2018 in paleoentomology

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2018 in paleoentomology is a list of new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2018, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoentomology that occurred during the year.

Newly named taxa

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Acalyptopygus

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Gen. et 4 sp. nov

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Valid

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Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke 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 weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is A. brevicornis; genus also includes A. lingziae, A. elongatus and A. astriatus.

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file:Acalyptopygus brevicornis fig1 A.jpg]]

Allostrophus{{cite journal |author1=Yun Hsiao |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Yali Yu |author4=Congshuang Deng |author5=Hong Pang |year=2018 |title=Allostrophus cretaceus gen. et sp. nov.: A new polypore fungus beetle (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae) from the Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=195–200 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.012 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92..195H |s2cid=134364493 }}

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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 member of the family Tetratomidae. Genus includes new species A. cretaceus.

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Amberocula{{cite journal |author1=Jan Batelka |author2=Michael S. Engel |author3=Jakub Prokop |year=2018 |title=A remarkable diversity of parasitoid beetles (Ripiphoridae) in Cretaceous amber, with a summary of the Mesozoic record of Tenebrionoidea |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=296–310 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.019 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..296B |s2cid=134951153 }}

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Gen. et 3 sp. nov

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Valid

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Batelka, Engel & Prokop

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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 Ripiphoridae. The type species is A. muelleri; genus also includes A. costata and A. fallax.

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Amplectister{{cite journal |author1=Michael S. Caterino |author2=David R. Maddison |year=2018 |title=An early and mysterious histerid inquiline from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Histeridae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=733 |pages=119–129 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.733.23126 |pmid=29434486 |pmc=5806595 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Caterino & Maddison

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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 Histeridae. The type species is A. tenax.

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file:Amplectister tenax Fig4.jpg]]

Aphelonyssus

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke 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 weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is A. latus.

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Apotomoura{{cite journal |author1=Tong Bao |author2=Katarzyna S. Walczyńska |author3=Samantha Moody |author4=Bo Wang |author5=Jes Rust |year=2018 |title=New family Apotomouridae fam. nov. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from lower Cenomanian amber of Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=14–19 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.007 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91...14B |s2cid=134585531 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Bao 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 Tenebrionoidea belonging to the new family Apotomouridae. Genus includes new species A. fortiscrura.

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Archaeoheilus{{cite journal |author=A. A. Legalov |year=2018 |title=New weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from the Eocene of the Green River, United States: Part 1 |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=294–302 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118030061 |s2cid=92441525 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=34941284 |url-access=subscription }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. et 4 comb. nov

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Valid

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Legalov

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Eocene

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Green River Formation

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{{Flag|United States}}

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A weevil. The type species is A. scudderi
genus also includes new species A. ovalis
Also the moved species Hylobius deleticius (2015), Hylobius packardii (1893), Hylobius provectus (1876)
Additionally includes Hylobius lacoei (1893) from the Florissant Formation.

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Ataenius damzeni{{cite journal |author1=Andris Bukejs |author2=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2018 |title=A new extinct species of Ataenius Harold from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4442 |issue=1 |pages=153–160 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.8 |pmid=30313988 |s2cid=52976377 |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4442.1.8|url-access=subscription }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bukejs & 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 species of Ataenius.

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Atomaria saxonica{{cite journal |author1=G.Yu. Lyubarsky |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=First species of Atomaria (Coleoptera: Clavicornia: Cryptophagidae) from Bitterfeld amber and several notes on Miocene and Cretaceous Cryptophagidae |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=381–385 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.27.4.05 |doi-access=free }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Lyubarsky & Perkovsky

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Late Eocene

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Bitterfeld amber

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{{Flag|Germany}}

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A species of Atomaria.

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Autosilis annisettaekoppelae{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Anders Leth Damgaard |year=2018 |title=Fossil soldier beetles from Baltic amber of the Anders Damgaard amber collection (Coleoptera Cantharidae) |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=1–32 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=36&artid=610 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Fanti & Damgaard

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Silinae.

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Baltocoeliodes{{cite journal |author1=Andrei A. Legalov |author2=Andris Bukejs |year=2018 |title=A new genus of the tribe Ceutorhynchini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Baltic amber |journal=Entomologica Fennica |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=185–190 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329075068 |doi=10.33338/ef.77305 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Legalov & Bukejs

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae and the tribe Ceutorhynchini. The type species is B. sontagae.

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Baltocyba{{cite journal |author=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2018 |title=Two new weevil genera of the family Brentidae (Coleoptera) in Baltic amber |journal=Entomologica Fennica |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=161–168 |doi=10.33338/ef.77301 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Legalov

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Eocene

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Prussian Formation
(Baltic amber)

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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A member of the family Brentidae, the subfamily Apioninae and the tribe Rhadinocybini. The type species is B. electrinus.

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Baltonanophyes

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Legalov

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Eocene

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Prussian Formation
(Baltic amber)

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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A member of the family Brentidae, the subfamily Nanophyinae and the tribe Nanophyini. The type species is B. crassirostre.

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Baltostigus striatipennis{{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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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Jałoszyński et al.

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Late Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the supertribe Mastigitae.

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Bowangius

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Gen. et 4 sp. nov

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Valid

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Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke 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 weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is B. cyclops; genus also includes B. tanaops, B. zhenuai and B. glabratus.

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Burmalestes{{cite journal |author1=Wioletta Tomaszewska |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Ming Bai |author4=Weiwei Zhang |author5=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=The oldest representatives of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=287–298 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.001 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..287T |s2cid=135401188 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Tomaszewska & Ślipiński in Tomaszewska 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 Endomychidae. Genus includes new species B. albertalleni.

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Burmitoma

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Batelka, Engel & Prokop

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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 Ripiphoridae. The type species is B. nalae.

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Burmocorynus{{Cite journal|author=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2018 |title=Two new weevil tribes (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from Burmese amber |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=128–136 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1504936 |s2cid=92392018 }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Legalov

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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 member of the family Belidae, but subsequently transferred to the weevil family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is B. jarzembowskii Legalov (2018); genus also includes B. longus Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. (2018).

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Burmomacer

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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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 member of the family Nemonychidae. The type species is B. kirejtshuki.

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Burmomiles{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Anders Leth Damgaard |author3=Sieghard Ellenberger |year=2018 |title=Two new genera of Cantharidae from Burmese amber of the Hukawng Valley (Insecta, Coleoptera) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=86 |pages=170–177 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.015 |bibcode=2018CrRes..86..170F }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A soldier beetle. Genus includes new species B. willerslevorum.

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Burmorhinus{{cite journal |author=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2018 |title=A new weevil, Burmorhinus georgei gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera; Curculionidae) from the Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=13–17 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.002 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84...13L }}

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Legalov

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil, originally assigned to the subfamily Erirhininae and the tribe Arthrostenini; subsequently transferred to the weevil family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. Genus includes new species B. georgei Legalov (2018) and B. setosus Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al. (2018).

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Cacomorphocerus bentifabrici

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Fanti & Damgaard

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae.

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Cacomorphocerus madseni

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Fanti & Damgaard

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

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A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae.

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Cacomorphocerus wiszniewskii{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Janusz Kupryjanowicz |year=2018 |title=Discovery of a new fossil soldier beetle in Eocene Baltic amber, with the establishment of the new tribe Cacomorphocerini |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=104 |issue=2 |pages=149–153 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2018.02.001 |bibcode=2018AnPal.104..149F }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Fanti & Kupryjanowicz

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

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A soldier beetle.

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Calyptocis

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is C. brevirostris.

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file:Calyptocis brevirostris Fig1 A.jpg]]

Cantharis hanswerneri{{Cite journal|author=S.V. Kazantsev |year=2018 |title=New Baltic amber soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Cantharinae) |journal=Euroasian Entomological Journal |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=146–152 |doi=10.15298/euroasentj.17.2.11 |s2cid=239345117 |url=http://www.eco.nsc.ru/EEJ_contents/17/201817211.pdf }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kazantsev

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic region)

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A species of Cantharis.

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Cantharis hoffeinsorum

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kazantsev

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic region)

|

A species of Cantharis.

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Cantharis mikkelsenorum

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Fanti & Damgaard

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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 Cantharis.

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Cascomastigus minor{{cite journal |author1=Ziwei Yin |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=Di-Ying Huang |year=2018 |title=A potentially diverse fauna of springtail-hunting scydmaenines during the late Mesozoic (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=163–167 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.020 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..163Y |s2cid=134818626 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Yin, Cai & Huang

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Scydmaeninae.

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Cetionyx

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Gen. et 3 sp. nov

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Valid

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Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is C. batiatus; genus also includes C. terebrans and C. ursinus.

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Colon burmiticum{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Yui Takahashi |year=2018 |title=First discovery of fossil Coloninae in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea, Leiodidae) |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=195–201 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0386-0 |s2cid=90624887 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Yamamoto in Yamamoto & Takahashi

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Leiodidae belonging to the subfamily Coloninae.

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Compsopsarus

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is C. reneae.

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Cretaparamecus

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Tomaszewska, Ślipiński, Bai & Zhang in Tomaszewska et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus includes new species C. tarsalis.

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Cretohister{{cite journal |author1=Yu-Lingzi Zhou |author2=Michael S. Caterino |author3=Adam Ślipiński |author4=Chen-Yang Cai |year=2018 |title=Cretohisteridae, a new beetle family from the Early Cretaceous of China, and its implications for the early evolution of the basal group of Histeroidea (Coleoptera) |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=716–728 |doi=10.1111/syen.12300 |s2cid=89748522 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Zhou et al.

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Early Cretaceous

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A member of Histeroidea belonging to the new family Cretohisteridae. Genus includes new species C. sinensis.

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Cretohypsilara{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Crystal A. Maier |author3=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=A new riffle beetle in Upper Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Elmidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=154–159 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.022 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89..154C |s2cid=135138679 }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Cai, Maier & Huang

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A riffle beetle. Genus includes new species C. parva.

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Cretolestes

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Tomaszewska, Ślipiński & Ren in Tomaszewska et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus includes new species C. niger.

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Cretoparacucujus{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Hermes E. Escalona |author3=Liqin Li |author4=Ziwei Yin |author5=Diying Huang |author6=Michael S. Engel |year=2018 |title=Beetle pollination of cycads in the Mesozoic |journal=Current Biology |volume=28 |issue=17 |pages=2806–2812.e1 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.036 |pmid=30122529 |s2cid=52038878 |doi-access=free }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Cai & Escalona in Cai et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Boganiidae belonging to the subfamily Paracucujinae. The type species is C. cycadophilus.

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Cretozenodosus{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=First fossil thaneroclerid beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Thanerocleridae) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=115–119 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1414878 |bibcode=2018Alch...42..115C |s2cid=133901403 }}

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Gen. et 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}}

|

A member of Cleroidea belonging to the family Thanerocleridae and the subfamily Zenodosinae. Genus includes new species C. fossilis.

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?Cryptarcha subglobosa{{cite journal |author1=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |author2=Andre Nel |year=2018 |title=Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) from the Paleocene of Menat (France) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4402 |issue=1 |pages=1–41 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.1 |pmid=29690276 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Kirejtshuk & Nel

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Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

Possibly a species of Cryptarcha.

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Cyclaxyra cretacea{{cite journal |author1=Hao Wu |author2=Liqin Li |author3=Ming Ding |year=2018 |title=The first cyclaxyrid beetle from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Cyclaxyridae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=66–70 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.015 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91...66W |s2cid=135273135 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Wu, Li & Ding

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Cucujoidea belonging to the family Cyclaxyridae. Originally described as a species of Cyclaxyra; Gimmel et al. (2019) made it the type species of a separate genus Electroxyra.{{Cite journal|author1=Matthew L. Gimmel |author2=Karol Szawaryn |author3=Chenyang Cai |author4=Richard A. B. Leschen |year=2019 |title=Mesozoic sooty mould beetles as living relicts in New Zealand |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=286 |issue=1917 |pages=Article ID 20192176 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2019.2176 |pmid=31847777 |pmc=6939926 }}

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Cyrtocis

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Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

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Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is C. gibbus.

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Debbia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is D. gracilirostris.

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Dignomus francescovitalii{{cite journal |author1=Andris Bukejs |author2=Xavier Bellés |author3=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2018 |title=A new species of Dignomus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4486 |issue=2 |pages=195–200 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.9 |pmid=30313762 |s2cid=52976035 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Bukejs, Bellés & Alekseev

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Eocene

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Baltic amber

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Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A spider beetle.

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Dinoharpalus martynovi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

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Ponomarenko

|

Late Permian

|

Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Permosynidae.

|

Dysanabatium aenaum{{cite journal |author1=Amalia Bogri |author2=Alexey Solodovnikov |author3=Dagmara Żyła |year=2018 |title=Baltic amber impact on historical biogeography and palaeoclimate research: oriental rove beetle Dysanabatium found in the Eocene of Europe (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=433–452 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1113 |s2cid=134863576 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324686225 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Denmark}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae.

|

Dysanabatium damgaardi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae.

|

Dysanabatium johannesi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae.

|

Dysanabatium kechrimparense

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bogri, Solodovnikov & Żyła

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Denmark}}

{{Flag|Poland}}

{{Flag|Russia}}

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae.

|

Echogomphus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is E. viridescens.

|

Eduardoxenus{{cite journal |author1=Andrei A. Legalov |author2=Vitaliy Y. Nazarenko |author3=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=A new genus of fungus weevils (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) in Rovno amber |journal=Fossil Record |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=207–212 |doi=10.5194/fr-21-207-2018 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov, Nazarenko & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A member of the family Anthribidae belonging to the subfamily Choraginae and the tribe Valenfriesiini. The type species is E. unicus.

|

Electrocis

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is E. dentitibialis.

|

Electrorubesopsis{{cite journal |author1=Sha Li |author2=Yuanyuan Lu |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Jing Li |author5=Xingke Yang |author6=Ming Bai |year=2018 |title=†Electrorubesopsinae, a new subfamily from Cretaceous Burmese amber, as the possible sister group of Dynamopodinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=349–357 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1427638 |s2cid=90966037 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bai & Wang in Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Scarabaeidae. Genus includes new species E. beuteli.

|

Elwoodius

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Junior homonym

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is E. conicops. The generic name is preoccupied by Elwoodius Colonnelli (2014); Clarke & Oberprieler (2019) coined a replacement name Zimmiorhinus.{{cite journal |author1=Dave J. Clarke |author2=Rolf G. Oberprieler |year=2019 |title=Replacement names for Elwoodius Clarke & Oberprieler and Platychirus Clarke & Oberprieler (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Mesophyletidae) |journal=Diversity |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=Article 16 |doi=10.3390/d11020016 |doi-access=free }}

|

Erichia cretacea{{cite journal |author1=Yali Yu |author2=Adam Ślipiński |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Hong Pang |year=2018 |title=The first fossil Limnichidae from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=843–848 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.008 |s2cid=91579479 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Limnichidae.

|

Eridanula

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. The type species is E. susannaebierae.

|

Eudiagogus vossi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A weevil, a species of Eudiagogus.

|

Euroleptochromus setifer

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jałoszyński et al.

