctotrupoidea belonging to the family Heloridae. Genus includes new species N. macilentus, as well as "Spherogaster" saltatrix Shi et al. (2013).

|

Novichneumon

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Ichneumonidae. The type species is N. longus.

|

Oecophylla taurica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Perfilieva, Dubovikov & Dlussky

|

Miocene

|

|

Crimean Peninsula

|

A weaver ant.

|

Onokhoius venustus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov & Rasnitsyn

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Sepulcidae.

|

Paleoepeolus{{Cite journal|author1=Manuel Dehon |author2=Adrien Perrard |author3=Michael S. Engel |author4=André Nel |author5=Denis Michez |year=2017 |title=Antiquity of cleptoparasitism among bees revealed by morphometric and phylogenetic analysis of a Paleocene fossil nomadine (Hymenoptera: Apidae) |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=543–554 |doi=10.1111/syen.12230 |s2cid=73595252 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Dehon et al.

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A bee belonging to the family Apidae, subfamily Nomadinae and the tribe Epeolini. The type species is P. micheneri.

|

Pamparaphilius khasurtensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov & Rasnitsyn

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Sepulcidae.

|

Pepsinites

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Rodriguez & Waichert in Rodriguez et al.

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

Florissant Fossil Beds

|

Baltic Sea coast

{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A collective-group name for all fossil members of Pepsinae for which the generic position is unclear because of lack of diagnostic characters in preserved specimens. Includes "Pompilus" scelerosus Meunier (1917), "Pepsis" avitula Cockerell (1941), "Hemipogonius" florissantensis Cockerell (1906), "Salius" laminarum Rohwer (1909), "Criptochilus" contentus Theobald (1937) and "Agenia" cockerellae Rohwer (1909).

|

Phoriostephanus{{Cite journal|author1=Michael S. Engel |author2=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=A new crown wasp in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=69 |pages=56–61 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.014 |bibcode=2017CrRes..69...56E }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

Originally described as a member of Stephanidae; Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle (2021) reinterpreted it as a member of Roproniidae.{{Cite journal|author1=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author2=Christoph Öhm-Kühnle |year=2021 |title=Non-aculeate Hymenoptera in the Cretaceous ambers of the World |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=124 |pages=Article 104805 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104805 |bibcode=2021CrRes.12404805R |s2cid=233795257 }} The type species is P. exilis.

|

Pompilinites

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Rodriguez & Waichert in Rodriguez et al.

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A collective-group name for all fossil members of Pompilinae for which the generic position is unclear because of lack of diagnostic characters in preserved specimens. Includes "Pompilus" coquandi Theobald (1937) and "Psammochares" depressa Statz (1936).

|

Pompilites

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Rodriguez in Rodriguez et al.

|

EoceneMiocene

|

Florissant Fossil Beds

|

{{Flag|France}}

{{Flag|Germany}}

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A collective-group name for all fossil species of spider wasps for which the subfamilial and generic position is unclear because of lack of diagnostic characters in preserved specimens. Includes "Pompilus" induratus Heer (1849), "Pompilus" fasciatus Theobald (1937), "Pompilus" incertus Theobald (1937) and "Salius" senex Rohwer (1909).

|

Praeratavites rasnitsyni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Shih, Li & Ren

|

Middle Jurassic (Callovian)

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Karatavitidae.

|

Proteroscelio nexus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Talamas in Talamas et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Platygastroidea.

|

Protocopidosoma{{cite journal |author1=S. A. Simutnik |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=Protocopidosoma gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from the Late Eocene Danish amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=288–290 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117030108 |s2cid=90038742 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Simutnik & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

|

{{Flag|Denmark}}

|

A member of the family Encyrtidae. Genus includes new species P. kononovae.

|

Protocyrtus parilis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li, Shih & Ren

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Proctotrupoidea belonging to the family Heloridae.

|

Protovespa

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Perrard, Grimaldi & Carpenter

|

Early Cretaceous (late Albian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Vespidae. Genus includes new species P. haxairei.

|

Rhetinorhyssalites{{Cite journal|author1=Michael S. Engel |author2=Jennifer C. Thomas |author3=Abdulaziz S. Alqarni |year=2017 |title=A new genus of protorhyssaline wasps in Raritan amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=711 |pages=103–111 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.711.20709 |pmid=29134030 |pmc=5674186 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel, Thomas & Alqarni

|

Late Cretaceous (Turonian)

|

Raritan Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Protorhyssalinae. The type species is R. emersoni.

|

Solenopsis atavinus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Perfilieva, Dubovikov & Dlussky

|

Miocene

|

|

Crimean Peninsula

|

A fire ant.

|

Stigmomyrmex rugulosus{{Cite journal|author1=A. Radchenko |author2=G. M. Dlussky |year=2017 |title=New species of the extinct ant genus Stigmomyrmex Mayr and designation of the neotype of Stiphromyrmex robustus (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=773–780 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.4.012 |s2cid=89747056 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Radchenko & Dlussky

|

Eocene (Priabonian)

|

Baltic amber

Bitterfeld amber

|

Baltic Sea coast

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

An ant.

|

Trematothorax brachyurus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov & Rasnitsyn

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Sepulcidae.

|

Trematothorax extravenosus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov & Rasnitsyn

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Sepulcidae.

|

Trematothorax zhangi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov & Rasnitsyn

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Sepulcidae.

|

Xenodellitha

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Evanioidea belonging to the family Othniodellithidae. The type species is X. preta.

|

=Mecopterans=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Burmobittacus{{Cite journal|author1=Xiangdong Zhao |author2=Alexei Bashkuev |author3=Lei Chen |author4=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=The first hangingfly from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=70 |pages=147–151 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.10.008 |bibcode=2017CrRes..70..147Z }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhao et al.

|

Cretaceous

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A hangingfly. The type species is B. jarzembowskii.

|

Conicholcorpa{{Cite journal|author1=Lei Li |author2=Chungkun Shih |author3=Chen Wang |author4=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=A new fossil scorpionfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Holcorpidae) with extremely elongate male genitalia from northeastern China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=797–805 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=2017endzxb03004&flag=1 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.13310 |s2cid=134737209 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Middle Jurassic (late Callovian)

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Holcorpidae. The type species is C. stigmosa.

|

=Neuropterans=

class="wikitable sortable" align="center" width="100%"
Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Arbusella magna{{cite journal |author1=Alexander V. Khramov |author2=Qing Liu |author3=Haichun Zhang |year=2017 |title=Mesozoic diversity of relict subfamily Kempyninae (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=7 |pages=938–946 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1411351 |s2cid=91030383 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Khramov, Liu & Zhang

|

Jurassic

|

Daohugou Beds

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Osmylidae belonging to the subfamily Kempyninae.

|

Burmithone{{Cite journal |author1=Xiumei Lu |author2=Weiwei Zhang |author3=Michael Ohl |author4=Xingyue Liu |year=2017 |title=The first moth lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Ithonidae) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=78–83 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.027 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78...78L }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ithonidae. Genus includes new species B. pennyi.