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the supertribe Mastigitae.

|

Euroleptochromus tuberculatus{{cite journal |author1=Zi-Wei Yin |author2=Chen-Yang Cai |year=2018 |title=A new fossil species of Euroleptochromus Jałoszyński (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4500 |issue=1 |pages=146–150 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4500.1.10 |pmid=30486084 |s2cid=54164550 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yin & Cai

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A scydmaenine rove beetle belonging to the supertribe Mastigitae.

|

Euryepomus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is E. lophomerus.

|

Extinctocentrinus{{cite journal |author=A. A. Legalov |year=2018 |title=New weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from the Eocene of the Green River, United States: Part 2 |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=421–428 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118040081 |s2cid=90602536 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

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

|

An Eudiagogini tribe entimine Curculionidae weevil.
The type species is E. brevirostris.

|

Frankencupes{{cite journal |author1=Alexandr G. Ponomarenko |author2=Alexei S. Bashkuev |year=2018 |title=First Triassic record of the beetle family Permocupedidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): a peculiar example of a Lazarus taxon |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=587–591 |doi=10.1007/s12542-018-0426-4 |s2cid=133665417 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ponomarenko & Bashkuev

|

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

|

Röt Formation

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of Archostemata belonging to the family Permocupedidae. Genus includes new species F. ultimus.

|

Furcalabratum{{cite journal |author1=George Poinar Jr. |author2=Alex E. Brown |year=2018 |title=Furcalabratum burmanicum gen. et sp. nov., a Short-winged Flower Beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=240–244 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.010 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..240P }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar & Brown

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

Originally described as a member of the family Kateretidae; 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 F. burmanicum.

|

Geraeus anvilis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

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

|

A species of Geraeus.

|

Geraeus fossilis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A species of Geraeus.

|

Giltine{{cite journal |author1=Vitalii I. Alekseev |author2=Wioletta Tomaszewska |year=2018 |title=New handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Anamorphidae, Endomychidae) from European amber of the Upper Eocene |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 21.1.6A |doi=10.26879/832 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323143425 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Tomaszewska

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. The type species is G. ampeensis.

|

Glaresis burmitica{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=First amber inclusion of a glaresid beetle from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=115–119 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.022 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..115C |s2cid=133885684 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A species of Glaresis.

|

Globicornis groehni{{cite journal |author1=Andris Bukejs |author2=Jiří Háva |year=2018 |title=A new species of Globicornis Latreille (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Baltic amber, with a key to fossil species |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4483 |issue=2 |pages=395–400 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4483.2.11 |pmid=30313796 |s2cid=52977061 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bukejs & Háva

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A species of Globicornis.

|

Gnomus

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is G. brevis; genus also includes G. spinipes.

|

Gollandia{{cite journal |author1=György Makranczy |author2=Shûhei Yamamoto |author3=Michael S. Engel |year=2018 |title=Description of a Cretaceous amber fossil putatively of the tribe Coprophilini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=782 |pages=81–94 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.782.27733 |pmid=30275720 |pmc=6160855 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Makranczy, Yamamoto & Engel

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Oxytelinae, tentatively placed in the tribe Coprophilini. The type species is G. planata.

|

Gonodera baygushevae{{Cite journal|author1=M.V. Nabozhenko |author2=I.A. Chigray |year=2018 |title=New and little known species of Alleculini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae): extinсt from Eocene Baltic Amber and extant from Lebanon |journal=Caucasian Entomological Bulletin |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=171–176 |doi=10.23885/181433262018142-171176 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nabozhenko & Chigray

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A darkling beetle belonging to the subfamily Alleculinae.

|

Gramboale

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Tomaszewska

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. The type species is G. prutenorum.

|

Guillermorhinus{{cite journal |author1=Dave J. Clarke |author2=Ajay Limaye |author3=Duane D. McKenna |author4=Rolf G. Oberprieler |year=2018 |title=The weevil fauna preserved in Burmese amber—snapshot of a unique, extinct lineage (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) |journal=Diversity |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=Article 1 |doi=10.3390/d11010001 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Nemonychidae and the subfamily Rhinorhynchinae. The type species is G. longitarsis.

|

File:Guillermorhinus longitarsis fig 15 A.jpg]]

Habropezus kimpulleni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.

|

Habropezus ncoxatirostris

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.

|

Habropezus tenuicornis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.

|

Hukawngichthyurus{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Sieghard Ellenberger |year=2018 |title=A new fossil genus of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: A probable case of adaptive convergence |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=201–204 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.009 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92..201F |s2cid=134955587 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Ellenberger

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A soldier beetle. Genus includes new species H. kyawkhaingwini.

|

Hukawngius

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is H. crassipes.

|

Hydrobiites permianus{{cite journal |author=A. G. Ponomarenko |year=2018 |title=New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the Upper Vyatkian Aristovo locality, European Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=6 |pages=620–630 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118060102 |s2cid=92664647 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ponomarenko

|

Late Permian

|

Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Permosynidae.

|

Hymenorus campbelli{{cite journal |author1=Yves Bousquet |author2=Donald B. Thomas |author3=Patrice Bouchard |author4=Aaron D. Smith |author5=Rolf L. Aalbu |author6=M. Andrew Johnston |author7=Warren E. Steiner Jr. |year=2018 |title=Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America |journal=ZooKeys |issue=728 |pages=1–455 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.728.20602 |pmid=29416389 |pmc=5799738 |doi-access=free }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Bouchard in Bousquet et al.

|

Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A darkling beetle; replacement name for Hymenorus oculatus Doyen & Poinar (1994).

|

Juratelacrima

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. The type species is J. ballingi.

|

Kekveus{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Vasily V. Grebennikov |author3=Yui Takahashi |year=2018 |title=Kekveus jason gen. et sp. nov. from Cretaceous Burmese amber, the first extinct genus and the oldest named featherwing beetle (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Discheramocephalini) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=412–418 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.016 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..412Y |s2cid=134199716 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yamamoto, Grebennikov & Takahashi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ptiliidae. Genus includes new species K. jason.

|

Kleinzaches

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Tomaszewska

|

Late Eocene

|

Bitterfeld amber

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. The type species is K. germanicianus.

|

Klesovia{{cite journal |author1=A. V. Petrov |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Rovno amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=164–167 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118020090 |s2cid=91039926 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Petrov & Perkovsky

|

Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A bark beetle. Genus includes new species K. pubescens.

|

Kuafu{{cite journal |author1=Ziwei Yin |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=Di-Ying Huang |author4=Dany Azar |year=2018 |title=Last major gap in scydmaenine evolution filled (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=62–68 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.026 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84...62Y }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yin et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An ant-like stone beetle belonging to the stem group of the tribe Scydmaenini. Genus includes new species K. borealis.

|

Kuskaella bajerae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Malthininae.

|

Leptopezus

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is L. rastellipes; genus also includes L. barbatus.

|

Limodromus emetikos{{cite journal |author1=Sara Gamboa |author2=Vicente M. Ortuño |year=2018 |title=A new fossil species of the genus Limodromus Motschulsky, 1850 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini) from Baltic amber with remarks on its death process |journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=399–408 |doi=10.1163/1876312X-00002169 |s2cid=90686851 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gamboa & Ortuño

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A ground beetle belonging to the tribe Platynini.

|

Lithogeraeus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A weevil. The type species is L. greenriverensis.

|

Louwiocis

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is L. megalops.

|

Lycocerus christelae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kazantsev

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic region)

|

A soldier beetle.

|

Lycocerus dentantennatus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kazantsev

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic region)

|

A soldier beetle.

|

Malthinus rifbjergi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Malthinus.

|

Malthodes aphidiphagus{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Artur Robert Michalski |year=2018 |title=An unusual fossil Malthodes with long elytra (Insecta Coleoptera Cantharidae) |journal=Giornale Italiano di Entomologia |volume=15 |issue=63 |pages=127–132 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Michalski

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Poland}}

|

A species of Malthodes.

|

Malthodes henningseni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Malthodes.

|

Malthodes meriae{{Cite journal|author=Fabrizio Fanti |year=2018 |title=Malthodes meriae sp. nov.: a new fossil Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 1852 from the Eocene Baltic forests (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) |journal=Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=243–248 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328094844 }}

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Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti

|

Eocene (Lutetian to Priabonian)

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Malthodes.

|

Malthodes moellehavei

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Malthodes.

|

Markus{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Michael J. Pankowski |year=2018 |title=A new fossil soldier beetle (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Silinae) from Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4370 |issue=2 |pages=189–193 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4370.2.7 |pmid=29689865 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Pankowski

|

Eocene (Lutetian to Priabonian)

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Silinae and the tribe Silini. The type species is M. karenae.

|

Malthodes (Malthodes) josephi{{cite journal |author1=Fabrizio Fanti |author2=Mary K. Pankowski |year=2018 |title=Three new species of soldier beetles from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4455 |issue=3 |pages=513–524 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.7 |pmid=30314197 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Pankowski

|

Eocene (Priabonian)

|

Prussian Formation
(Baltic amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Malthodes.

|

Mekorhamphus beatae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.

|

Mekorhamphus gracilipes

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.

|

Mekorhamphus poinari

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.

|

Mekorhamphus tenuicornis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae.

|

Menatoraea

|

Gen. et 4 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kirejtshuk & Nel

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A sap beetle. The type species is M. typica; genus also includes M. angustitibialis, M. laticollis and M. gracilis.

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Microzavaljus{{Cite journal |author1=G.Yu. Lyubarsky |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=Microzavaljus, a second extinct genus of pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from Bitterfeld Amber |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=271–276 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.27.3.05 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyubarsky & Perkovsky

|

Eocene

|

Bitterfeld amber

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Erotylidae belonging to the subfamily Xenoscelinae. The type species is M. saxonicum.

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Miocenocylas{{Cite journal|author=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2018 |title=A new tribe of the subfamily Cyladinae (Coleoptera, Brentidae) in the Miocene of Germany |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=35–38 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118010100 |s2cid=90714564 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=32290533 |url-access=subscription }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Middle Miocene

|

Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Brentidae belonging to the subfamily Cyladinae. Genus includes new species M. heeri.

|

Molliberus{{cite journal |author1=David Peris |author2=Fabrizio Fanti |year=2018 |title=Molliberus albae gen. et sp. nov., the oldest Laurasian soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=263–268 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.003 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..263P |s2cid=134003163 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Peris & Fanti

|

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

|

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A soldier beetle known from amber from the Cave of El Soplao. Genus includes new species M. albae.

|

Multispinus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bao et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Tenebrionoidea belonging to the new family Apotomouridae. Genus includes new species M. multispinosus.

|

Myanmarus

|

Gen. et 4 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is M. caviventris; genus also includes M. robustus, M. dentifer and M. diversiunguis.

|

Nicentrus curvirostris

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A species of Nicentrus.

|

Nitoraeopsis

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kirejtshuk & Nel

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A sap beetle. Genus includes new species N. mixta.

|

Noergaardia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. The type species is N. dinae.

|

Nuegua{{cite journal |author1=Ziwei Yin |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=Alfred F. Newton |year=2018 |title=Beetle with long 'nose'—A bizarre stem scydmaenine in amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=98–106 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.019 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89...98Y |s2cid=134128969 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yin, Cai & Newton

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A glandulariine ant-like stone beetle. Genus includes new species N. elongata.

|

Nugatorhinus

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is N. chenyangi; genus also includes N. albomaculatus.

|

File:Nugatorhinus chenyangi Fig1 A.jpg]]

Ocriocis

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is O. binodosus.

|

Opeatorhynchus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is O. comans.

|

Ornatomalthinus ruicheni{{cite journal |author1=Yun Hsiao |author2=Chia-Lung Huang |year=2018 |title=Taxonomic revision on the genus Ornatomalthinus Poinar and Fanti (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) with description of a new species from the Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=257–263 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.018 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92..257H |s2cid=135276404 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hsiao & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A soldier beetle. Originally described as a species of Ornatomalthinus; Fanti (2018) transferred this species to the genus Sanaungulus.{{cite journal |author=Fabrizio Fanti |year=2018 |title=Sanaungulus ruicheni (Hsiao & Huang, 2018) n. comb. with the differential diagnosis of genera Sanaungulus Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger, 2018 and Ornatomalthinus Poinar & Fanti, 2016 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4514 |issue=3 |pages=449–450 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.11 |pmid=30486210 |s2cid=54120503 }}

|

Orsunius electronefelus{{Cite journal|author1=Janina L. Kypke |author2=Alexey Solodovnikov |year=2018 |title=Every cloud has a silver lining: X-ray micro-CT reveals Orsunius rove beetle in Rovno amber from a specimen inaccessible to light microscopy |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=7 |pages=940–950 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1558222 |s2cid=91583529 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kypke & Solodovnikov

|

Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae, tribe Lathrobiini and subtribe Medonina.

|

Oxycorynoides bucklowae{{cite journal |author1=Andrei A. Legalov |author2=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |year=2018 |title=First record of a weevil (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae) from the Lower Cretaceous (Wealden) of southern England |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=82 |pages=104–108 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.006 |bibcode=2018CrRes..82..104L |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov & Jarzembowski

|

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

|

Upper Weald Clay Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Nemonychidae.

|

Palaecoryphus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Tomaszewska

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae. The type species is P. viktori.

|

Palaeolycra

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kirejtshuk & Nel

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A sap beetle. Genus includes new species P. palaeocenica.

|

Palaeomallerus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A weevil. The type species is P. longirostris.

|

Palaeomycetes

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Tomaszewska, Ślipiński & Ren in Tomaszewska et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus includes new species P. foveolatus.

|

Palaeotylus{{Cite journal|author1=George O. Poinar Jr. |author2=Fernando E. Vega |author3=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2018 |title=New subfamily of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=137–142 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1528446 |s2cid=91914451 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar, Vega & Legalov

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

Originally described as an ambrosia beetle; subsequently considered to be unlikely to belong to Curculionoidea by Clarke et al. (2018). Genus includes new species P. femoralis.

|

Palmnickeneoceras

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae. The type species is P. ejersboi.

|

Pangusyndicus{{cite journal |author1=Ziwei Yin |author2=Deyao Zhou |author3=Chenyang Cai |author4=Diying Huang |author5=Michael S. Engel |year=2018 |title=Pangusyndicus gen. nov.: a new mid-Cretaceous scydmaenine with reduced antennae and prothoracic gland (Coleoptera, Staphylindiae: Scydmaeninae) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=13 |pages=1129–1141 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1504129 |s2cid=91544268 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/_i_Pangusyndicus_i_gen_nov_a_new_mid-Cretaceous_scydmaenine_with_reduced_antennae_and_prothoracic_gland_Coleoptera_Staphylindiae_Scydmaeninae_/7409234 |url-access=subscription }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yin, Zhou & Cai in Yin et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An ant-like stone beetle. Genus includes new species P. excavatus.

|

Paraodontomma szwedoi{{cite journal |author1=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Daran Zheng |year=2018 |title=A new serrated archaic beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=26–30 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.013 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92...26J |s2cid=219884082 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jarzembowski, Wang & Zheng

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ommatidae belonging to the tribe Brochocoleini.

|file:Paraodontomma_szwedoi.jpg

Perapion rasnitsyni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A weevil, a species of Perapion.

|

Periosocerus

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is P. deplanatus; genus also includes P. crenulatus.

|

Perroudia manuherikia{{cite journal |author1=Uwe Kaulfuss |author2=Samuel D. J. Brown |author3=Ian M. Henderson |author4=Jacek Szwedo |author5=Daphne E. Lee |year=2018 |title=First insects from the Manuherikia Group, early Miocene, New Zealand |journal=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand |volume=49 |issue= 4|pages= 1–14|doi=10.1080/03036758.2018.1477054 |s2cid=135413745 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kaulfuss et al.

|

Early Miocene

|

Manuherikia Group

|

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|

A member of the family Brentidae.

|

Petalotarsus

|

Gen. et 3 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is P. oxycorynoides; genus also includes P. curculionoides and P. cylindricus.

|

Platychirus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Junior homonym

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is P. beloides. The generic name is preoccupied by Platychirus Agassiz (1846); Clarke & Oberprieler (2019) coined a replacement name Burmophyletis.

|

File:Burmophyletis beloides holotye fig1 A.jpg]]

Platypelochares electricus{{Cite journal|author1=Carles Hernando |author2=Karol Szawaryn |author3=Ignacio Ribera |year=2018 |title=A new species of Platypelochares from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Limnichidae) |journal=Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=17–20 |url=http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/58_1/58_1_17.pdf |doi=10.2478/aemnp-2018-0003 }}

|

Sp. nov.

|

Valid

|

Hernando, Szawaryn & Ribera

|

Eocene (Lutetian)

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Gdańsk Bay area)

|

A member of the family Limnichidae. Originally described as a species of Platypelochares, but subsequently made the type species of the separate genus Hernandochares.{{Cite journal|author1=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |author2=Alexander A. Prokin |title=New Genus and Species of Limnichines from the Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar and Taxonomic Notes on the Family Limnichidae (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) |year=2022 |journal=Insects |volume=13 |issue=10 |at=891 |doi=10.3390/insects13100891 |pmid=36292839 |pmc=9603978 |doi-access=free }}

|

Plesiotoma

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Batelka, Engel & Prokop

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ripiphoridae. The type species is P. alissae.

|

Podistra kloevedali

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae.

|

Poinarinius{{cite journal |author=Andrei A. Legalov |year=2018 |title=New auger beetle (Coleoptera; Bostrichidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=210–213 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.014 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92..210L |s2cid=133930742 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An auger beetle belonging to the subfamily Dinoderinae. Genus includes new species P. burmaensis.

|

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 }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Yan et al.

|

Late Permian

|

Newcastle Coal Measures

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|

A beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement, assigned to the new family Ponomarenkiidae; a replacement name for Ponomarenkia Yan et al. (2017).

|

Praphennium{{cite journal |author=Paweł Jałoszyński |year=2018 |title=†Praphennium gen. nov.: Extant mite killers meet their Cenomanian relatives (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae: Cephenniini) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=142–153 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.011 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..142J |s2cid=134368840 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jałoszyński

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Scydmaeninae and the tribe Cephenniini. Genus includes new species P. carinatum.

|

Primocentron

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A weevil. The type species is P. wickhami.

|

Procleomenes gouverneuri{{cite journal |author=Francesco Vitali |year=2018 |title=Procleomenes gouverneuri sp. n. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Baltic amber: the first fossil member of the tribe Sestyrini Lacordaire, 1869 |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=33–39 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=36&artid=611 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Vitali

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A longhorn beetle.

|

Propiestus{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Edilson Caron |author3=Sidnei Bortoluzzi |year=2018 |title=Propiestus archaicus, the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of piestine rove beetles and its evolutionary and biogeographical significance (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=15 |pages=1257–1270 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1517282 |s2cid=91833517 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yamamoto, Caron & Bortoluzzi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Piestinae. Genus includes new species P. archaicus.

|

Protoripidius{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Ziwei Yin |author3=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=A new ripiphorid beetle from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber sheds light on early evolution of the extant subfamily Ripidiinae (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae) |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=351–356 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2017.12.002 |bibcode=2018CRPal..17..351C |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai, Yin & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ripiphoridae and the subfamily Ripidiinae. Genus includes new species P. burmiticus.

|

Pseudochirotenon

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A fungus weevil.
The type species is P. eocaenicus.

|

Pseudochrysomelites dvinensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ponomarenko

|

Late Permian

|

Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Schizocoleidae.

|

Pseudophaops

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Legalov

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

An Eustylini tribe entimine weevil.
The type species is Otiorhynchus perditus (1876).

|

Rhadinomycter

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Mesophyletinae. The type species is R. perplexus.

|

Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) maryae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Pankowski

|

Eocene (Priabonian)

|

Prussian Formation
(Baltic amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Rhagonycha.

|

Rhagonycha nielsenae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Rhagonycha.

|

Rhynchitomimus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Clarke & Oberprieler in Clarke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A weevil belonging to the family Mesophyletidae and the subfamily Aepyceratinae. The type species is R. chalybeus.

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File:Rhynchitomimus chalybeus holotype Fig1 B.jpg]]

Sanaungulus

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A soldier beetle. Genus includes new species S. curtipennis and S. ghitaenoerbyae.

|

Scydmobisetia loebli{{cite journal |author1=Zi-Wei Yin |author2=De-Yao Zhou |author3=Chen-Yang Cai |year=2018 |title=The genus Scydmobisetia Jałoszyński & Yamamoto, 2016 in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) |journal=Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera |volume=114 |pages=483–490 |issn=0013-8835 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yin, Zhou & Cai

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An ant-like stone beetle.

|

Scydmobisetia mengjiae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yin, Zhou & Cai

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An ant-like stone beetle.

|

Seidlitzella hoffeinsorum{{Cite journal |author1=Jiří Kolibáč |author2=Vitalii Alekseev |year=2018 |title=Seidlitzella hoffeinsorum sp. nov., the first representative of the beetle tribe Gymnochilini (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from Baltic amber |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=289–296 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000305 |s2cid=134229177 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kolibáč & Alekseev

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of the family Trogossitidae belonging to the tribe Gymnochilini.

|

Serangium gedanicum{{Cite journal |author1=Karol Szawaryn |author2=Jacek Szwedo |year=2018 |title=Have ladybird beetles and whiteflies co-existed for at least 40 Mya? |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=593–603 |doi=10.1007/s12542-018-0409-5 |s2cid=90619916 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Szawaryn & Szwedo

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of the family Coccinellidae.

|

Serangium twardowskii

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Szawaryn & Szwedo

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of the family Coccinellidae.

|

Shixitomaria

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Lyubarsky & Perkovsky

|

Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian)

|

Shixi Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Cryptophagidae belonging to the subfamily Atomariinae; a new genus for "Atomaria" cretacea Cai & Wang (2013).

|

Sinochaetodus{{cite journal |author1=Yuanyuan Lu |author2=Ruie Nie |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |author5=Xingke Yang |author6=Ming Bai |year=2018 |title=New Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, western Liaoning Province, China: Elucidating the systematics of Mesozoic Hybosoridae |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=86 |pages=53–59 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.005 |bibcode=2018CrRes..86...53L |s2cid=134973780 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lu et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Hybosoridae. Genus includes new species S. tridentatus.

|

Sinohybosorus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lu et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Hybosoridae. Genus includes new species S. cheni.

|

Sorodites{{cite journal |author1=Alexander G. Kirejtshuk |author2=Philipp E. Chetverikov |year=2018 |title=Discovery of a Nitidulidae in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) with description of a new genus and taxonomic notes |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=174–182 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.021 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89..174K |s2cid=134043538 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kirejtshuk & Chetverikov

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A sap beetle. Genus includes new species S. angustipes.

|

Soronia menatensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kirejtshuk & Nel

|

Paleocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A sap beetle.

|

Spinotoma{{cite journal |author1=Yun Hsiao |author2=Chia-Lung Huang |year=2018 |title=Spinotoma ruicheni: A new Late Cretaceous genus and species of wedge-shaped beetle from Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae, Pelecotominae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=82 |pages=29–35 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.022 |bibcode=2018CrRes..82...29H }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hsiao & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ripiphoridae belonging to the subfamily Pelecotominae. The type species is S. ruicheni.

|

Succinumanax{{Cite journal|author1=Tong Bao |author2=Jes Rust |author3=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Systematics, phylogeny and taphonomy of Cretaceous Psephenidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Burmese amber |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A |volume=310 |issue=3–6 |pages=131–159 |doi=10.1127/0375-0442/2018/0086 |bibcode=2018PalAA.310..131B |s2cid=134881867 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bao, Rust & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A water-penny beetle belonging to the subfamily Eubrianacinae. Genus includes new species is S. birmaniasis.

|

Sucinorhagonycha samsockorum

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Pankowski

|

Eocene (Priabonian)

|

Prussian Formation
(Baltic amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae and the tribe Cantharini.

|

Symbiotes borussiaeorientalis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Tomaszewska

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of Coccinelloidea belonging to the family Anamorphidae.

|

Taimyraltica{{cite journal |author1=Konstantin S. Nadein |author2=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=A new tribe of Galerucinae leaf beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Taimyr amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=97–106 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.023 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84...97N }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nadein & Perkovsky

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Taimyr amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Galerucinae. Genus includes new species T. calcarata.

|

Tetracoleus aristovi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ponomarenko

|

Late Permian

|

Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Asiocoleidae.

|

Tetracoleus meyeni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ponomarenko

|

Late Permian

|

Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Asiocoleidae.

|

Tetracoleus vasilenkoi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ponomarenko

|

Late Permian

|

Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Asiocoleidae.

|

Themus bennyianderseni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fanti & Damgaard

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae.

|

Tomoxia succinea{{cite journal |author1=Tong Bao |author2=Katarzyna S. Walczyńska |author3=Błażej Bojarski |author4=Ed Jarzembowski |author5=Bo Wang |author6=Jes Rust |year=2018 |title=A new species of tumbling flower beetle (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from Baltic amber |journal=PalZ |volume=93 |issue=1 |pages=31–36 |doi=10.1007/s12542-018-0434-4 |s2cid=92490311 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bao et al.

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A species of Tomoxia.

|

Trichodesma fennosarmatica{{cite journal |author1=Andris Bukejs |author2=Jiří Háva |author3=Vitalii I. Alekseev |year=2018 |title=New fossil species of Trichodesma LeConte, 1861 (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Eocene Baltic amber collected in the Kaliningrad region, Russia |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=Article number 21.2.17A |doi=10.26879/848 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bukejs, Háva & Alekseev

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A species of Trichodesma.

|

Trochoideus koenigsbergicus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Tomaszewska

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of the family Endomychidae.

|

Trochoideus resinatissimus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Alekseev & Tomaszewska

|

Late Eocene

|

Bitterfeld amber

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Endomychidae.

|

Tunguskagyrus{{cite journal |author1=Evgeny V. Yan |author2=Rolf G. Beutel |author3=John F. Lawrence |year=2018 |title=Whirling in the late Permian: ancestral Gyrinidae show early radiation of beetles before Permian-Triassic mass extinction |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=33 |doi=10.1186/s12862-018-1139-8 |pmid=29548278 |pmc=5857091 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

|

|

Yan, Beutel & Lawrence

|

Permian (Changhsingian)

|

Lebedevskian Horizon

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A beetle of uncertain phylogenetic placement; originally described as a whirligig beetle, but subsequently argued to be a member of the family Triaplidae instead.{{Cite journal |author1=A. G. Kirejtshuk |author2=A. A. Prokin |year=2018 |title=The position of the Palaeozoic genus Tunguskagyrus Yan, Beutel et Lawrence in the family Triaplidae sensu n. (Coleoptera, Archostemata: Schizophoroidea) |journal=Entomological Review |volume=98 |issue=7 |pages=872–882 |doi=10.1134/S0013873818070084 |s2cid=56575826 }} The type species is T. planus; genus might also include "Triaplus" sibiricus Volkov (2013), though this species was also argued to be a member of the genus Tomiaplus instead.{{Cite journal |author=A. G. Ponomarenko |year=2021 |title=Permian triaplids (Coleoptera, Triaplidae), yet another group of Mesozoic beetles from the terminal Permian |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=55 |issue=6 |pages=650–661 |doi=10.1134/S0031030121050130 |s2cid=245010239 |url=https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=46621796 |url-access=subscription }}

|

Tychtocoleus popovi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ponomarenko

|

Late Permian

|

Komarity Beds of the Salaraevo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Permosynidae.

|

Vetatrecus{{cite journal |author1=Janina L. Kypke |author2=Alexey Solodovnikov |author3=Adam Brunke |author4=Shûhei Yamamoto |author5=Dagmara Żyła |year=2018 |title=The past and the present through phylogenetic analysis: the rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 Ma |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.1111/syen.12305 |s2cid=90848021 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325717228 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kypke et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Staphylininae and the tribe Othiini. Genus includes new species V. adelfiae and V. secretum.

|

Vetudasycerus{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Margaret K. Thayer |author3=Alfred F. Newton |author4=Ziwei Yin |author5=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=A new genus of dasycerine rove beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=431–436 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.004 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..431C }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Dasycerinae. Genus includes new species V. burmiticus.

|

Vetujinbrianax{{cite journal |author1=Chenyang Cai |author2=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=First Mesozoic water-penny beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Psephenidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=202–207 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.001 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..202C |s2cid=135110057 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cai & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A water-penny beetle. Genus includes new species V. cretaceus.

|

Zemyna

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Tomaszewska in Tomaszewska et al.