|

Burmobabinskaia{{Cite journal |author1=Xiumei Lu |author2=Weiwei Zhang |author3=Xingyue Liu |year=2017 |title=Discovery of the family Babinskaiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=71 |pages=14–23 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.10.012 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lu, Zhang & Liu

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. The type species is B. tenuis.

|

Burmodipteromantispa{{Cite journal |author1=Xingyue Liu |author2=Xiumei Lu |author3=Weiwei Zhang |year=2017 |title=New genera and species of the family Dipteromantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar and New Jersey |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=72 |pages=18–25 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.007 |bibcode=2017CrRes..72...18L }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu, Lu & Zhang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Dipteromantispidae. The type species is B. jiaxiaoae.

|

Burmopsychops groehni{{Cite journal |author=Vladimir N. Makarkin |year=2017 |title=New taxa of unusual Dilaridae (Neuroptera) with siphonate mouthparts from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=74 |pages=11–22 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.019 |bibcode=2017CrRes..74...11M }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Makarkin

|

Cretaceous (late Albian or early Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A neuropteran of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally classified as member of the family Dilaridae and assigned to the genus Burmopsychops; subsequently transferred to the family Kalligrammatidae and to the genus Oligopsychopsis by Liu et al. (2018).{{Cite journal |author1=Qing Liu |author2=Xiumei Lu |author3=Qingqing Zhang |author4=Jun Chen |author5=Xiaoting Zheng |author6=Weiwei Zhang |author7=Xingyue Liu |author8=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=High niche diversity in Mesozoic pollinating lacewings |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 3793 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-06120-5 |pmid=30224679 |pmc=6141599 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9.3793L }}

|

Cretaconiopteryx{{Cite journal|author1=Xingyue Liu |author2=Xiumei Lu |year=2017 |title=A remarkable new genus of Cretaceous dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in amber from northern Myanmar |journal=Zoological Systematics |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=380–389 |doi=10.11865/zs.201716 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu & Lu

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Coniopterygidae. The type species is C. grandis.

|

Cretadilar

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Makarkin

|

Cretaceous (late Albian or early Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Dilaridae. The type species is C. olei.

|

Cretarophalis{{Cite journal |author=Wilfried Wichard |year=2017 |title=Family Nevrorthidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=1–5 |doi=10.18476/pale.v10.a1 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard

|

Cretaceous (AlbianCenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Nevrorthidae. The type species is C. patrickmuelleri.

|

Electrobabinskaia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lu, Zhang & Liu

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. The type species is E. burmana.

|

Electropsychops{{Cite journal |author1=Xiumei Lu |author2=Weiwei Zhang |author3=Michael Ohl |author4=Xingyue Liu |year=2017 |title=New genus and species of silky lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4291 |issue=2 |pages=373–383 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4291.2.9 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychopsidae. Genus includes new species E. handlirschi.

|

Epignopholeon{{Cite journal |author=Vladimir N. Makarkin |year=2017 |title=Oldest new genus of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene Green River Formation |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4337 |issue=4 |pages=540–552 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4337.4.5 |pmid=29245755 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Makarkin

|

Early Eocene

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A probable Gnopholeontini tribe myrmeleontine antlion.
The type species is E. sophiae.

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Epiosmylus longus{{cite journal |author=A. V. Khramov |year=2017 |title=Jurassic lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera) of Western Siberia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=59–68 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117010063 |s2cid=91069476 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=28107100 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Khramov

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Middle Jurassic

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Osmylidae.

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Glaesoconis popovi{{Cite journal |author1=Vladimir N. Makarkin |author2=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=A new species of Glaesoconis Meinander (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) from the Santonian Taimyr amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=75 |pages=120–124 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.019 |bibcode=2017CrRes..75..120M }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Makarkin & Perkovsky

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Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

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Taimyr amber

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of the family Coniopterygidae.

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Jersimantispa

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Gen. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Liu, Lu & Zhang

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Late Cretaceous (Turonian)

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New Jersey amber

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Dipteromantispidae; a new genus for "Mantispidiptera" henryi Grimaldi (2000).

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Kubekius

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Khramov

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Middle Jurassic

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Osmylidae. Genus includes new species K. multiramosus.

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Lithochrysa borealis{{Cite journal |author1=S. Bruce Archibald |author2=Vladimir N. Makarkin |year=2017 |title=A new fossil green lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene Driftwood Canyon, Canada |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4324 |issue=2 |pages=397–400 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.12 |s2cid=90888385 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Archibald & Makarkin

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Early Eocene
Ypersian

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Eocene Okanagan Highlands
Driftwood shales

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{{Flag|Canada}}

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A Nothochrysinae green lacewing.

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Mantispidipterella

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Liu, Lu & Zhang

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of Dipteromantispidae. The type species is M. longissima.

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Parababinskaia{{Cite journal |author1=Vladimir N. Makarkin |author2=Sam W. Heads |author3=Sonja Wedmann |year=2017 |title=Taxonomic study of the Cretaceous lacewing family Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea: Nymphidoidae), with description of new taxa |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=149–160 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.007 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78..149M |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Makarkin, Heads & Wedmann

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Early Cretaceous (late Aptian)

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Crato Formation

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{{Flag|Brazil}}

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A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. Genus includes new species P. elegans.

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Ponomarenkius

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Khramov, Liu & Zhang

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Jurassic

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Daohugou Beds

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of the family Osmylidae belonging to the subfamily Kempyninae. Genus includes new species P. excellens.

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Pseudobabinskaia

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Makarkin, Heads & Wedmann

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae. The type species is "Babinskaia" martinsnetoi Lu, Zhang & Liu (2017).

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Pseudosmylidia{{cite journal |author=Vladimir N. Makarkin |year=2017 |title=A remarkable new genus of Protosmylinae (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) from late Eocene Florissant, Colorado |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4268 |issue=4 |pages=581–587 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4268.4.9 |pmid=28610356 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

|

Makarkin

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Late Eocene

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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A member of Osmylidae. The type species is P. relicta.

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Xenoberotha{{Cite journal |author=Vladimir N. Makarkin |year=2017 |title=An interesting new genus of Berothinae (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from the early Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4226 |issue=4 |pages=594–600 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4226.4.9 |pmid=28187609 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

|

Makarkin

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Early Eocene

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}
{{flag|Colorado}}

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A berothine beaded lacewing.
The type species is X. angustialata.

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! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

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! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Angustaeshna{{Cite journal|author1=Diying Huang |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=André Nel |year=2017 |title=A new Burmese amber hawker dragonfly helps to redefine the position of the aeshnopteran family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnoidea) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=79 |pages=153–158 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.07.020 |bibcode=2017CrRes..79..153H |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01581891/file/Huang_2017_A_new_Burmese_amber.pdf }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang, Cai & Nel

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A dragonfly belonging to the superfamily Aeshnoidea and the family Burmaeshnidae. The type species is A. magnifica.

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Burmachistigma{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=André Nel |author3=Haichun Zhang |author4=Su-Chin Chang |author5=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author6=De Zhuo |author7=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=A highly diverse coenagrionoid damselfly group (Odonata: Zygoptera: Burmacoenagrionidae fam. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=239–253 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1406010 |s2cid=90805304 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A coenagrionoid damselfly. Genus includes new species B. cheni.

|

Burmacoenagrion

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A coenagrionoid damselfly. Genus includes new species B. pretiosus.