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of the family Endomychidae. Genus was originally named Laima Alekseev & Tomaszewska (2018); however, this generic name turned out to be preoccupied by Laima Gravitis (1981). The type species is Z. andreei (Alekseev & Tomaszewska, 2018).

|

=Dermapterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Acanthodiplatys{{Cite journal |author1=Mingyue Ren |author2=Weiting Zhang |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=Earwig nymphs (Dermaptera) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=382–390 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.010 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..382R |s2cid=135192868 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ren et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Diplatyidae. Genus includes new species A. leptocercus.

|

Brevicula maculata{{Cite journal |author1=Richard S. Kelly |author2=Andrew J. Ross |author3=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |year=2018 |title=Earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Mesozoic of England and Australia, described from isolated tegmina, including the first species to be named from the Triassic |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=129–143 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000329 |doi-access=free |hdl=1983/d363e702-e4cb-4285-8ee8-393e808c890e |hdl-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski

|

Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)

|

Charmouth Mudstone Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

An earwig belonging to the family Protodiplatyidae.

|

Dimapteron

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski

|

Early Cretaceous (Berriasian)

|

Durlston Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae. The type species is D. corami.

|

Hirtidiplatys

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ren et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Diplatyidae. Genus includes new species H. cardiophyllus.

|

Phanerogramma australis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski

|

Late Triassic (Carnian)

|

Blackstone Formation

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|

An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae.

|

Phanerogramma dunstani

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski

|

Late Triassic (Carnian)

|

Blackstone Formation

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|

An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae.

|

Phanerogramma gouldsbroughi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski

|

Rhaetian or Hettangian

|

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae.

|

Robustipygia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ren et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Pygidicranidae. Genus includes new species R. calvata.

|

Trivenapteron

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski

|

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

An earwig of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is T. moorei.

|

Tytthodiplatys ortholabis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ren et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Diplatyidae.

|

Valdopteron

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Jarzembowski

|

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

|

Upper Weald Clay

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

An earwig, possibly a member of the family Dermapteridae. The type species is V. woodi.

|

=Dictyopterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Alienopterella{{Cite journal|author=Petr Kočárek |year=2018 |title=Alienopterella stigmatica gen. et sp. nov.: the second known species and specimen of Alienoptera extends knowledge about this Cretaceous order (Insecta: Polyneoptera) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=491–499 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1440440 |s2cid=90147082 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kočárek

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus. Genus includes new species A. stigmatica.

|

Alienopterix{{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 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mlynský, Vršanský & Wang in Vršanský et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus or a member of the family Cratovitismidae.{{cite journal |author1=Cihang Luo |author2=Chunpeng Xu |author3=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |year=2020 |title=Enervipraeala nigra gen. et sp. nov., a umenocoleid dictyopteran (Insecta) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=119 |pages=Article 104702 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104702 |s2cid=228921647 }} The type species is A. ocularis.

|

Apiblatta

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Barna & Bigalk in Vršanský et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

|

Crato Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is A. muratai.

|

Burmantis hexispinea{{Cite journal|author1=Xin-Ran Li |author2=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=A new praying mantis from middle Cretaceous Burmese amber exhibits bilateral asymmetry of forefemoral spination (Insecta: Dictyoptera) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=269–273 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.019 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..269L |s2cid=134872772 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A mantis.

|

Caputoraptor{{Cite journal|author1=Ming Bai |author2=Rolf Georg Beutel |author3=Weiwei Zhang |author4=Shuo Wang |author5=Marie Hörnig |author6=Carsten Gröhn |author7=Evgeny Yan |author8=Xingke Yang |author9=Benjamin Wipfler |year=2018 |title=A new Cretaceous insect with a unique cephalo-thoracic scissor device |journal=Current Biology |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=438–443.e1 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.031 |pmid=29395923 |s2cid=46765954 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal|author=Petr Kočárek |year=2018 |title=The cephalo-thoracic apparatus of Caputoraptor elegans may have been used to squeeze prey |journal=Current Biology |volume=28 |issue=15 |pages=R824–R825 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.046 |pmid=30086312 |s2cid=51936835 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bai, Beutel & Wipfler in Bai et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is C. elegans; genus also includes C. vidit Šmídová, Vršanský & Wang in Vršanský et al. (2018).

|

Chimaeroblattina

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Barna in Vršanský et al.

|

Middle Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is C. brevipes.

|

Cratovitisma bechlyi{{Cite journal|author1=Lenka Podstrelená |author2=Hemen Sendi |s2cid=134577769 |year=2018 |title=Cratovitisma Bechly, 2007 (Blattaria: Umenocoleidae) recorded in Lebanese and Myanmar ambers |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A |volume=310 |issue=3–6 |pages=121–129 |doi=10.1127/pala/2018/0076 |bibcode=2018PalAA.310..121P }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Podstrelená in Podstrelená & Sendi

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A beetle-like cockroach belonging to the family Umenocoleidae.

|

Cratovitisma cortexi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sendi in Podstrelená & Sendi

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Lebanese amber

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A beetle-like cockroach belonging to the family Umenocoleidae.

|

Falcatusiblatta{{cite journal |author1=Junhui Liang |author2=Chungkun Shih |author3=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=New Jurassic predatory cockroaches (Blattaria: Raphidiomimidae) from Daohugou, China and Karatau, Kazakhstan |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=101–109 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1374460 |bibcode=2018Alch...42..101L |s2cid=134925013 }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Liang, Shih & Ren

|

Middle and Late Jurassic

|

Daohugou Beds

Karabastau Svita

|

{{Flag|China}}

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A cockroach belonging to the family Raphidiomimidae. Genus includes new species F. gracilis and F. qiandaohua, as well as "Rhipidoblattina" karatavica Vishniakova (1968).

|

Grant

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov in Vršanský et al.

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Middle Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is G. viridifluvius.

|

Meilia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Vršanský et Wang in Vršanský et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is M. jinghanae.

|

Nodosigalea{{Cite journal|author1=Xin-Ran Li |author2=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=A new Cretaceous cockroach with heterogeneous tarsi preserved in Burmese amber (Dictyoptera, Blattodea, Corydiidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=12–17 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.017 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92...12L |s2cid=134614370 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li & Huang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species N. burmanica.

|

Phyloblatta beijingensis{{Cite journal |author1=Di-ying Huang |author2=Yi-tong Su |author3=Xin-ran Li |author4=Xiang-dong Wang |year=2018 |title=A new dictyopteran fossil from the Carboniferous-Permian of Xishan (Beijing) with discussions on the geological ages of insect fossils from Beijing |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Sinica |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=474–480 |url=http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=12&CurRec=11&filename=GSWX201804006&dbname=CJFDTEMP }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang et al.

|

Carboniferous-Permian

|

Taiyuan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A cockroach.

|

Piniblattella yixianensis{{Cite journal|author1=Taiping Gao |author2=Chungkun Shih |author3=Conrad C. Labandeira |author4=Xin Liu |author5=Zongqing Wang |author6=Yanli Che |author7=Xiangchu Yin |author8=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=Maternal care by Early Cretaceous cockroaches |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=5 |pages=379–391 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1426059 |s2cid=90589497 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gao, Shih & Ren in Gao et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A cockroach. Transferred to the genus Spinaeblattina by Hinkelman (2019).{{Cite journal|author=Jan Hinkelman |year=2019 |title=Spinaeblattina myanmarensis gen. et sp. nov. and Blattoothecichnus argenteus ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. (both Mesoblattinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=99 |pages= 229–239|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.02.026 |bibcode=2019CrRes..99..229H |s2cid=134700289 }}

|

Teyia

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Vršanský, Mlynský & Wang in Vršanský et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is T. branislav Vršanský & Wang (2018); genus also includes T. huangi Vršanský, Mlynský & Wang (2018).

|

Vcelesvab

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Vršanský, Barna & Bigalk in Vršanský et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

|

Crato Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A relative of Alienopterus. The type species is V. cratocretokrat.

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=Dipterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Acartophthalmites willii{{Cite journal|author1=Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente |author2=Christel Hoffeins |author3=Jindřich Roháček |year=2018 |title=A new Acartophthalmites Hennig from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera, Acalyptratae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=737 |pages=125–139 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.737.20639 |pmid=29674876 |pmc=5904545 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pérez-de la Fuente, Hoffeins & Roháček

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Baltic Sea coast, probably {{Flag|Russia}} (Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A member of Opomyzoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement.

|

Alonchoptera{{Cite journal|author=David A. Grimaldi |year=2018 |title=Basal Cyclorrhapha in amber from the Cretaceous and Tertiary (Insecta: Diptera), and their relationships: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber Part IX |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=423 |issue=423 |pages=1–97 |doi=10.1206/0003-0090-423.1.1 |hdl=2246/6912 |s2cid=91679754 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4613008 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A member of the stem group of Lonchopteroidea. The type species is A. lebanica.

|

Archilimonia grauvogeliana{{Cite journal|author1=Elena D. Lukashevich |author2=Guilherme C. Ribeiro |year=2018 |title=Mesozoic fossils and the phylogeny of Tipulomorpha (Insecta: Diptera) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=8 |pages=635–652 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2018.1448899 |s2cid=89966924 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lukashevich & Ribeiro

|

Middle Triassic (Anisian)

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

An early member of Tipuloidea.

|

Archipleciomima germanica{{Cite journal|author1=Katarzyna Kopeć |author2=Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj |author3=Alexander Gehler |author4=Jörg Ansorge |author5=Wiesław Krzemiński |year=2018 |title=Mecoptera and Diptera from the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) deposits of Wolfsburg – Große Kley (Lower Saxony, Germany) |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=163–171 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000226 |s2cid=134568600 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopeć et al.

|

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of Mycetophiloidea.

|

Aschizomyia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Syrphoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is A. burmensis.

|

Austroconops perrichoti{{cite journal |author1=Patrycja Dominiak |author2=Ryszard Szadziewski |author3=André Nel |year=2018 |title=A new species of the haematophagous genus Austroconops Wirth & Lee (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Leptoconopinae) from middle Cretaceous amber of Charente-Maritime, France |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=231–239 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.005 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92..231D |hdl=10037/14522 |s2cid=134653463 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Dominiak, Szadziewski & Nel

|

Cretaceous (latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian)

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of the family Ceratopogonidae belonging to the subfamily Leptoconopinae.

|

Burmapeza

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is B. radicis.

|

Burmazelmira grimaldii{{Cite journal|author1=Antonio Arillo |author2=Vladimir Blagoderov |author3=Enrique Peñalver |year=2018 |title=Early Cretaceous parasitism in amber: A new species of Burmazelmira fly (Diptera: Archizelmiridae) parasitized by a Leptus sp. mite (Acari, Erythraeidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=86 |pages=24–32 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.006 |bibcode=2018CrRes..86...24A |hdl=10261/277243 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Arillo, Blagoderov & Peñalver

|

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

|

Maestrat Basin

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A member of Archizelmiridae.

|

Calvopeza

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is C. divergens.

|

Canadopeza

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|

A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is C. biacrosticha.

|

Chandleromyia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is C. anomala.

|

Dacochile browni{{Cite journal|author1=Kornelia Skibińska |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |year=2018 |title=Two new species of the genus Dacochile (Diptera, Tanyderidae) from Burmese amber |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=356–361 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1494735 |s2cid=91195122 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Skibińska & Krzemiński

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Tanyderidae.

|

Dacochile poinari

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Skibińska & Krzemiński

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Tanyderidae.

|

Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) colombiana{{cite journal |author1=Wiesław Krzemiński |author2=Iwona Kania |author3=Katarzyna Kopeć |author4=Magdalena Okoń |year=2018 |title=First Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 (Diptera, Limoniidae) in Colombian copal |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=65–79 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.1.1.9 |s2cid=59513176 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Krzemiński et al.

|

|

Colombian copal

|

{{Flag|Colombia}}

|

A species of Dicranomyia.

|

Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) indica{{Cite journal |author1=Iwona Kania |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |author3=Frauke Stebner |author4=Hukam Singh |year=2018 |title=The first representative of Tipulomorpha (Diptera) from Early Eocene Cambay amber (India) |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=263–269 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000433 |s2cid=134226776 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kania et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay amber

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A species of Dicranomyia.

|

Dicranomyia (Melanolimonia) kukulai{{Cite journal |author1=Wiesław Krzemiński |author2=Iwona Kania |author3=Maciej Wojtoń |year=2018 |title=A new Eocene Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=271–277 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000366 |s2cid=135178076 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Krzemiński, Kania & Wojtoń

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A species of Dicranomyia.

|

Eodromyia{{Cite journal|author1=J. Myskowiak |author2=R. Garrouste |author3=A. Nel |year=2018 |title=Eodromyia pumilio gen. et sp. nov., a new empidoid fly from the Earliest Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Hybotidae: Tachydromiinae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4379 |issue=2 |pages=279–286 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4379.2.8 |pmid=29689989 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Myskowiak, Garrouste & Nel

|

Early Eocene

|

Oise amber

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of the family Hybotidae. Genus includes new species E. pumilio.

|

Eoprocladius{{Cite journal|author1=Ryszard Szadziewski |author2=Elżbieta Sontag |author3=Patrycja Dominiak |year=2018 |title=A new chironomid with a long proboscis from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=601–608 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.3.014 |s2cid=92669692 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Szadziewski, Sontag & Dominiak

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Baltic Sea region

|

A member of the family Chironomidae belonging to the subfamily Tanypodinae and the tribe Procladiini. Genus includes new species E. hoffeinsorum.

|

Eosciadocera pauciseta

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A member of the family Phoridae belonging to the subfamily Sciadocerinae.

|

Gujaratomyia{{Cite journal |author1=Marta Zakrzewska |author2=Frauke Stebner |author3=Mateusz Puchalski |author4=Hukam Singh |author5=Wojciech Giłka |year=2018 |title=A peculiar leg structure in the first non-biting midge described from Cambay amber, India (Diptera: Chironomidae) |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=255–261 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000421 |s2cid=134248077 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Giłka & Zakrzewska in Zakrzewska et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Cambay amber

|

{{Flag|India}}

|

A non-biting midge belonging to the tribe Tanytarsini. Genus includes new species G. miripes.

|

Helius spiralensis{{Cite journal |author1=Iwona Kania |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |author3=Antonio Arillo |year=2018 |title=A new peculiar species of the genus Helius Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Cretaceous Álava amber (Spain) |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=231–237 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000299 |s2cid=134865085 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kania, Krzemiński & Arillo

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Álava amber

|

{{Flag|Spain}}

|

A species of Helius.

|

Irwinimyia{{Cite journal|author1=Qingqing Zhang |author2=Xuankun Li |author3=Bingqing Xu |author4=Yimeng Zhu |author5=Ruiqi Lu |author6=Bo Wang |author7=David K. Yeates |year=2018 |title=Two new genera of Apsilocephalidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=525–532 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.026 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..525Z |hdl=1885/139188 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Apsilocephalidae. Genus includes new species I. spinosa.

|

Langtonius{{cite journal |author1=E. D. Lukashevich |author2=A. A. Przhiboro |year=2018 |title=A new genus of Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=12 |pages=1401–1407 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118120110 |s2cid=91941545 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lukashevich & Przhiboro

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Tsagan Tsab Formation

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A member of the family Chironomidae. Genus includes new species L. cynaricaudatus.

|

Lebanopeza

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A member of the family Platypezidae. The type species is L. azari.

|

Libanosycorax{{cite journal |author1=Dany Azar |author2=Sahar Azar |author3=Sibelle Maksoud |year=2018 |title=Libanosycorax dimyi gen. et sp. nov., the earliest sycoracine fly from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Diptera: Psychodidae: Sycoracinae) |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=42–46 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.1.1.5 |s2cid=67889288 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Azar, Azar & Maksoud

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A relative of members of the genus Sycorax. Genus includes new species L. dimyi.

|

Lindneromyia dominicana

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A species of Lindneromyia.

|

Lindneromyia neomedialis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A species of Lindneromyia.

|

Lonchopterites burmensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the stem group of Lonchopteroidea.

|

Macalpinomyia{{cite journal |author1=Xuankun Li |author2=David K. Yeates |year=2018 |title=The first Ironomyiidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber provides insights into the phylogeny of Phoroidea (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=251–261 |doi=10.1111/syen.12329 |s2cid=91954075 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li & Yeates

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ironomyiidae. Genus includes new species M. jiewenae.

|

Mailotrichocera praedicta{{Cite journal |author1=Ewa Krzemińska |author2=Elena Lukashevich |year=2018 |title=The oldest Trichoceridae (Diptera) from the Lower Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan: implications of the biomechanical properties of their wings |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=173–176 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000317 |s2cid=134914559 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Krzemińska & Lukashevich

|

Early Jurassic (possibly Sinemurian)

|

Dzil Formation

|

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of the family Trichoceridae.

|

Mesorhyphus ulrichi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopeć et al.

|

Early Jurassic (Toarcian)

|

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Anisopodidae.

|

Mesotipula slatteri{{Cite journal|author=Katarzyna Kopeć |year=2018 |title=A new species of Mesotipula (Limoniidae, Diptera) from the Lower Jurassic of England |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=93–96 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.1.005 |s2cid=90930713 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopeć

|

Early Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of Limoniidae.

|

Myanmarpsilocephala

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Apsilocephalidae. Genus includes new species M. grimaldii.

|

Neuseptychoptera{{Cite journal|author1=Ryszard Szadziewski |author2=Victor E. Krynicki |author3=Wiesław Krzemiński |year=2018 |title=The latest record of the extinct subfamily Eoptychopterinae (Diptera: Ptychopteridae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of North Carolina |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=82 |pages=147–151 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.011 |bibcode=2018CrRes..82..147S }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Szadziewski, Krynicki & Krzemiński

|

Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

|

Tar Heel Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Ptychopteridae belonging to the subfamily Eoptychopterinae. Genus includes new species N. carolinensis.

|

Oligopipiza{{Cite journal|author1=Valentin Nidergas |author2=Jiří Hadrava |author3=Romain Garrouste |author4=Jakub Prokop |author5=Thomas Schubnel |author6=André Nel |year=2018 |title=The first pipizine hoverfly genus and species from the Oligocene of Céreste, France |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=539–548 |doi=10.4202/app.00500.2018 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nidergras, Hadrava & Nel in Nidergas et al.

|

Oligocene

|

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A hoverfly. The type species is O. quadriguttata.

|

Palaeopetia dorsalis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ironomyiidae.

|

Palaeopetia terminus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ironomyiidae.

|

Proironia

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Ironomyiidae. The type species is P. gibbera; genus also includes P. burmitica.

|

Prophora

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomianian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Phoridae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. dimorion.

|

Prosyrphus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Grimaldi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A possible stem-hoverfly. The type species is P. thompsoni.

|

Serromyia errata{{Cite journal |author=Ryszard Szadziewski |year=2018 |title=Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as indicators of biostratigraphy, ecological reconstructions and identification of amber deposits |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=219–230 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000378 |s2cid=133730046 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Szadziewski

|

Eocene

|

Bitterfeld amber

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A species of Serromyia; a new species established for the specimens originally assigned to the species Serromyia alphea (Heyden, 1870).

|

Similinannotanyderus zbigniewi{{Cite journal|author1=Kornelia Skibińska |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |year=2018 |title=New species of the genus Similinannotanyderus (Tanyderidae, Diptera) from the Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=56–59 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.007 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90...56S |s2cid=134736713 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Skibińska & Krzemiński

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Tanyderidae.

|

Sylvicola baltica{{Cite journal|author1=Maciej Wojtoń |author2=Iwona Kania |author3=Katarzyna Kopeć |year=2018 |title=Sylvicola Harris, 1780 (Diptera: Anisopodidae) in the Eocene Resins |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=849–866 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.009 |s2cid=91379854 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wojtoń, Kania & Kopeć

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Baltic Sea region

|

A species of Sylvicola.

|

Sylvicola hoffeinsorum

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wojtoń, Kania & Kopeć

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

Bitterfeld amber

|

Baltic Sea region

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A species of Sylvicola.

|

Sylvicola punctata

|

Sp. nov

|

Junior homonym

|

Wojtoń, Kania & Kopeć

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Baltic Sea region

|

A species of Sylvicola. The name is preoccupied by Sylvicola punctatus (Fabricius, 1787); Hancock & Kania (2019) coined a replacement name Sylvicola harrisi.{{Cite journal|author1=E. Geoffrey Hancock |author2=Iwona Kania |year=2019 |title=A new name for a fossil species of Sylvicola (Diptera: Anisopodidae) |journal=Entomologist's Monthly Magazine |volume=155 |issue=4 |pages=275–276 |doi=10.31184/M00138908.1554.4014 |s2cid=208593423 }}

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Tipula americana{{Cite journal|author1=Iwona Kania |author2=André Nel |author3=Wiktoria Jordan-Stasiło |author4=Kornelia Skibińska |s2cid=91942537 |year=2018 |title=A new species of Tipula LINNAEUS, 1758 (Diptera: Tipulidae) from Green River Formation, USA |journal=Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia |volume=61 |issue=1–2 |pages=31–38 |doi=10.3409/azc.61.2 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kania et al.

|

Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A species of Tipula.

|

Ugolyakia{{cite journal |author1=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |author2=Ekaterina B. Sukhomlin |author3=Nikita V. Zelenkov |year=2018 |title=An unexpectedly abundant new genus of black flies (Diptera, Simuliidae) from Upper Cretaceous Taimyr amber of Ugolyak, with discussion of the early evolution of birds at high latitudes |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=80–89 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.002 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90...80P |s2cid=134500301 |url=http://osf.io/eynka/ }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Perkovsky, Sukhomlin & Zelenkov

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Taimyr amber

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A black fly. Genus includes new species U. kaluginae.

|

=Hemipterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Anthoscytina daidaleos{{cite journal |author1=Yanzhe Fu |author2=Diying Huang |author3=Michael S. Engel |year=2018 |title=A new species of the extinct family Procercopidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) from the Jurassic of northeastern China |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=51–57 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.1.1.7 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fu, Huang & Engel

|

Middle or Late Jurassic

|

Haifanggou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A froghopper belonging to the family Procercopidae.

|

Aphrastomedes{{cite journal |author1=Kazutaka Yamada |author2=Shûhei Yamamoto |author3=Yui Takahashi |year=2018 |title=Aphrastomedes anthocoroides, a remarkable new cimicomorphan genus and species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=442–450 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.007 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..442Y }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yamada & Yamamoto in Yamada, Yamamoto & Takahashi

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Cimicomorpha, probably belonging to the family Velocipedidae. Genus includes new species A. anthocoroides.

|

Archetingis{{Cite journal|author1=Matteo Montagna |author2=Laura Strada |author3=Paride Dioli |author4=Andrea Tintori |year=2018 |title=The Middle Triassic Lagerstätte of Monte San Giorgio reveals the oldest lace bugs (Hemiptera: Tingidae): Archetingis ladinica gen. n. sp. n. |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=124 |issue=1 |pages=35–44 |doi=10.13130/2039-4942/9623 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Montagna et al.

|

Middle Triassic (Ladinian)

|

Meride Limestone

|

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|

A member of the family Tingidae. The type species is A. ladinica.

|

Archipedionis{{cite journal |author1=Christopher H. Dietrich |author2=M. Jared Thomas |year=2018 |title=New eurymeline leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Eurymelinae) from Eocene Baltic amber with notes on other fossil Cicadellidae |journal=ZooKeys |issue=726 |pages=131–143 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.726.21976 |pmid=29416387 |pmc=5799744 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Dietrich & Thomas

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A leafhopper belonging to the subfamily Eurymelinae and the tribe Macropsini. The type species is A. obscurus.

|

Burmacader lativentris{{Cite journal|author1=Ernst Heiss |author2=Eric Guilbert |year=2018 |title=A new species of Tingidae from Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4457 |issue=2 |pages=339–345 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.10 |pmid=30314176 |s2cid=52975751 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Heiss & Guilbert

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Tingidae.

|

Camuracicada{{cite journal |author=M. S. Moulds |year=2018 |title=Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4438 |issue=3 |pages=443–470 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2 |pmid=30313130 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Moulds

|

Miocene (Serravallian)

|

|

{{Flag|Croatia}}

|

A cicada; a new genus for "Cicada" aichhorni Heer (1853).

|

Chilamnestocoris{{cite journal |author1=Jerzy A. Lis |author2=Barbara Lis |author3=Ernst Heiss |year=2018 |title=Chilamnestocoris mixtus gen. et spec. nov., the first burrower bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea: Cydnidae) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=257–262 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.017 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..257L |s2cid=134816754 |url=http://osf.io/e5qsu/ }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lis, Lis & Heiss

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Cydnidae. Genus includes new species C. mixtus.

|

Criniverticillus{{cite journal |author1=Shan Lin |author2=Yunzhi Yao |author3=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=A new scale insect of the extinct family Weitschatidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4407 |issue=3 |pages=427–434 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.9 |pmid=29690187 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lin, Yao & Ren

|

Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of scale insects belonging to the family Weitschatidae. Genus includes new species C. longicumulus.

|

Cucullitingis{{Cite journal|author1=Sile Du |author2=Yunzhi Yao |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of Tingidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from Myanmar, with the analysis of the evolution of hood, carinae and paranota |journal=Zoological Systematics |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=283–293 |doi=10.11865/zs.201828 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Du & Yao

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Tingidae. The type species is C. biacantha.

|

Dachibangus{{cite journal |author1=Tian Jiang |author2=Jacek Szwedo |author3=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=A giant fossil Mimarachnidae planthopper from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=183–190 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.020 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89..183J |s2cid=134776601 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jiang, Szwedo & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae. Genus includes new species D. trimaculatus.

|

Dorytocus{{cite journal |author1=A.F. Emeljanov |author2=D.E. Shcherbakov |year=2018 |title=The longest-nosed Mesozoic Fulgoroidea (Homoptera): a new family from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Far Eastern Entomologist |volume=354 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.25221/fee.354.1 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Emeljanov & Shcherbakov

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A planthopper belonging to the new family Dorytocidae. Genus includes new species D. ornithorhynchus.

|

Eoidiocerus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Dietrich & Thomas

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A leafhopper belonging to the subfamily Eurymelinae and the tribe Idiocerini. The type species is E. emarginatus.

|

Fangyuania{{cite journal |author1=Jun Chen |author2=Jacek Szwedo |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Yan Zheng |author5=Yan Wang |author6=Xiaoli Wang |author7=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=The first Mesozoic froghopper in amber from northern Myanmar (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea, Sinoalidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=85 |pages=243–249 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.029 |bibcode=2018CrRes..85..243C }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen, Szwedo & Wang in Chen et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae. Genus includes new species F. xiai.

|

Hormatalis{{cite journal |author1=Piotr Węgierek |author2=Jolanta Brożek |author3=Richard S. Kelly |author4=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=The aphid Hormatalis lancigerens gen. et sp. nov. from Burmese amber sheds new light on the phylogenetic position of the Cretaceous family Isolitaphidae (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=292–301 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.009 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89..292W |s2cid=133724362 |url=https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/en/publications/the-aphid-hormatalis-lancigerens-gen-et-sp-nov-from-burmese-amber-sheds-new-light-on-the-phylogenetic-position-of-the-cretaceous-family-isolitaphidae-hemiptera-aphidomorpha(de14f7e0-3908-4ad3-a90b-4d615425ac7c).html }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Węgierek & Wang in Węgierek et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An aphid belonging to the family Isolitaphidae. Genus includes new species H. lancigerens.

|

Jaculistilus{{cite journal |author1=Xiao Zhang |author2=Dong Ren |author3=Yunzhi Yao |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of Mimarachnidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=168–173 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.012 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..168Z |s2cid=135407604 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang, Ren & Yao

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae. Genus includes new species J. oligotrichus.

|

Leptopharsa antica{{cite journal |author1=Viktor B. Golub |author2=Ernst Heiss |year=2018 |title=Two new species of lace bugs from Dominican amber and a new species from Colombian copal (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4444 |issue=3 |pages=333–341 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.8 |pmid=30313928 |s2cid=52976530 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Golub & Heiss

|

Eocene or Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A species of Leptopharsa.

|

Leptopharsa colombiana

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Golub & Heiss

|

|

Colombian copal

|

{{Flag|Colombia}}

|

A species of Leptopharsa.

|

Luanpingia daohugouensis{{cite journal |author1=Yanzhe Fu |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=A new fossil sinoalid species from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=94–100 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1374458 |bibcode=2018Alch...42...94F |s2cid=135402986 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fu, Cai & Huang

|

Middle or Late Jurassic

|

Daohugou Beds

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae.

|

Paleopsalta

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Moulds

|

Miocene (Serravallian)

|

|

{{Flag|Croatia}}

|

A cicada; a new genus for "Cicada" ungeri Heer (1853).

|

Phatnoma pulchra

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Golub & Heiss

|

Eocene or Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Tingidae.

|

Prolavexillaphis{{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 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu, Qiao & Yao in Liu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An aphid belonging to the family Juraphididae. Genus includes new species P. munditia.

|

Stictocercopis{{cite journal |author1=Yan-Zhe Fu |author2=Di-Ying Huang |year=2018 |title=New fossil genus and species of Sinoalidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) from the Middle to Upper Jurassic deposits in northeastern China |journal=European Journal of Entomology |volume=115 |pages=127–133 |doi=10.14411/eje.2018.011 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fu & Huang

|

Jurassic (Callovian or Oxfordian)

|

Haifanggou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

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

|

Tanyaulus{{cite journal |author=George Poinar Jr. |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of aphids, Tanyaulus caudisetula gen. & sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea: Burmitaphidae) in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=82 |pages=36–39 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.025 |bibcode=2018CrRes..82...36P }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar

|

Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

An aphid belonging to the family Burmitaphidae. Genus includes new species T. caudisetula.

|

=Hymenopterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authorship of new name

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Amplicella minor{{cite journal |author=D. S. Kopylov |year=2018 |title=New ichneumonids (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Khasurty locality |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=284–289 |doi=10.1134/S003103011803005X |s2cid=91104838 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=34941282 |url-access=subscription }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae.

|

Angarosphex saxosus{{cite journal |author1=Qi Zhang |author2=A. P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=New Angarosphecidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=414–420 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118040056 |s2cid=91857476 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang, Rasnitsyn & Zhang

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Apoidea belonging to the family Angarosphecidae.

|

Apis (Synapis) dalica{{cite journal |author1=Michael S. Engel |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Abdulaziz S. Alqarni |author4=Lin-Bo Jia |author5=Tao Su |author6=Zhe-kun Zhou |author7=Torsten Wappler |year=2018 |title=A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=775 |pages=117–129 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.775.24909 |pmid=30057475 |pmc=6062569 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel & Wappler in Engel et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

Huazhige Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A honey bee.

|

Aptenoperissus amabilis{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang |first1=Q. |last2=Rasnitsyn |first2=A.P. |last3=Wang |first3=B. |last4=Zhang |first4=H. |year=2018 |title=New data about the enigmatic wasp from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea, Aptenoperissidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=173–180 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.024 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..173Z }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae.

|

Aptenoperissus delicatus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae.

|

Aptenoperissus etius{{Cite journal|author1=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author2=Christoph Öhm-Kühnle |year=2018 |title=Three new female Aptenoperissus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea, Aptenoperissidae): Unexpected diversity of paradoxical wasps suggests insular features of source biome |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=168–175 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.004 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..168R |s2cid=134048836 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae.