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Burmaeshna{{Cite journal|author1=Diying Huang |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=André Nel |author4=Günter Bechly |year=2017 |title=A new dragonfly family from the mid Cretaceous Burmese amber (Odonata: Aeshnoptera: Burmaeshnidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=8–12 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.025 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78....8H |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01528788/file/Huang_A_new_dragonfly.pdf }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

|

Huang et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A dragonfly. The type species is B. azari.

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Burmagomphides{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=André Nel |author3=Su-Chin Chang |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=Haichun Zhang |author6=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=A well-preserved true dragonfly (Anisoptera: Gomphides: Burmagomphidae fam. nov.) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=10 |pages=881–889 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1365100 |s2cid=89876410 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng, Nel & Wang in Zheng et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A dragonfly. Genus includes new species B. electronica.

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Burmagrion{{Cite journal|author1=Claudia Möstel |author2=Martin Schorr |author3=Günter Bechly |year=2017 |title=A new stem-coenagrionoid genus of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4243 |issue=1 |pages=177–186 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.9 |pmid=28610178 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Möstel, Schorr & Bechly

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A stem-coenagrionoid damselfly. The type species is B. marjanmatoki.

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file:Burmagrion marijanmatoki holotype.jpg]]

Burmahemiphlebia{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Qingqing Zhang |author3=André Nel |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=Zhicheng Zhou |author6=Su-Chin Chang |author7=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=New damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae, Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=12–21 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1164402 |s2cid=89353025 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Hemiphlebiidae. The type species is Burmahemiphlebia zhangi.

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Chlorocypha cordasevae{{Cite journal|author1=André Nel |author2=Martin Gross |author3=Michael S. Engel |year=2017 |title=First fossil occurrence of the jewel damselflies (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae): a new species from the Late Miocene of Styria, Austria |journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France |series=Nouvelle Série |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=280–285 |doi=10.1080/00379271.2017.1342559 |s2cid=91104680 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01613276/file/Nel_2017_First_fossil.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nel, Gross & Engel

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Late Miocene

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Styrian Basin

|

{{Flag|Austria}}

|

A species of Chlorocypha.

|

Cretaeshna{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Su-Chin Chang |author3=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author4=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=The first aeshnoid dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Telephlebiidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=72 |pages=105–109 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.013 |bibcode=2017CrRes..72..105Z }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A dragonfly belonging to the superfamily Aeshnoidea. Originally assigned to the family Telephlebiidae, but subsequently transferred to the family Burmaeshnidae. The type species is C. lini.

|

Electrocoenagrion

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A coenagrionoid damselfly. Genus includes new species E. elongatum and E. forficatum.

|

Electrodysagrion{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Su-Chin Chang |author3=André Nel |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=De Zhuo |author6=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=Electrodysagrion lini gen. et sp. nov., the oldest Dysagrionini (Odonata: Zygoptera: Dysagrionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=77 |pages=44–48 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.008 |bibcode=2017CrRes..77...44Z }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng, Nel & Wang in Zheng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Dysagrionidae. Genus includes new species E. lini.

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Elektrogomphaeschna{{Cite journal|author1=Stefan Pinkert |author2=Günter Bechly |author3=André Nel |year=2017 |title=First record of hawker dragonflies from Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphaeschnidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4272 |issue=2 |pages=263–275 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4272.2.7 |pmid=28610295 |s2cid=46328052 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01547445/file/Pinkert_2017_First_record_of.pdf }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pinkert, Bechly & Nel

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphaeschnidae. Genus includes new species E. peterthieli and E. annekeae.

|

Gallodorsettia{{Cite journal|author1=André Nel |author2=Robert Weis |year=2017 |title=A new Early Jurassic damselfly from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=378–382 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1289417 |s2cid=132602020 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01613291/file/Nel_2017_A_new_Early.pdf }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nel & Weis

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Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

|

{{Flag|Luxembourg}}

|

A member of the family Campterophlebiidae. The type species is G. kronzi.

|

Gomphaeschna carinthiae{{Cite journal|author1=Mario Schädel |author2=Thomas S. Lechner |year=2017 |title=Two new dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Miocene of Carinthia (Austria) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4243 |issue=1 |pages=153–164 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.7 |pmid=28610176 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Schädel & Lechner

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Austria}}

|

A dragonfly.

|

Ictinogomphus hassleri

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Schädel & Lechner

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Austria}}

|

A dragonfly, a species of Ictinogomphus.

|

Junfengi{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Chong Dong |author3=He Wang |author4=Yifei Ye |author5=Bo Wang |author6=Su-Chin Chang |author7=Haichun Zhang |year=2017 |title=The first damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Shaanxi Province, northwestern China |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=509–513 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1318170 |s2cid=133806124 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng & Zhang in Zheng et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Yanan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the group Isophlebioidea and the family Campterophlebiidae. Genus includes new species J. yulinensis.

|

Juraheterophlebia cancellosa{{Cite journal|author1=Diying Huang |author2=André Nel |year=2017 |title=New fossil damsel–dragonfly clarifies the phylogenetic position of the small Jurassic family Juraheterophlebiidae (Odonata: Epiproctophora) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=536–542 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1329937 |s2cid=90921611 }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang & Nel

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Middle–Late Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the group Stenophlebioptera and the family Juraheterophlebiidae.

|

Linqibinia{{Cite journal|author1=Stefan Pinkert |author2=André Nel |author3=Di-Ying Huang |year=2017 |title=A new hawker dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata: Aeshnoptera) |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=378–381 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2017.01.006 |bibcode=2017CRPal..16..378P |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pinkert, Nel & Huang

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Middle Jurassic

|

Haifanggou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A dragonfly belonging to the family Paracymatophlebiidae. Genus includes new species L. panae.

|

Mesomegaloprepus{{Cite journal |author1=Diying Huang |author2=Dany Azar |author3=Chenyang Cai |author4=Sibelle Maksoud |author5=André Nel |author6=Günter Bechly |year=2017 |title=Mesomegaloprepidae, a remarkable new damselfly family (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=73 |pages=1–13 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.01.003 |bibcode=2017CrRes..73....1H |url=http://hal.upmc.fr/hal-01437568/file/Huang_Mesomegaloprepidae,.pdf }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang et al.