|

Aptenoperissus formosus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae.

|

Aptenoperissus magnifemoris

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae.

|

Aptenoperissus pusillus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae.

|

Aptenoperissus zonalis{{Cite journal|author1=Qi Zhang |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=New female of Aptenoperissus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea, Aptenoperissidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=8–11 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.015 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92....8Z |s2cid=134071861 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang & Rasnitsyn in Zhang, Rasnitsyn & Zhang

|

Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the family Aptenoperissidae.

|

Archaeocercus{{cite journal |author1=S. A. Simutnik |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=Archaeocercus gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from Late Eocene Rovno Amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4441 |issue=3 |pages=543–548 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.8 |pmid=30314001 |s2cid=52974855 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Simutnik & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A member of the family Encyrtidae. Genus includes new species A. schuvachinae.

|

Auricleptes{{Cite journal|author1=Daercio A.A. Lucena |author2=Gabriel A.R. Melo |year=2018 |title=Chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber: Phylogenetic affinities and classification |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=279–291 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.018 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89..279L |s2cid=134822731 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lucena & Melo

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species A. nebulosus.

|

Azanichrum

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lucena & Melo

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species A. pilosum.

|

Baeomorpha avamica{{Cite journal|author1=Alex Gumovsky |author2=Evgeny Perkovsky |author3=Alexandr Rasnitsyn |year=2018 |title=Laurasian ancestors and "Gondwanan" descendants of Rotoitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): What a review of Late Cretaceous Baeomorpha revealed |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=286–322 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.027 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..286G }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha baikurenis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Cretaceous (late Albian–?early Cenomanian)

|

Ognevka Formation?
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha bianellus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha caeleps

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha gracilis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha ingens

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha popovi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha quattorduo

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha quattoruno

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha yantardakh

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Baeomorpha zherikhini

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Cretaceous (late Albian–?early Cenomanian)

|

Ognevka Formation?
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae.

|

Bohartiura

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lucena & Melo

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species B. glabrata.

|

Brachysyntexis tenebrosa{{cite journal |author=Dmitry S. Kopylov |year=2018 |title=Forgotten giants: new Anaxyelidae (Hymenoptera) from the Jurassic of Karatau |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4514 |issue=3 |pages=332–340 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.2 |pmid=30486201 |s2cid=54131497 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov

|

MiddleLate Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A member of the family Anaxyelidae.

|

Brachysyntexis tigris

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov

|

MiddleLate Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A member of the family Anaxyelidae.

|

Burmasega

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lucena & Melo

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species B. ammirabilis.

|

Burmasphex{{Cite journal|author1=Gabriel A.R. Melo |author2=Brunno B. Rosa |year=2018 |title=New genus of fossil apoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar |journal=Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=319–323 |doi=10.1016/j.rbe.2018.09.004 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Melo & Rosa

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Apoidea belonging to the family Angarosphecidae. The type species is B. sulcatus; genus also includes B. pilosus.

|

Burminata{{Cite journal|author1=Michael Haas |author2=Roger A. Burks |author3=Lars Krogmann |year=2018 |title=A new lineage of Cretaceous jewel wasps (Chalcidoidea: Diversinitidae) |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |pages=e4633 |doi=10.7717/peerj.4633 |pmid=29682418 |pmc=5907778 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Haas, Burks & Krogmann

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A chalcid wasp belonging to the new family Diversinitidae. The type species is B. caputaeria.

|

Burmusculus{{Cite journal|author1=Qi Zhang |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=Burmusculidae, a new and basal family of pompiloid wasps from the Cretaceous of Eurasia (Hymenoptera: Pompiloidea) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=341–349 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.07.004 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..341Z |s2cid=134550366 |url=http://paleorxiv.org/pnw63/ }}

|

Gen. et 3 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang & Rasnitsyn in Zhang, Rasnitsyn & Zhang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the group Pompiloidea. Genus includes new species B. nuwae, B. fuxii and B. shennongii.

|

Carinibus{{Cite journal|author1=Tamara Spasojevic |author2=Gavin R. Broad |author3=Andrew M. R. Bennett |author4=Seraina Klopfstein |year=2018 |title=Ichneumonid parasitoid wasps from the Early Eocene Green River Formation: five new species and a revision of the known fauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=1 |pages=35–63 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0365-5 |s2cid=91062757 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae. The type species is C. molestus.

|

Chifengilyda{{Cite journal|author1=Yan Zheng |author2=Jun Chen |year=2018 |title=New material of Xyelydidae (Hymenoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=374–381 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2018.04.001 |s2cid=134286142 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng & Chen

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A sawfly belonging to the family Xyelydidae. Genus includes new species C. robusta.

|

Colmepsiterona{{Cite journal|author1=Pierre F.D. Cockx |author2=Ryan C. McKellar |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of the subfamily Pemphredoninae (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in Upper Cretaceous amber from Myanmar |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=153–157 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2017.10.004 |bibcode=2018CRPal..17..153C |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Cockx & McKellar

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A wasp belonging to the family Crabronidae and the subfamily Pemphredoninae. Genus includes new species C. cumcarena.

|

Conostigmus talamasi{{cite journal |author1=István Mikó |author2=Thomas van de Kamp |author3=Carolyn Trietsch |author4=Jonah M. Ulmer |author5=Marcus Zuber |author6=Tilo Baumbach |author7=Andrew R. Deans |year=2018 |title=A new megaspilid wasp from Eocene Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea), with notes on two non-ceraphronoid families: Radiophronidae and Stigmaphronidae |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |pages=e5174 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5174 |pmid=30140594 |pmc=6103384 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mikó & Trietsch in Mikó et al.

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe
(Gdańsk Bay)

|

A species of Conostigmus.

|

Coptera anka{{cite journal |author1=Thomas van de Kamp |author2=Achim H. Schwermann |author3=Tomy dos Santos Rolo |author4=Philipp D. Lösel |author5=Thomas Engler |author6=Walter Etter |author7=Tomáš Faragó |author8=Jörg Göttlicher |author9=Vincent Heuveline |author10=Andreas Kopmann |author11=Bastian Mähler |author12=Thomas Mörs |author13=Janes Odar |author14=Jes Rust |author15=Nicholas Tan Jerome |author16=Matthias Vogelgesang |author17=Tilo Baumbach |author18=Lars Krogmann |year=2018 |title=Parasitoid biology preserved in mineralized fossils |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 3325 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-05654-y |pmid=30154438 |pmc=6113268 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9.3325V }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Krogmann, van de Kamp & Schwermann in van de Kamp et al.

|

Paleogene

|

Quercy Phosphorites Formation

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of the family Diapriidae.

|

Cretevania tenuis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Evanioidea.

|

Cretevania venae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Evanioidea.

|

Cretosirex{{Cite journal|author1=Mei Wang |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Gang Han |author4=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of basal horntail (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=195–201 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.006 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..195W |s2cid=135177398 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A horntail. Genus includes new species C. xiaoi.

|

Crusopimpla{{cite journal |author1=D.S. Kopylov |author2=T. Spasojevic |author3=S. Klopfstein |year=2018 |title=New ichneumonids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Tadushi Formation, Russian Far East |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4442 |issue=2 |pages=319–330 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.8 |pmid=30313965 |s2cid=52977411 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov, Spasojevic & Klopfstein

|

Early Eocene

|

Tadushi Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae. Genus includes new species C. tadushensis.

|

Curtevania{{cite journal |author1=Longfeng Li |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Conrad C. Labandeira |author5=Matthew Buffington |author6=Daqing Li |author7=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=Phylogeny of Evanioidea (Hymenoptera, Apocrita), with descriptions of new Mesozoic species from China and Myanmar |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=810–842 |doi=10.1111/syen.12315 |s2cid=92215746 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Evanioidea. Genus includes new species C. enervia.

|

Dencyrtus{{cite journal |author1=S. A. Simutnik |author2=E. E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=Dencyrtus gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from the Late Eocene Danish amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=290–293 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118030139 |s2cid=91146921 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=34941283 |url-access=subscription }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Simutnik & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Danish amber

|

{{Flag|Denmark}}

|

A member of the family Encyrtidae. Genus includes new species D. vilhelmseni.

|

Dolichomitus? saxeus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov, Spasojevic & Klopfstein

|

Early Eocene

|

Tadushi Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

Possibly a species of Dolichomitus.

|

Dryinus maderai{{Cite journal|author1=Adalgisa Guglielmino |author2=Massimo Olmi |author3=Alessandro Marletta |author4=Stefano Speranza |year=2018 |title=Discovery of the first species of Dryinus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4394 |issue=3 |pages=443–448 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4394.3.10 |pmid=29690365 |s2cid=24783979 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Guglielmino et al.

|

Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Dryinidae.

|

File:Dryinus maderai holotype Fig1.jpg]]

Diversinitus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Haas, Burks & Krogmann

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A chalcid wasp belonging to the new family Diversinitidae. The type species is D. attenboroughi.

|file:Diversinitus_attenboroughi-1_(cropped).png

Electromyrmex wheeleri{{cite journal |author1=A. G. Radchenko |author2=G. M. Dlussky |year=2018 |title=A new species of the extinct ant genus Electromyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |journal=Vestnik Zoologii |volume=52 |issue=5 |pages=361–366 |doi=10.2478/vzoo-2018-0038 |s2cid=91996304 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Radchenko & Dlussky

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

Bitterfeld amber

|

Baltic Sea region

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

|

Epyris moulyi{{cite journal |author1=Elsa Falières |author2=André Nel |year=2018 |title=The oldest representative of the extant genus Epyris in the Lowermost Eocene amber of France (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Epyrinae) |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=32–36 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.1.1.3 |s2cid=69434183 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Falières & Nel

|

Early Eocene

|

Oise amber

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A species of Epyris.

|

Epyris neolongiceps{{cite journal |author1=Celso O. Azevedo |author2=Isabel D.C.C. Alencar |author3=Magno S. Ramos |author4=Diego N. Barbosa |author5=Wesley D. Colombo |author6=Juan M. R. Vargas |author7=Jongok Lim |year=2018 |title=Global guide of the flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4489 |issue=1 |pages=1–294 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4489.1.1 |pmid=30313730 |s2cid=52976332 }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Azevedo in Azevedo et al.

|

Oligocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A species of Epyris; a replacement name for Calyoza longiceps Brues (1923).

|

Eupsenella neoeocenica

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Ramos & Azevedo in Azevedo et al.

|

Eocene

|

Fushun amber

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Bethylidae; a replacement name for Fushunochrysites eocenicus Hong (2002).

|

Eupsenella neohongi

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Ramos & Azevedo in Azevedo et al.

|

Eocene

|

Fushun amber

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Bethylidae; a replacement name for Sinibethylus eocenicus Hong (2002).

|

Exilaulacus

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Evanioidea. Genus includes new species E. loculatus and E. latus.

|

Fallomyrma anodonta{{cite journal |author1=A. G. Radchenko |author2=G. M. Dlussky |year=2018 |title=Ants of the genus Fallomyrma Dlussky et Radchenko (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Late Eocene European ambers |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=155–163 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118020107 |s2cid=90299048 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Radchenko & Dlussky

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

An ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae.

|

Fallomyrma marginata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Radchenko & Dlussky

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

An ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae.

|

Fallomyrma robusta

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Radchenko & Dlussky

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

An ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae.

|

Glabiala

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Haas, Burks & Krogmann

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A chalcid wasp belonging to the new family Diversinitidae. The type species is G. barbata.

|

Heterobaissa

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Evanioidea. Genus includes new species H. apetiola.

|

Ichninsum

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A pimpline Ichneumonidae. The type species is I. appendicrassum.

|

Kulbastavia grandis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopylov

|

MiddleLate Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A member of the family Anaxyelidae.

|

Mesoclistus? yamataroti

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A possible Coleocentrini tribe acaenitine darwin wasp.

|

Mesornatus{{Cite journal|author1=Tamara Spasojevic |author2=Sonja Wedmann |author3=Seraina Klopfstein |year=2018 |title=Seven remarkable new fossil species of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=6 |pages=e0197477 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0197477 |pmid=29874268 |pmc=5991363 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1397477S |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein

|

Eocene

|

Messel pit

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is M. markovici.

|

Miracorium

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lucena & Melo

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A cuckoo wasp. Genus includes new species M. tetrafoveolatum.

|

Myanmarina{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang |first1=Q. |last2=Rasnitsyn |first2=A.P. |last3=Wang |first3=B. |last4=Zhang |first4=H. |year=2018 |title=Myanmarinidae, a new family of basal Apocrita (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=81 |pages=86–92 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.015 |bibcode=2018CrRes..81...86Z }}

|

Gen. et 4 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang & Rasnitsyn in Zhang et al.

|

Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Apocrita belonging to the superfamily Stephanoidea. The type species is M. lisu; genus also includes new species M. kachin, M. lahu and M. jeannineae Li et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Longfeng Li |author2=Chungkun Shih |author3=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author4=Daqing Li |author5=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=A new wasp of Myanmarinidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=86 |pages=33–40 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.009 |bibcode=2018CrRes..86...33L |s2cid=135103023 }}

|

Napakimyrma{{cite journal |author1=John S. Lapolla |author2=Phillip Barden |year=2018 |title=A new aneuretine ant from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of Canada |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=435–440 |doi=10.4202/app.00478.2018 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lapolla & Barden

|

Paleocene

|

Paskapoo Formation

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|

An ant belonging to the subfamily Aneuretinae. The type species is N. paskapooensis.

|

Newjersevania brevis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Evanioidea.

|

Newjersevania longa

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Evanioidea.

|

Palaeortona

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Krogmann, van de Kamp & Schwermann in van de Kamp et al.

|

Paleogene

|

Quercy Phosphorites Formation

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of the family Diapriidae. The type species is P. quercyensis.

|

Parevania oculiseparata{{Cite journal|last1=Jennings |first1=J. T. |last2=O'Carroll |first2=D. |last3=Priya |last4= Krogmann |first4=L. |last5= Austin |first5=A. D.|year=2018 |title=A new fossil evaniid wasp from Eocene Baltic amber, with highly modified compound eyes unique within the Hymenoptera |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=189–195 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2017.83 |bibcode=2018JPal...92..189J |s2cid=90276320 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jennings et al.

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Europe}}

|

A member of the family Evaniidae.

|

Peleproctus{{Cite journal|author1=Qi Zhang |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=Peleserphidae, a new family of basal proctotrupomorphs (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=86 |pages=66–72 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.015 |bibcode=2018CrRes..86...66Z |s2cid=133717481 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A basal member of Proctotrupomorpha. Genus includes new species P. dolichurus.

|

Peleserphus

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A basal member of Proctotrupomorpha. The type species is P. brachyurus; genus also includes P. genalis.

|

Phanerotomella brevivena{{cite journal |author=Rebecca N. Kittel |year=2018 |title=First record of the genus Phanerotomella (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Baltic amber with the description of a new species |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4482 |issue=1 |pages=197–200 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.11 |pmid=30313330 |s2cid=52977060 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kittel

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe
(Baltic Sea region)

|

A member of the family Braconidae belonging to the subfamily Cheloninae.

|

Polyhelictes

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein

|

Eocene

|

Messel pit

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is P. bipolarus.

|

Praeaulacus rectus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Evanioidea.

|

Pristomyrmex archaios{{cite journal |author1=Alexander G. Radchenko |author2=Gennady M. Dlussky |year=2018 |title=Two new fossil species of the ant genus Pristomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Rovno and Bitterfeld ambers |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=251–258 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.2.004 |s2cid=90438722 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Radchenko & Dlussky

|

Eocene

|

Bitterfeld amber

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

An ant, a species of Pristomyrmex.

|

Pristomyrmex elmesi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Radchenko & Dlussky

|

Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

An ant, a species of Pristomyrmex.

|

Proleptothorax{{cite journal |author1=A. Radchenko |author2=G.M. Dlussky |author3=K. Perfilieva |year=2018 |title=A new extinct ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from the Late Eocene Rovno amber – a putative ancestor of the Leptothorax genus group |journal=Myrmecological News |volume=27 |pages=111–117 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Radchenko, Dlussky & Perfilieva

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

An ant. Genus includes new species P. primitivus.

|

Rhyssella vera

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein

|

Eocene

|

Messel pit

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae, a species of Rhyssella.

|

Scambus fossilobus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein

|

Eocene

|

Messel pit

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae, a species of Scambus.

|

Scambus? mandibularis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A possible Ephialtini tribe pimpline darwin wasp.

|

Scambus? parachuti

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A possible Ephialtini tribe pimpline darwin wasp.

|

Seneciobracon{{cite journal |author1=Michael S. Engel |author2=Diying Huang |author3=Chenyang Cai |author4=Abdulaziz Alqarni |year=2018 |title=A new lineage of braconid wasps in Burmese Cenomanian amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=730 |pages=73–84 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.730.22585 |pmid=29416397 |pmc=5799774 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Engel & Huang in Engel et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Braconidae. The type species is S. novalatus.

|

File:Seneciobracon novalatus holoytpe Zookeys.jpg]]

Sinuevania

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Evanioidea. Genus includes new species S. mira.

|

Taimyromorpha

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Gumovsky in Gumovsky, Perkovsky & Rasnitsyn

|

Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)

|

Kheta Formation
(Taimyr amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Rotoitidae. Genus includes new species T. pusilla.

|

Trigonator

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein

|

Eocene

|

Messel pit

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae belonging to the subfamily Labeninae. The type species is T. macrocheirus.

|

Trjapitzion{{cite journal |author1=S.A. Simutnik |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=Trjapitzion Simutnik, gen. n. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), a new genus of encyrtid wasps from the Late Eocene Rovno amber |journal=Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie |volume=97 |issue=3 |pages=539–544 |doi=10.1134/S036714451803019X }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Simutnik in Simutnik & Perkovsky

|

Late Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A member of the family Encyrtidae. Genus includes new species T. cylindrocerus.

|

Trymectus

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A darwin wasp of uncertain subfamily placement.
The type species is Tryphon amasidis (1931).

|

Versolabrum{{cite journal |author1=Roger A. Burks |author2=Lars Krogmann |author3=John M. Heraty |year=2018 |title=Simultaneous discovery and taxonomic placement of new extant and fossil genera of Herbertiinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) |journal=Insect Systematics and Diversity |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=Article 1 |doi=10.1093/isd/ixy012 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Burks & Krogmann in Burks, Krogmann & Heraty

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe
(Baltic Sea region)

|

A member of the family Pteromalidae. Genus includes new species V. coriaceum.

|

Vitimosphex vividus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang, Rasnitsyn & Zhang

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Apoidea belonging to the family Angarosphecidae.

|

Xanthopimpla messelensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein

|

Eocene

|

Messel pit

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae belonging to the subfamily Pimplinae and the tribe Pimplini.

|

File:Xanthopimpla messelensis sp. nov., holotype SF MeI 16988.tiff]]

Xanthopimpla praeclara

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Spasojevic, Wedmann & Klopfstein

|

Eocene

|

Messel pit

|

{{Flag|Germany}}

|

A member of the family Ichneumonidae belonging to the subfamily Pimplinae and the tribe Pimplini.

|

Xenomorphia

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Krogmann, van de Kamp & Schwermann in van de Kamp et al.

|

Paleogene

|

Quercy Phosphorites Formation

|

{{Flag|France}}

|

A member of the family Diapriidae. The type species is X. resurrecta; genus also includes X. handschini.

|file:Xenomorphia_resurrecta_fossil_tomography.png

=Mecopterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Bittacus lepiduscretaceus{{Cite journal|author1=Sheng Li |author2=Weiwei Zhang |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=A new species of hangingfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=92–97 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.005 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89...92L |s2cid=134379814 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A hangingfly, a species of Bittacus.

|

Eomerope eonearctica{{Cite journal|author1=S. Bruce Archibald |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |year=2018 |title=Two new species of fossil Eomerope (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae) from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands, far-western North America, and Eocene Holarctic dispersal of the genus |journal=The Canadian Entomologist |volume=150 |issue=3 |pages=393–403 |doi=10.4039/tce.2018.13 |s2cid=90119028 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Archibald & Rasnitsyn

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|

A member of the family Eomeropidae.

|

Eomerope simpkinsae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Archibald & Rasnitsyn

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

Allenby Formation

|

{{Flag|Canada}}

|

A member of the family Eomeropidae.

|

Gigaphlebia{{cite journal |author1=Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |author3=Katarzyna Kopeć |author4=Yizi Cao |author5=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=Large Jurassic scorpionflies belonging to a new subfamily of the family Orthophlebiidae (Mecoptera) |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=85–92 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.1.004 |s2cid=90298406 }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Soszyńska-Maj et al.

|

Jurassic

|

Dzil Formation

Jiulongshan Formation

Karabastau Svita

|

{{Flag|China}}

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. Genus includes "Orthophlebia" riccardii Petrulevičius & Ren (2012), "Orthophlebia" grandis Martynov (1927) and "Mesopanorpa" palmaris Martynova (1948).

|

Hongchoristites{{cite journal |author=José Amet Rivaz Hernández |year=2018 |title=Hongchoristites nomen novum: a replacement name for the Middle Triassic fossil Choristites Hong, 2005 (Insecta: Mecoptera: Permochoristidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4438 |issue=3 |pages=599 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.12 |pmid=30313140 |s2cid=52974963 }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Hernández

|

Middle Triassic

|

Tongchuan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Permochoristidae; a replacement name for Choristites Hong (2005).

|

Longiphlebia

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Soszyńska-Maj et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. Genus includes "Orthophlebia" stigmosa Qiao, Shih & Ren (2012).

|

Mesopanorpa brooksorum{{Cite journal|author1=Ed Jarzembowski |author2=Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj |year=2018 |title=The first orthophlebiid scorpionfly (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=191–194 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000081 |s2cid=134275001 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jarzembowski & Soszyńska-Maj

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Wealden Supergroup

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of the family Orthophlebiidae.

|

Orthobittacus suni{{Cite journal|author1=Katarzyna Kopeć |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |author3=Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj |author4=Yizi Cao |author5=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=A new species of Orthobittacus (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia (China) |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=157–162 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000251 |s2cid=134279854 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kopeć et al.

|

Middle Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A hangingfly.

|

Worcestobia{{Cite journal|author1=Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj |author2=Wiesław Krzemiński |author3=Katarzyna Kopeć |author4=Robert A. Coram |year=2018 |title=Worcestobiidae – a new Triassic family of Mecoptera, based on species removed from the family Orthophlebiidae |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=145–149 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000160 |s2cid=134871834 }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Soszyńska-Maj et al.

|

Triassic

|

|

{{Flag|Japan}}

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A new genus for "Orthophlebia" gigantea Tillyard (1933) and "O." haradai Ueda (1991).

|

=Neuropterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Aberrantochrysa{{Cite journal |author=Alexander V. Khramov |year=2018 |title=A new assemblage of Early Cretaceous green lacewings (Chrysopidae: Neuroptera) from Transbaikalia |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=195–202 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000342 |s2cid=133843202 }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Khramov

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A green lacewing. Genus includes new species A. buryatica and A. pulchella.

|

Acanthopsychops{{Cite journal |author1=Davide Badano |author2=Michael S. Engel |author3=Andrea Basso |author4=Bo Wang |author5=Pierfilippo Cerretti |year=2018 |title=Diverse Cretaceous larvae reveal the evolutionary and behavioural history of antlions and lacewings |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 3257 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-05484-y |pmid=30135436 |pmc=6105666 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9.3257B }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano & Engel in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychopsidae. The type species is A. triaina.

|

File:Acanthopsychops triaina holotype Sup Fig 1 F.jpg]]

Adelpholeon

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano & Engel in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is A. lithophorus.

|

File:Adelpholeon lithophorus holotype fig 1 A.jpg]]

Aphthartopsychops

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano & Engel in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychopsidae. The type species is A. scutatus.

|

File:Aphthartopsychops scutatus holotype fig 1 A.jpg]]

Burmitus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is B. tubulifer.

|

File:Burmitus tubulifer holotype Sup Fig 2 D.jpg]]

Burmogramma{{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 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Kalligrammatidae belonging to the subfamily Cretanallachiinae. The type species is B. liui.

|

File:Burmogramma liui Fig1 A.jpg]]

Burmopsychops labandeirai

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Kalligrammatidae belonging to the subfamily Cretanallachiinae.

|

File:Burmopsychops labandeirai holotype.jpg]]

Caririneura macrothoracica{{Cite journal |author1=Vladimir N. Makarkin |author2=Sonja Wedmann |author3=Sam W. Heads |year=2018 |title=A systematic reappraisal of Araripeneuridae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea), with description of new species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=600–621 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.018 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..600M }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Makarkin, Wedmann & Heads

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Crato Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Araripeneuridae.

|

Chorilingia bakharica{{cite journal |author1=A. V. Khramov |author2=D. V. Vasilenko |year=2018 |title=New records of Grammolingiidae, Saucrosmylidae, and Panfiloviidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=12 |pages=1391–1400 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118120109 |s2cid=91625627 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Khramov & Vasilenko

|

Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A member of the family Grammolingiidae.

|

Cladofer

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the stem group of Myrmeleontiformia. The type species is C. huangi.

|

File:Cladofer huangi holotype Sup Fig 1 D.jpg]]

Cratoneura minor

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Makarkin, Wedmann & Heads

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Crato Formation

|

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|

A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Araripeneuridae.

|

Cretogramma

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Kalligrammatidae belonging to the subfamily Cretanallachiinae. The type species is C. engeli.

|

file:Cretogramma engeli holotype.jpg]]

Diodontognathus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is D. papillatus.

|

File:Diodontognathus papillatus holotype fig 1 A.jpg]]

Electrocaptivus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is E. xui.

|

File:Electrocaptivus xui holotype fig 1 A.jpg]]

Haploberotha carsteni{{Cite journal |author=Vladimir N. Makarkin |year=2018 |title=A new species of Haploberotha (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=375–381 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.011 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..375M |s2cid=135183633 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Makarkin

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Berothidae.

|

Kujiberotha{{Cite journal |author1=Hiroshi Nakamine |author2=Shuhei Yamamoto |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of thorny lacewing from Upper Cretaceous Kuji amber, northeastern Japan (Neuroptera, Rhachiberothidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=802 |pages=109–120 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.802.28754 |pmid=30568531 |pmc=6290048 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Nakamine & Yamamoto

|

Late Cretaceous (Santonian)

|

Tamagawa Formation
(Kuji amber)

|

{{Flag|Japan}}

|

A thorny lacewing. The type species is K. teruyukii.

|file:Kujiberotha_teruyukii_(10.3897-zookeys.802.28754)_Figure_2.jpg

Laccosmylus cicatricatus{{Cite journal |author1=Hui Fang |author2=Dong Ren |author3=Jiaxi Liu |author4=Yongjie Wang |year=2018 |title=Revision of the lacewing genus Laccosmylus with two new species from the Middle Jurassic of China (Insecta, Neuroptera, Saucrosmylidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=790 |pages=115–126 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.790.28286 |pmid=30364753 |pmc=6198034 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fang et al.

|

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian boundary)

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Saucrosmylidae.

|

Laccosmylus latizonus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fang et al.

|

Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian boundary)

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Saucrosmylidae.

|

Longipronotum{{Cite journal |author1=James E. Jepson |author2=Alexander V. Khramov |author3=Michael Ohl |year=2018 |title=New Mesomantispinae (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4402 |issue=3 |pages=563–574 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.9 |pmid=29690261 }}{{Cite journal |author1=James E. Jepson |author2=Alexander V. Khramov |author3=Michael Ohl |year=2018 |title=A substitute name for a genus of fossil mantispid (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mesomantispinae) from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4455 |issue=2 |pages=400 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.10 |pmid=30314218 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Jepson, Khramov & Ohl

|

Late Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A member of the family Mantispidae. Genus includes new species L. benmaddoxi. The original generic name, Longicollum, turned out to be preoccupied by Longicollum Yamaguti (1935), necessitating creation of a replacement name.

|

Macleodiella

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano & Engel in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the stem group of Myrmeleontiformia. The type species is M. electrina.

|

File:Macleodiella electrina holotype fig 1 A.jpg]]

Mesoptynx

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A relative of antlions and owlflies. The type species is M. unguiculatus.

|

File:Mesoptynx unguiculatus holotype Sup Fig 2 E.jpg]]

Mesypochrysa cannabina

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Khramov

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A green lacewing.

|

Mesypochrysa naranica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Khramov

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A green lacewing.

|

Nilionympha shantouensis{{Cite journal |author1=Qinghua Li |author2=Dong Ren |author3=Yongjie Wang |year=2018 |title=Revision of the gumilline genus Nilionympha with a new species from the Middle Jurassic of China (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4399 |issue=1 |pages=146–150 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.13 |pmid=29690339 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Li, Ren & Wang

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Osmylidae.

|

Nymphavus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano, Engel & Wang in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Nymphidae. The type species is N. progenitor.

|

File:Nymphavus progenitor paratype fig 1 A.jpg]]

Oligopsychopsis{{Cite journal |author1=Yu Chang |author2=Hui Fang |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Dong Ren |author5=Yongjie Wang |year=2018 |title=Reevaluation of the subfamily Cretanallachiinae Makarkin, 2017 (Insecta: Neuroptera) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=533–539 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.028 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..533C }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Chang et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Psychopsoidea, possibly belonging to the family Kalligrammatidae. Genus includes new species O. penniformis Chang et al. (2018) and O. grandis Liu et al. (2018), as well as "Burmopsychops" groehni Makarkin (2017).

|

file:Oligopsychopsis grandis holotype.jpg]]

Opapanfilovia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Khramov & Vasilenko

|

Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of the family Panfiloviidae. Genus includes new species O. bonata.