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Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly. The type species is M. magnificus.

|

Mesosticta davidattenboroughi{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Bo Wang |author3=André Nel |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=Haichun Zhang |author6=Su-Chin Chang |year=2017 |title=Mesostictinae subfam. nov., an archaic group of platystictid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1348395 |s2cid=90831615 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02054135/file/Zheng%20et%20al.%20-%202019%20-%20Mesostictinae%20subfam.%20nov.%2C%20an%20archaic%20group%20of%20pl.pdf }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Platystictidae.

|

Palaeodisparoneura cretacica{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Su-Chin Chang |year=2017 |title=Palaeodisparoneura cretacica sp. nov., a new damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=235–240 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2016.08.005 |bibcode=2017CRPal..16..235Z |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng, Wang & Chang

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Platycnemididae.

|

Palaeodysagrion

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Dysagrionidae. The type species is Palaeodysagrion cretacicus. The second species assigned to this genus, Palaeodysagrion youlini Zheng, Chang & Chang (2017),{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Su-Chin Chang |author3=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=A new dysagrionid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Palaeodysagrion) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=300–304 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1381991 |s2cid=135274976 }} was subsequently transferred to the separate genus Pseudopalaeodysagrion.{{Cite journal |author1=Günter Bechly |author2=Jürgen Velten |title=A Revised Diagnosis of Palaeodysagrion cretacicus Zheng et al., 2016 (Insecta: Odonata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber, with erection of a new genus of fossil damselflies |year=2023 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5263 |issue=4 |pages=547–556 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5263.4.6 |pmid=37044970 |s2cid=258098278 }}

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Propecymatophlebia{{Cite journal|author1=Di-ying Huang |author2=André Nel |author3=Chenyang Cai |year=2017 |title=An enigmatic hawker dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata, Aeshnoptera) |journal=PalZ |volume=91 |issue=3 |pages=459–462 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0364-6 |s2cid=90051517 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01557360/file/Huang_2017_An_enigmatic_hawker.pdf }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang, Nel & Cai

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Middle Jurassic

|

Haifanggou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A dragonfly. The type species is P. magnifica.

|

Reisia rieki{{Cite journal|author1=Isabelle Deregnaucourt |author2=Torsten Wappler |author3=John M. Anderson |author4=Olivier Béthoux |year=2017 |title=A new triadotypid insect from the Late Triassic of South Africa |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=613–618 |doi=10.4202/app.00345.2017 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

|

Deregnaucourt et al.

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Late Triassic (Carnian)

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Molteno Formation

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{{Flag|South Africa}}

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A member of Triadotypomorpha belonging to the family Triadotypidae.

|

Satelitala{{Cite journal|author=Julián F. Petrulevičius |year=2017 |title=A new burmagomphid dragonfly from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=779–783 |doi=10.4202/app.00427.2017 |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/57006 |hdl-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Petrulevičius

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Eocene (Ypresian)

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A dragonfly belonging to the family Burmagomphidae. The type species is S. soberana.

|

Treintamilun{{Cite journal|author=Julián F. Petrulevičius |year=2017 |title=First Frenguelliidae (Insecta: Odonata) from the middle Eocene of Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Arquivos Entomolóxicos |volume=18 |pages=367–374 |url=http://www.aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos/ae18_2017_petrulevicius_first_frenguelliidae_odonata_middle_eocene_patagonia_argentina.pdf }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Petrulevičius

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Eocene (Lutetian)

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A member of the family Frenguelliidae. The type species is T. vuelvenlucha.

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Yijenplatycnemis{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=André Nel |author3=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author4=Su-Chin Chang |author5=Haichun Zhang |author6=Fangyuan Xia |author7=Haoying Liu |author8=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=Extreme adaptations for probable visual courtship behaviour in a Cretaceous dancing damselfly |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |pages=Article number 44932 |doi=10.1038/srep44932 |pmid=28317876 |pmc=5357891 |bibcode=2017NatSR...744932Z }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

|

Zheng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Platycnemididae and the subfamily Palaeodisparoneurinae. The type species is Y. huangi.

|File:Yijenplatycnemis_huangi_NMNS.jpg

=Trichopterans=

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! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

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! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Acisarcuatus locellatus{{cite journal |author1=Weiting Zhang |author2=Chungkun Shih |author3=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=Two new fossil caddisflies (Amphiesmenoptera: Trichoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=22–29 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1170501 |s2cid=132869353 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang, Shih & Ren

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A caddisfly belonging to the family Necrotauliidae; a species of Acisarcuatus.

|

Archaeopolycentra yantardakh{{cite journal |author1=Vladimir D. Ivanov |author2=Stanislav I. Melnitsky |year=2017 |title=New caddisflies species (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Cretaceous Taymyr amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=77 |pages=124–132 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.009 |bibcode=2017CrRes..77..124I }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ivanov & Melnitsky

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A caddisfly belonging to the family Polycentropodidae.

|

Kamopanorpa tamarae{{cite journal |author1=I.D. Sukatsheva |author2=D.S. Aristov |year=2017 |title=New insects (Insecta: Trichoptera, Eoblattida) from the Lower Permian of Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=4 |pages=374–381 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117040116 |s2cid=90782893 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=29762019 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva & Aristov

|

Early Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Microptysmatidae.

|

Kamopanorpa tyulkiana

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva & Aristov

|

Early Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Microptysmatidae.

|

Kliganigadukia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ivanov & Melnitsky

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A caddisfly belonging to the family Hydrobiosidae. Genus includes new species K. taymyrensis.

|

Liadotaulius limus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang, Shih & Ren

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

Possibly a member of the family Philopotamidae; a species of Liadotaulius.

|

Palaeopsilotreta{{cite journal |author1=Wilfried Wichard |author2=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=A remarkable caddisfly with bipectinate antennae in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta, Trichoptera) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=69 |pages=198–203 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.012 |bibcode=2017CrRes..69..198W }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A caddisfly belonging to the family Odontoceridae. The type species is P. xiai.

|

Prodicos{{cite journal |author=I. D. Sukacheva |year=2017 |title=The first record of Dicosmoecinae from the Cenozoic of the Russian Far East with a brief global overview of fossil Limnephilidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=53–58 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117010117 |s2cid=89856613 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=28107099 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukacheva

|

Late Eocene-early Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A caddisfly belonging to the family Limnephilidae. Genus includes new species P. rasnitsyni.

|

Siberoclea

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ivanov & Melnitsky

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A caddisfly belonging to the family Leptoceridae. Genus includes new species S. parapolaria.

|

Taymyrodipseudon

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ivanov & Melnitsky

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A caddisfly belonging to the family Dipseudopsidae. Genus includes new species T. protopegasus.

|

=Other insects=

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Location

! Notes

! Images

Aethiocarenus{{Cite journal |author1=George Poinar Jr. |author2=Alex E. Brown |year=2017 |title=An exotic insect Aethiocarenus burmanicus gen. et sp. nov. (Aethiocarenodea ord. nov., Aethiocarenidae fam. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=72 |pages=100–104 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.011 |bibcode=2017CrRes..72..100P }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Brown

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An insect of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Originally interpreted as a wingless insect belonging to the new order Aethiocarenodea; Vršanský et al. (2018) considered it to be an alienopterid nymph.{{Cite journal |author1=Peter Vršanský |author2=Günter Bechly |author3=Qingqing Zhang |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=Tomáš Mlynský |author6=Lucia Šmídová |author7=Peter Barna |author8=Matúš Kúdela |author9=Danil Aristov |author10=Sonia Bigalk |author11=Lars Krogmann |author12=Liqin Li |author13=Qi Zhang |author14=Haichun Zhang |author15=Sieghard Ellenberger |author16=Patrick Müller |author17=Carsten Gröhn |author18=Fangyuan Xia |author19=Kyoichiro Ueda |author20=Peter Vďačný |author21=Daniel Valaška |author22=Lucia Vršanská |author23=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Batesian insect-insect mimicry-related explosive radiation of ancient alienopterid cockroaches |journal=Biologia |volume=73 |issue=10 |pages=987–1006 |doi=10.2478/s11756-018-0117-3 |s2cid=52270212 }} The type species is A. burmanicus.

|File:Aethiocarenus_burmanicus.jpg

Alexarasnia limbata{{cite journal |author=D. S. Aristov |year=2017 |title=New insects (Insecta: Eoblattida, Embiida) from the Permian of Russia and the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan, with observations on the origin of webspinners |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=161–170 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117020046 |s2cid=132949184 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315620032 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov

|

Late Permian (Severodvinian)

|

Poldarsk Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Embioptera belonging to the family Alexarasniidae.

|

Angaroptera{{cite book |author=Michael Wachtler |year=2017 |chapter=The insect-variety of Angaran Early Permian |editor1=M. Wachtler |editor2=T. Perner |title=Early Permian origin and evolution of angiosperms – the flowering of Angara-Land |pages=90–101 |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321333089 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wachtler

|

Permian (Kungurian)

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Orthoptera resembling modern crickets. The type species is A. nicolaswachtleri.

|

Arroyohymen{{Cite journal |author1=Jakub Prokop |author2=Jarmila Kukalová-Peck |year=2017 |title=New insects from the earliest Permian of Carrizo Arroyo (New Mexico, USA) bridging the gap between the Carboniferous and Permian entomofaunas |journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=493–511 |doi=10.1163/1876312X-48022160 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop & Kukalová-Peck

|

Permian (early Asselian)

|

Bursum Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Protohymenidae. The type species is A. splendens.

|

Ashanga jiuquanensis{{Cite journal |author1=He Wang |author2=Daran Zheng |author3=Xiaojie Lei |author4=Qingqing Zhang |author5=Xiaoyin Ren |author6=Bo Wang |author7=Yan Fang |author8=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author9=Haichun Zhang |year=2017 |title=A new species of Chifengiinae (Orthoptera: Prophalangopsidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Zhonggou Formation of the Jiuquan Basin, Northwest China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=73 |pages=60–64 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.01.006 |bibcode=2017CrRes..73...60W }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang & Zhang in Wang et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

|

Zhonggou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Orthoptera belonging to the family Prophalangopsidae and the subfamily Chifengiinae.

|

Baikalogenites{{cite journal |author=N. D. Sinitshenkova |year=2017 |title=New mayflies (Insecta: Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) from the Upper Mesozoic locality of Khasurty, Western Transbaikalia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=280–287 |doi=10.1134/S003103011703011X |s2cid=90101375 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A mayfly belonging to the family Hexagenitidae. Genus includes new species B. firmus.

|

Baissoptera bicolor{{Cite journal |author1=Ya-nan Lyu |author2=Dong Ren |author3=Xingyue Liu |year=2017 |title=Systematic revision of the fossil snakefly family Baissopteridae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with description of a new genus and three new species |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=80 |pages=13–26 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.004 |bibcode=2017CrRes..80...13L }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyu, Ren & Liu

|

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A snakefly belonging to the family Baissopteridae.

|

Baissoptera sinica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyu, Ren & Liu

|

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A snakefly belonging to the family Baissopteridae.

|

Bansheepteron{{cite journal |author1=Romain Garrouste |author2=Jean Lapeyrie |author3=Jean-Sebastien Steyer |author4=Stephen Giner |author5=Andre Nel |year=2017 |title=Insects in the Red Middle Permian of Southern France: first Protanisoptera (Odonatoptera) and new Caloneurodea (Panorthoptera), with biostratigraphical implications |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=546–553 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1301448 |s2cid=133336679 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Garrouste et al.

|

Permian (Guadalupian)

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of Odonatoptera belonging to the group Protanisoptera. The type species is B. gonfaronensis.

|

Belmomantis{{Cite journal |author1=Jakub Prokop |author2=Martina Pecharová |author3=Romain Garrouste |author4=Robert Beattie |author5=Ioana C. Chintauan-Marquier |author6=André Nel |year=2017 |title=Redefining the extinct orders Miomoptera and Hypoperlida as stem acercarian insects |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=205 |doi=10.1186/s12862-017-1039-3 |pmid=28841819 |pmc=5574135 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop et al.

|

Permian (Lopingian)

|

Newcastle Coal Measures

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|

A member of Miomoptera belonging to the family Palaeomanteidae. The type species is B. azari.

|

Borinquena schawallfussi{{cite journal |author1=Arnold H. Staniczek |author2=Roman J. Godunko |author3=Wiesław Krzemiński |year=2017 |title=A New Fossil Mayfly Species of the Genus Borinquena Traver, 1938 (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae) from Miocene Dominican Amber |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=113–119 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.1.013 |s2cid=4979772 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Staniczek, Godunko & Krzemiński

|

Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A mayfly belonging to the family Leptophlebiidae.

|

Brodia jogginsensis{{Cite journal|author1=Jakub Prokop |author2=Martina Pecharová |author3=André Nel |author4=Melissa Grey |author5=Thomas Hörnschemeyer |year=2017 |title=A remarkable insect from the Pennsylvanian of the Joggins Formation in Nova Scotia, Canada: insights into unusual venation of Brodiidae and nymphs of Megasecoptera |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=15 |issue=12 |pages=1051–1065 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1283364 |s2cid=90358156 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop et al.

|

Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)

|

Joggins Formation

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|

A member of Megasecoptera.

|

Burmacompsocus coniugans{{Cite journal |author1=Pavel Sroka |author2=André Nel |year=2017 |title=New species of Compsocidae (Insecta, Psocodea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4320 |issue=3 |pages=597–600 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.12 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sroka & Nel

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Psocoptera belonging to the family Compsocidae.

|

Carrizodiaphanoptera

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop & Kukalová-Peck

|

Permian (early Asselian)

|

Bursum Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Diaphanopteridae. The type species is C. permiana.

|

Carrizoneura

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop & Kukalová-Peck

|

Permian (early Asselian)

|

Bursum Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Syntonopteridae. The type species is C. carpenteri.

|

Chauliodites esperstedti{{Cite journal |author1=Timo van Eldijk |author2=Gerard Goris |author3=Adam Haarhuis |author4=Jos Lankamp |author5=Herman Winkelhorst |author6=Jelle Reumer |author7=André Nel |author8=Torsten Wappler |year=2017 |title=New fossil insects from the Anisian (Lower to Middle Muschelkalk) from the Central European Basin (Germany and The Netherlands) |journal=PalZ |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=185–194 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0343-y |hdl=1874/354232 |s2cid=133380337 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Van Eldijk et al.

|

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

|

Chresmoda chikuni{{Cite journal|author1=Weiwei Zhang |author2=Wanzhi Cai |author3=Wenzhu Li |author4=Xingke Yang |author5=Siqin Ge |year=2017 |title=A new species of Chresmodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber discovered in Myanmar |journal=Zoological Systematics |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=243–247 |doi=10.11865/zs.201714 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang & Ge in Zhang et al.

|

Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Chresmodidae (a family of insects of uncertain phylogenetic placement).

|

Cretaceobrevibusantennis{{Cite journal|author1=Xinyu Chen |author2=Guifen Su |year=2017 |title=First eggs of fossil bristletails (Meinertellidae: Microcoryphia) from Burmese amber |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=91 |issue=4 |pages=1489–1490 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=2017endzxb04028&flag=1 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.13375 |s2cid=135178516 }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen & Su

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Meinertellidae. The type species is C. hookensis; genus also includes C. thornis.

|

Elmomantis

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop et al.

|

Early Permian

|

Wellington Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Miomoptera belonging to the family Palaeomanteidae. The type species is E. engeli.

|

Eozaenhuepfer{{cite journal |author=Wolfgang Zessin |year=2017 |title=Neue Insekten aus dem Moler (Paläozän/Eozän) von Dänemark Teil 3 (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Eumastacidae, Tetrigidae) |journal=Virgo - Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Veriens Mecklenburg |volume=19 |pages=77–83 |url=https://www.entomologie-mv.de/wp-content/uploads/77-83_Neue-Insekten-aus-dem-Moler-von-D%C3%A4nemark-Teil-3.pdf }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zessin

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

Fur Formation

|

{{Flag|Denmark}}

|

A member of Orthoptera belonging to the family Eumastacidae. The type species is E. erteboellei.

|

Eozaentetrix

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zessin

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

Fur Formation

|

{{Flag|Denmark}}

|

A member of Orthoptera belonging to the family Tetrigidae. The type species is E. wittecki; genus also includes E. furi.

|

Ephemerella trigonoptera{{Cite journal|author1=Arnold H. Staniczek |author2=Roman J. Godunko |author3=Nikita J. Kluge |year=2017 |title=Fossil record of the mayfly family Ephemerellidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera), with description of new species and first report of Ephemerellinae from Baltic amber |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=15 |pages=1319–1335 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1388299 |s2cid=4994985 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/5633446 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Staniczek, Godunko & Kluge

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A mayfly belonging to the family Ephemerellidae.

|

Furvoneta khasurtensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A mayfly belonging to the family Mesonetidae.

|

Gallogramma

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Garrouste et al.

|

Permian

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of Panorthoptera belonging to the group Caloneurodea. The type species is G. galadrieli.

|

Gigamachilis{{Cite journal |author1=Matteo Montagna |author2=Joachim T. Haug |author3=Laura Strada |author4=Carolin Haug |author5=Markus Felber |author6=Andrea Tintori |year=2017 |title=Central nervous system and muscular bundles preserved in a 240 million year old giant bristletail (Archaeognatha: Machilidae) |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |pages=Article number 46016 |doi=10.1038/srep46016 |pmid=28387236 |pmc=5384076 |bibcode=2017NatSR...746016M }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Montagna et al.

|

Middle Triassic

|

Monte San Giorgio site

|

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|

A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Machilidae. The type species is G. triassicus.

|

Kinitocelis{{Cite journal |author1=Wolfram Mey |author2=Wilfried Wichard |author3=Patrick Müller |author4=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=The blueprint of the Amphiesmenoptera – Tarachoptera, a new order of insects from Burmese amber (Insecta, Amphiesmenoptera) |journal=Fossil Record |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=129–145 |doi=10.5194/fr-20-129-2017 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et 3 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mey et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An amphiesmenopteran in the new order Tarachoptera.
The type species is K. hennigi; genus also includes K. divisonotata and K. brevicostata.

|

File:Kinitocelis brevicostata paratype Fig31 A.jpg]]

Locustoblattina

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov

|

Middle Triassic

|

Madygen Formation

|

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of Eoblattida belonging to the family Mesorthopteridae. The type species is L. marginata; genus also includes L. segmentata.

|

Mazonopsocus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop et al.

|

Carboniferous (Moscovian)

|

Mazon Creek fossil beds

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Miomoptera belonging to the family Palaeomanteidae. The type species is M. testai.

|

Mesobaetis crispa

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A mayfly belonging to the family Siphlonuridae sensu lato.

|

Microbaissoptera

|

Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyu, Ren & Liu

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Baissa locality

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A snakefly belonging to the family Baissopteridae. Genus includes new species M. monosticha, as well as "Baissoptera" minima Ponomarenko (1993).

|

Nestorembia shcherbakovi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov

|

Middle Triassic

|

Madygen Formation

|

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of Embioptera belonging to the family Alexarasniidae.

|

Ororaphidia bifurcata{{Cite journal|author1=Ya-Nan Lyu |author2=Dong Ren |author3=Xingyue Liu |year=2017 |title=Review of the fossil snakefly family Mesoraphidiidae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) in the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=403–412 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1298840 |s2cid=90320628 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyu, Ren & Liu

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A snakefly belonging to the family Mesoraphidiidae.

|

Palaeomanicapsocus{{Cite journal |author1=Dany Azar |author2=Marina Hakim |author3=Diying Huang |author4=Chenyang Cai |author5=André Nel |year=2017 |title=New fossil booklice from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Psocodea: Troctomorpha: Amphientometae: Manicapsocidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=70 |pages=8–14 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.013 |bibcode=2017CrRes..70....8A }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Azar et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Troctomorpha belonging to the group Amphientometae and the family Manicapsocidae. Genus includes new species P. margoae and P. fouadi.

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Palaeosiamoglaris{{cite journal |author1=Dany Azar |author2=Diying Huang |author3=Layla El-Hajj |author4=Chenyang Cai |author5=André Nel |author6=Sibelle Maksoud |year=2017 |title=New Prionoglarididae from Burmese amber (Psocodea: Trogiomorpha: Prionoglaridetae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=75 |pages=146–156 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.028 |bibcode=2017CrRes..75..146A }}

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Gen. et 3 sp. nov

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Valid

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Azar, Huang & Nel in Azar et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of Psocodea belonging to the family Prionoglarididae. Genus includes new species P. leinhardi, P. burmica and P. inexpectata.

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Parakhosara kamica

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Sukatsheva & Aristov

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Early Permian

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Eoblattida belonging to the family Megakhosaridae.

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Permoshurabia argentina{{Cite journal|author1=María Belén Lara |author2=Danil Aristov |year=2017 |title=First records of Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Upper Triassic of Argentina (Mendoza) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=207–214 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2016.1206323 |s2cid=132359407 |hdl=11336/27062 |hdl-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Lara & Aristov

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Late Triassic

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{{Flag|Argentina}}

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A member of the family Geinitziidae.

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Proameletus branchiatus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Sinitshenkova

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Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A mayfly belonging to the family Siphlonuridae sensu lato.

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Proboscisthrips{{Cite journal |author=Manfred R. Ulitzka |year=2017 |title=Revision of the fossil Melanthripidae from Baltic Tertiary (Eocene) amber including a new genus (Insecta: Thysanoptera) |journal=Entomologische Zeitschrift |volume=127 |issue=4 |pages=205–212 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322963700 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Ulitzka

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Poland}}

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A thrips belonging to the family Melanthripidae. The type species is P. mammuthoides.

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Pseudoperla leptoclada{{Cite journal |author1=Sha Chen |author2=Weiwei Zhang |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=Two new species of Archipseudophasmatidae (Insecta: Phasmatodea) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=73 |pages=65–70 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.01.007 |bibcode=2017CrRes..73...65C }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Chen et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of Phasmatodea belonging to the family Archipseudophasmatidae.

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Pseudoperla scapiforma

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Chen et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A member of Phasmatodea belonging to the family Archipseudophasmatidae.

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Sabatinca cretacea{{Cite journal|author1=Weiting Zhang |author2=Jiajia Wang |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=Cretaceous moths (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae) with preserved scales from Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=78 |pages=166–173 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.016 |bibcode=2017CrRes..78..166Z }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Zhang et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae, a species of Sabatinca.

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Sabatinca limula

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Zhang et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae, a species of Sabatinca.

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Sinogerarus{{Cite journal |author1=Jun-Jie Gu |author2=Olivier Béthoux |author3=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=A new, rare and distinctive species of Panorthoptera (Insecta, Archaeorthoptera) from the Upper Carboniferous of Xiaheyan (Ningxia, China) |journal=Fossil Record |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=253–257 |doi=10.5194/fr-20-253-2017 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Gu, Béthoux & Ren

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Carboniferous (Namurian)

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Tupo Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Panorthoptera (the clade containing orthopterans and their closest fossil relatives). The type species is S. pectinatus.

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Sinotriadophlebia{{Cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=André Nel |author3=He Wang |author4=Bo Wang |author5=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author6=Su-Chin Chang |author7=Haichun Zhang |year=2017 |title=The first Late Triassic Chinese triadophlebiomorphan (Insecta: Odonatoptera): biogeographic implications |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 1476 |doi=10.1038/s41598-017-01710-7 |pmid=28469188 |pmc=5431088 |bibcode=2017NatSR...7.1476Z }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Zheng, Nel & Zhang in Zheng et al.

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Late Triassic

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Baijiantan Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Odonatoptera belonging to the group Triadophlebiomorpha. The type species is S. lini.

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Tanyglossus{{cite journal |author=George Poinar Jr. |year=2017 |title=A new genus of moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea: Douglasiidae) in Myanmar amber |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=31 |issue=7 |pages=898–902 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1402016 |s2cid=90933225 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Poinar

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A moth belonging to the family Douglasiidae. Genus includes new species T. orectometopus.

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Tarachocelis{{Cite journal |author1=Wolfram Mey |author2=Wilfried Wichard |author3=Emma Ross |author4=Andrew Ross |year=2018 |title=On the systematic position of a highly derived amphiesmenopteran insect from Burmese amber (Insecta, Amphiesmenoptera) |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=249–254 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000330 |s2cid=88661747 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Mey et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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An amphiesmenopteran in the new order Tarachoptera.
The type species is T. microlepidopterella.

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File:Tarachocelis microlepidopterella holotype.jpg]]

Vitimoilus ovatus{{Cite journal |author1=Jun-Jie Gu |author2=He Tian |author3=Xiangchu Yin |author4=Fuming Shi |author5=Dong Ren |year=2017 |title=A new species of Cyrtophyllitinae (Insecta: Ensifera) from the Cretaceous China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=74 |pages=151–154 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.023 |bibcode=2017CrRes..74..151G }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Gu et al.

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Early Cretaceous

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Dabeigou Formation

Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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An ensiferan belonging to the family Haglidae and the subfamily Cyrtophyllitinae.

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Zygophlebia tongchuanensis{{Cite journal|author1=D. R. Zheng |author2=A. Nel |author3=B. Wang |author4=E. A. Jarzembowski |author5=S.-C. Chang |author6=H. C. Zhang |year=2017 |title=The first Triassic 'Protodonatan' (Zygophlebiidae) from China: stratigraphical implications |journal=Geological Magazine |volume=154 |issue=1 |pages=169–174 |doi=10.1017/S0016756816000625 |bibcode=2017GeoM..154..169Z |s2cid=131789890 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Zheng et al.

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Middle–Late Triassic (probably Ladinian)

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Tongchuan Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Odonatoptera belonging to the group Triadophlebioptera and the family Zygophlebiidae.

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General research

  • A study on the diversity of insect herbivory on fossil angiosperm leaves from the Miocene Hindon Maar fossil lagerstätte (Otago, New Zealand) is published by Möller et al. (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Anna Lena Möller |author2=Uwe Kaulfuss |author3=Daphne E. Lee |author4=Torsten Wappler |year=2017 |title=High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e2985 |doi=10.7717/peerj.2985 |pmid=28224051 |pmc=5316282 |doi-access=free }}
  • A study on the wing pad joints in several specimens of Carboniferous palaeodictyopteran insect nymphs, and their implications for the origin of insect wings, is published by Prokop et al. (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Jakub Prokop |author2=Martina Pecharová |author3=André Nel |author4=Thomas Hörnschemeyer |author5=Ewa Krzemińska |author6=Wiesław Krzemiński |author7=Michael S. Engel |year=2017 |title=Paleozoic Nymphal Wing Pads Support Dual Model of Insect Wing Origins |journal=Current Biology |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=263–269 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.021 |pmid=28089512 |doi-access=free }}
  • An exceptionally preserved specimen of the early mantis species Santanmantis axelrodi, providing new information on the morphology of members of the species, is described from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil) by Hörnig, Haug & Haug (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Marie K. Hörnig |author2=Joachim T. Haug |author3=Carolin Haug |year=2017 |title=An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e3605 |doi=10.7717/peerj.3605 |pmid=28761789 |pmc=5527957 |doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |author1=Sydney K. Brannoch |author2=Gavin J. Svenson |year=2017 |title=Response to "An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans" |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e4046 |doi=10.7717/peerj.4046 |pmid=29158979 |pmc=5694651 |doi-access=free }}
  • A redescription of the Eocene thrips species "Heterothrips" dietrichi Schliephake (2003) is published by Ulitzka & Mound (2017), who transfer this species to the genus Merothrips.{{cite journal |author1=Manfred R. Ulitzka |author2=Laurence Mound |year=2017 |title=The fossil species Merothrips dietrichi (Schliephake) comb.n. redescribed and transferred from the genus Heterothrips (Thysanoptera) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4231 |issue=4 |pages=573–576 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4231.4.7 |pmid=28264406 |doi-access=free }}
  • A planidium, tentatively attributed to the order Strepsiptera, is described from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) amber recovered from the Kheta Formation (Taymyr Peninsula, Russia) by Kathirithamby et al. (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Jeyaraney Kathirithamby |author2=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |author3=Zachary H. Falin |author4=Michael S. Engel |year=2017 |title=A putative twisted-wing parasitoid planidium (Insecta: Strepsiptera) in Taimyr Upper Cretaceous amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=69 |pages=106–112 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.010 |bibcode=2017CrRes..69..106K |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1009510 }}
  • Several permineralised axes of the conifer wood Ningxiaites specialis with preserved beetle borings and beetle remains are described from the Permian (Changhsingian) Sunjiagou Formation (China) by Feng et al. (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Zhuo Feng |author2=Jun Wang |author3=Ronny Rößler |author4=Adam Ślipiński |author5=Conrad Labandeira |year=2017 |title=Late Permian wood-borings reveal an intricate network of ecological relationships |journal=Nature Communications |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 556 |doi=10.1038/s41467-017-00696-0 |pmid=28916787 |pmc=5601472 |bibcode=2017NatCo...8..556F }}
  • Peris et al. (2017) describe gymnosperm pollen preserved with a specimen of the false blister beetle species Darwinylus marcosi from the Cretaceous amber from Spain, and interpret the finding as indicating that false blister beetles originally were pollinators of gymnosperms (most likely cycads) before transitioning onto angiosperm hosts.{{cite journal |author1=David Peris |author2=Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente |author3=Enrique Peñalver |author4=Xavier Delclòs |author5=Eduardo Barrón |author6=Conrad C. Labandeira |year=2017 |title=False Blister Beetles and the Expansion of Gymnosperm-Insect Pollination Modes before Angiosperm Dominance |journal=Current Biology |volume=27 |issue=6 |pages=897–904 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.009 |pmid=28262492 |doi-access=free |hdl=2445/163381 |hdl-access=free }}
  • Diverse fungivorous rove beetles belonging to the subfamily Oxyporinae are described from the Cretaceous Burmese amber by Cai et al. (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Richard A. B. Leschen |author3=David S. Hibbett |author4=Fangyuan Xia |author5=Diying Huang |year=2017 |title=Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in the Cretaceous |journal=Nature Communications |volume=8 |pages=Article number 14894 |doi=10.1038/ncomms14894 |pmid=28300055 |pmc=5357310 |bibcode=2017NatCo...814894C }}
  • A redescription of the cryptophagid genus Nganasania from the Cretaceous Taimyr amber (Russia) is published by Lyubarsky & Perkovsky (2017).{{Cite journal |author1=G.Yu. Lyubarsky |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2017 |title=Re-description of the genus Nganasania Zherikhin, 1977 from Upper Cretaceous of Taimyr (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=251–255 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.26.3.05 |url=http://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_26/REJ_26_3_251_255_Lyubarsky_Perkovsky |doi-access=free }}
  • A study on the anatomy of the tracheal system of Saurophthirus longipes and its implications for the life cycle of the species is published by Rasnitsyn & Strelnikova (2017).{{cite journal |author1=A. P. Rasnitsyn |author2=O. D. Strelnikova |year=2017 |title=Tracheal system and biology of the Early Cretaceous Saurophthirus longipes Ponomarenko, 1976 (Insecta, ?Aphaniptera, Saurophthiroidea stat. nov.) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=171–182 |doi=10.1134/S0031030117020137 |s2cid=90818098 }}
  • A restudy of the fossils of the Triassic (Norian) species Archebittacus exilis is published by Lambkin (2017), who confirms that this taxon is an early hangingfly.{{cite journal |author=Kevin J. Lambkin |year=2017 |title=Archebittacus exilis Riek—the oldest hangingfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4290 |issue=2 |pages=385–389 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.10 }}
  • New specimens of the mecopteran species Burmomerope clara (a male and a well-preserved female), providing new information on the anatomy of the species, are described from the Cretaceous Burmese amber by Soszyńska-Maj et al. (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj |author2=Katarzyna Kopeć |author3=Patrick Müller |author4=Carsten Gröhn |author5=Wiesław Krzemiński |year=2017 |title=Cretaceous inclusions in Burmese amber throw a new light on the evolution of the Meropeidae (Mecoptera) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=79 |pages=191–198 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.001 |bibcode=2017CrRes..79..191S }}
  • A rhopalosomatid larva attached to a cricket is described from the Cretaceous Burmese amber (Myanmar) by Lohrmann & Engel (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Volker Lohrmann |author2=Michael S. Engel |year=2017 |title=The wasp larva's last supper: 100 million years of evolutionary stasis in the larval development of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) |journal=Fossil Record |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=239–244 |doi=10.5194/fr-20-239-2017 |doi-access=free |hdl=1808/27180 |hdl-access=free }}
  • A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the fossil ant Leptomyrmex neotropicus is published by Barden, Boudinot & Lucky (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Phillip Barden |author2=Brendon Boudinot |author3=Andrea Lucky |year=2017 |title=Where Fossils Dare and Males Matter: combined morphological and molecular analysis untangles the evolutionary history of the spider ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera : Dolichoderinae) |journal=Invertebrate Systematics |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=765–780 |doi=10.1071/IS16067 |s2cid=90413376 }}
  • Four pupae of assassin flies (likely representatives of the subfamily Laphriinae) are described from a single piece of amber (most likely of Baltic origin) by Haug et al. (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Joachim K. Haug |author2=Christina Nagler |author3=Carolin Haug |author4=Marie K. Hörnig |year=2017 |title=A group of assassin fly pupae preserved in a single piece of Eocene amber |journal=Bulletin of Geosciences |volume=92 |issue=3 |pages=283–295 |doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1621 |doi-access=free }}
  • A study on the caddisfly cases from the Cretaceous (Berriasian-Hauterivian) Shinekhudag Formation (Mongolia) is published by Adiya et al. (2017), who find evidence that the Cretaceous caddisflies used, among other things, plant fragments, ostracod valves and carbonate rocks to construct larval cases, and argue that the bioherms of the Shinekhudag Formation developed as a result of symbiosis of caddisfly larvae and microbialites.{{Cite journal|author1=Tsolmon Adiya |author2=Cari L. Johnson |author3=Mark A. Loewen |author4=Kathleen A. Ritterbush |author5=Kurt N. Constenius |author6=Cory M. Dinter |year=2017 |title=Microbial-caddisfly bioherm association from the Lower Cretaceous Shinekhudag Formation, Mongolia: Earliest record of plant armoring in fossil caddisfly cases |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=11 |pages=e0188194 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0188194 |pmid=29161280 |pmc=5697877 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1288194A |doi-access=free }}
  • A female of the alderfly species Haplosialodes liui is described for the first time from the Cretaceous Burmese amber by Liu et al. (2017).{{cite journal |author1=Xingyue Liu |author2=Xiumei Lu |author3=Fangyuan Xia |author4=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=First description of female of Haplosialodes liui Huang et al., 2016 (Megaloptera: Sialidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4258 |issue=2 |pages=172–178 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4258.2.6 |pmid=28609927 }}
  • A review of the fossil record and early evolution of five groups of brachyceran flies, discussing their probable ecological associations with early flowering plants, is published by Zhang & Wang (2017).{{Cite journal|author1=Qingqing Zhang |author2=Bo Wang |year=2017 |title=Evolution of lower brachyceran flies (Diptera) and their adaptive radiation with angiosperms |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |volume=8 |pages=Article 631 |doi=10.3389/fpls.2017.00631 |pmid=28484485 |pmc=5401883 |doi-access=free }}

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