|

Ovalofemora

|

Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Jepson, Khramov & Ohl

|

Late Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|

A member of the family Mantispidae. Genus includes new species O. abbottae, as well as "Mesithone" monstruosa Khramov (2013).

|

Parababinskaia makarkini{{Cite journal |author1=Jiahui Hu |author2=Xiumei Lu |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Xingyue Liu |year=2018 |title=Taxonomic notes on Babinskaiidae from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, with the description of a new species (Insecta, Neuroptera) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=748 |pages=31–46 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.748.24198 |pmid=29674912 |pmc=5904421 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Myrmeleontoidea belonging to the family Babinskaiidae.

|

file:Parababinskaia makarkini holotype Fig1 A.jpg]]

Parabaisochrysa{{Cite journal |author1=Xiumei Lu |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Michael Ohl |author4=Xingyue Liu |year=2018 |title=The first green lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4399 |issue=4 |pages=563–570 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4399.4.6 |pmid=29690295 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A green lacewing. Genus includes new species P. xingkei.

|

File:Parabaisochrysa xingkei holotype fig1 A.jpg]]

Phyllochrysa{{Cite journal |author1=Xingyue Liu |author2=Gongle Shi |author3=Fangyuan Xia |author4=Xiumei Lu |author5=Bo Wang |author6=Michael S. Engel |year=2018 |title=Liverwort mimesis in a Cretaceous lacewing larva |journal=Current Biology |volume=28 |issue=9 |pages=1475–1481.e1 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.060 |pmid=29706517 |s2cid=13679167 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Liu et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Chrysopoidea. The type species is P. huangi.

|

Pristinofossor

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Badano & Engel in Badano et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A stem-antlion. The type species is P. rictus.

|

File:Pristinofossor rictus holotype fig 1 A.jpg]]

Pseudosencera{{Cite journal |author1=Vladimir N. Makarkin |author2=Sonja Wedmann |author3=Thomas Weiterschan |year=2018 |title=First green lacewings from the late Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=527–537 |doi=10.4202/app.00504.2018 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Makarkin, Wedmann & Weiterschan

|

Late Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A green lacewing. The type species is P. baltica.

|

Stictosisyra{{Cite journal |author1=Qiang Yang |author2=Chaofan Shi |author3=Dong Ren |author4=Yongjie Wang |author5=Hong Pang |year=2018 |title=New genus and species of sisyrids (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=ZooKeys |issue=739 |pages=151–158 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.739.22310 |pmid=29674885 |pmc=5904507 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yang et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Sisyridae. The type species is S. pennyi.

|

File:Stictosisyra pennyi fig 1A.jpg]]

Tragichrysa{{cite journal |author1=Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente |author2=Michael S. Engel |author3=Dany Azar |author4=Enrique Peñalver |year=2018 |title=The hatching mechanism of 130-million-year-old insects: an association of neonates, egg shells and egg bursters in Lebanese amber |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=547–559 |doi=10.1111/pala.12414 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pérez-de la Fuente et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (early Barremian)

|

Lebanese amber

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A member of Chrysopoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is T. ovoruptora.

|

File:Tragichrysa ovoruptora Lebanese amber fig4 a.jpg]]

Tyruschrysa{{Cite journal |author1=Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente |author2=Enrique Peñalver |author3=Dany Azar |author4=Michael S. Engel |year=2018 |title=A soil-carrying lacewing larva in Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 16663 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-34870-1 |pmid=30413797 |pmc=6226488 |bibcode=2018NatSR...816663P }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pérez-de la Fuente et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

|

Lebanese amber

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A member of the superfamily Chrysopoidea. The type species is T. melqart.

|

File:Tyruschrysa melqart holotype Fig2.jpg]]

Wesmaelius makarkini{{cite journal |author1=Qiang Yang |author2=Chaofan Shi |author3=Xiangchuan Li |author4=Hong Pang |author5=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=726 |pages=145–154 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.726.21086 |pmid=29430206 |pmc=5806409 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Yang, Pang & Ren in Yang et al.

|

Early Miocene

|

Garang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A brown lacewing belonging to the subfamily Hemerobiinae.

|

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Anglophlebia{{cite journal |author1=Richard S. Kelly |author2=André Nel |year=2018 |title=Revision of some damsel-dragonflies (Odonata, Liassophlebiidae and Anglophlebiidae new family) from the Triassic/Jurassic of England and Antarctica |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=1035–1048 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2018.32 |bibcode=2018JPal...92.1035K |s2cid=134196284 |doi-access=free |hdl=1983/4fddbd9f-2ab2-40bf-b718-b8dd80ffb8b7 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly & Nel

|

Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)

|

Charmouth Mudstone Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of Epiprocta belonging to the superfamily Heterophlebioidea and to the family Anglophlebiidae. The type species is "Liassophlebia" gigantea Zeuner (1962).

|

Araripegomphus shai{{cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Su-Chin Chang |author3=André Nel |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=De Zhuo |author6=Haichun Zhang |author7=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=A new Gondwanan dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=168–173 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.011 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A dragonfly.

|

Burmahemiphlebia hui{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=The second hemiphlebiid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=257–260 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2018.1518485 |s2cid=134001457 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Hemiphlebiidae.

|

Cretamegaloprepus{{cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=André Nel |author3=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author4=Su-Chin Chang |author5=Zhicheng Zhou |author6=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=The second mesomegaloprepid damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=131–135 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.018 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..131Z |s2cid=134761646 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng, Nel & Wang in Zheng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly. Genus includes new species C. zhouae.

|

Cretapodagrion{{cite journal |author1=Diying Huang |author2=Dany Azar |author3=André Nel |year=2018 |title=The oldest 'Megapodagrionidae' (Odonata, Zygoptera) discovered in the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=426–430 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.003 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..426H |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01668699/file/paper.pdf }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang, Azar & Nel

|

Early Cretaceous (BarremianAptian)

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A damselfly. Genus includes new species C. sibelleae.

|

Cretastenophlebia jiuquanensis{{Cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Haichun Zhang |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Su-Chin Chang |year=2018 |title=A new species of damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae: Cretastenophlebia) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Jiuquan Basin, northwestern China |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=185–189 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000093 |s2cid=134456677 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Lower Albian)

|

Zhonggou Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Stenophlebiidae.

|

Cymatophlebia yixianensis{{cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author3=Su-Chin Chang |author4=Su-Chin Chang |author5=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=New cymatophlebiid dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of China and England (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cymatophlebiinae, Valdaeshninae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=311–317 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.003 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..311Z |s2cid=135264907 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A dragonfly belonging to the family Cymatophlebiidae.

|

Erpetogomphus shii{{cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=André Nel |author3=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author4=Su-Chin Chang |author5=Haichun Zhang |author6=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Exceptionally well-preserved dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) in Mexican amber |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=157–164 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2018.1456562 |s2cid=134070211 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Early Miocene

|

La Quinta Formation
(Mexican amber)

|

{{Flag|Mexico}}

|

A dragonfly, a species of Erpetogomphus.

|

Honghea{{cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Tianming Shi |author3=He Wang |author4=Su-Chin Chang |author5=Longhui Dou |author6=Bo Wang |author7=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=Honghea xui gen. et sp. nov., the second Earliest Jurassic damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae) from the Junggar Basin, NW China |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=346–350 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2018.01.002 |bibcode=2018CRPal..17..346Z |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Early Jurassic

|

Badaowan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the family Campterophlebiidae. Genus includes new species H. xui.

|

Jurathemis{{cite journal |author1=Diying Huang |author2=Yanzhe Fu |author3=Jian Gao |author4=André Nel |year=2018 |title=A new damsel-dragonfly of the small family Selenothemistidae from the earliest Late Jurassic of China (Odonata: Isophlebioptera) |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=37–41 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.1.1.4 |s2cid=69973878 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang et al.

|

Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)

|

Yangshuzhuang Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the group Isophlebioptera and the family Selenothemistidae. The type species is J. incompletus.

|

Lateophlebia{{cite journal |author1=Richard S. Kelly |author2=André Nel |year=2018 |title=Revision of the damsel-dragonfly family Campterophlebiidae (Odonata) from the Early Jurassic of England reveals a new genus and species |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=87–93 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2017.1377767 |bibcode=2018Alch...42...87K |s2cid=56017361 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly & Nel

|

Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)

|

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the family Campterophlebiidae. The type species is "Petrophlebia" anglicanopsis Zeuner (1962).

|

Madres{{cite journal |author=Julián F. Petrulevičius |year=2018 |title=A new malachite damselfly (Synlestidae: Odonata) from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina |journal=Life: The Excitement of Biology |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=36–43 |doi=10.9784/LEB6(2)Petrulevicius.01 |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/82463 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Petrulevičius

|

Eocene (Lutetian)

|

|

{{Flag|Argentina}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Synlestidae. The type species is M. delpueblo.

|

Paraburmagomphides{{cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Tian Jiang |author3=André Nel |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=Su-Chin Chang |author6=Haichun Zhang |author7=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Paraburmagomphidae fam. nov., a new gomphid dragonfly family (Odonata: Anisoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=214–219 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.017 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92..214Z |s2cid=134142993 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A dragonfly. Genus includes new species P. zhaoi.

|

Paracoryphagrion{{cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=André Nel |author3=Su-Chin Chang |author4=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author5=De Zhuo |author6=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Paracoryphagrionidae fam. nov., a pseudostigmatoid damselfly from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber showing regular series of triangular cells (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionida) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=81 |pages=93–97 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.005 |bibcode=2018CrRes..81...93Z }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng, Nel & Wang in Zheng et al.

|

Cenomanian

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the group Pseudostigmatoidea. Genus includes new species P. deltoides.

|

Paradecoraeshna{{cite journal |author1=Daran Zheng |author2=André Nel |author3=Su-Chin Chang |author4=Bo Wang |author5=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=A new progobiaeshnid dragonfly (Odonata, Aeshnoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, NE China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.008 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90....1Z |s2cid=133823006 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng, Nel & Zhang in Zheng et al.

|

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A dragonfly belonging to the family Progobiaeshnidae. Genus includes new species P. liaoningensis.

|

Parazygokaratawia{{cite journal |author1=Diying Huang |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=André Nel |year=2018 |title=New damsel-dragonflies with "calopterygid"-like wing shape from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae) |journal=Geobios |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=181–186 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2018.04.003 |bibcode=2018Geobi..51..181H |s2cid=135172095 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01787087/file/huang_et_al.pdf }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang, Cai & Nel

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Daohugou Beds

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the family Campterophlebiidae. Genus includes new species P. azari.

|

Proinogomphus kreuzerorum{{cite journal |author=Günter Bechly |s2cid=52977117 |year=2018 |title=First record and a new species of the fossil dragonfly genus Proinogomphus (Odonata: Liassogomphidae) from the Early Jurassic of Bascharage in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4450 |issue=1 |pages=108–114 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.7 |pmid=30313860 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Bechly

|

Early Jurassic

|

|

{{Flag|Luxembourg}}

|

A dragonfly belonging to the family Liassogomphidae.

|

Rossiphlebia

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly & Nel

|

Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)

|

Charmouth Mudstone Formation

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of Epiprocta belonging to the superfamily Heterophlebioidea and to the family Liassophlebiidae. The type species is "Liassophlebia" jacksoni Zeuner (1962).

|

Sinothemis{{cite journal |author1=Diying Huang |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=André Nel |year=2018 |title=A new damsel-dragonfly of the small family Selenothemistidae from the Late Jurassic of China (Odonata, Isophlebioptera) |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=1049–1053 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2018.33 |bibcode=2018JPal...92.1049H |s2cid=135331171 |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01992823/document }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang, Cai & Nel

|

Late Jurassic (late Oxfordian or early Kimmeridgian)

|

Tiaojishan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the group Isophlebioptera and the family Selenothemistidae. Genus includes new species S. difficilis.

|

Thairia{{cite journal |author1=A. S. Felker |author2=D. V. Vasilenko |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of the damselfly family Hemiphlebiidae from the Lower Cretaceous Chernovskie Kopi locality (eastern Transbaikalia) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=142–145 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118020041 |s2cid=90527602 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Felker & Vasilenko

|

Early Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A damselfly belonging to the family Ponomarenkiidae. Genus includes new species T. transbaikalica.

|

Valdaeshna mikei

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zheng et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Upper Weald Clay

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A dragonfly belonging to the family Cymatophlebiidae.

|

Zygokaratawia incompleta

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Huang, Cai & Nel

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Daohugou Beds

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A damsel-dragonfly belonging to the family Campterophlebiidae.

|

=Orthopterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Cascadelcana{{Cite journal|author1=Yan Fang |author2=A.D. Muscente |author3=Sam W. Heads |author4=Bo Wang |author5=Shuhai Xiao |year=2018 |title=The earliest Elcanidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) from the Upper Triassic of North America |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=1028–1034 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2018.20 |bibcode=2018JPal...92.1028F |s2cid=133821611 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fang et al.

|

Late Triassic (Norian)

|

Cow Branch Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species C. virginiana.

|

Cascogryllus{{Cite journal|author=George Poinar |year=2018 |title=Pygmy mole crickets (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae) in Dominican and Burmese amber |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=238–243 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1483362 |s2cid=89882029 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Tridactylidae. Genus includes new species C. lobiferus.

|

Elcanonympha{{Cite journal|author1=Sam. W. Heads |author2=M. Jared Thomas |author3=Yinan Wang |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4527 |issue=4 |pages=575–580 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4527.4.8 |pmid=30651491 |s2cid=58668337 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Heads, Thomas & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species E. diana.

|

file:Elcanonympha diana holotype left lateral.jpg]]

Ellipes dominicana

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Poinar

|

Eocene or Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Tridactylidae.

|

Jeholelcana{{Cite journal|author1=Yan Fang |author2=Sam W. Heads |author3=He Wang |author4=Haichun Zhang |author5=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=The first Archelcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Liaoning, China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=86 |pages=129–134 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.008 |bibcode=2018CrRes..86..129F |s2cid=134206028 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Fang et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Orthoptera belonging to the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species J. yanensis.

|

Pseudaboilus ningchengensis{{Cite journal|author1=He Wang |author2=Yan Fang |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=The first discovery of Termitidiinae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=148–153 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.009 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89..148W |s2cid=133916608 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Yixian Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of the family Prophalangopsidae belonging to the subfamily Termitidiinae.

|

Sigmaboilus calophlebius{{Cite journal |author1=He Wang |author2=Yan Fang |author3=Qingqing Zhang |author4=Xiaojie Lei |author5=Bo Wang |author6=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author7=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=New material of Sigmaboilus (Insecta, Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae) from the Jurassic Daohugou Beds, Inner Mongolia, China |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=177–183 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000172 |s2cid=134894655 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wang et al.

|

Middle–Late Jurassic

|

Daohugou Beds

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

An orthopteran belonging to the family Prophalangopsidae.

|

=Plecopterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Balticopteryx{{Cite journal|author=Zhi-Teng Chen |year=2018 |title=First record of subfamily Brachypterainae (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) in Baltic amber: a new genus and species |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4527 |issue=4 |pages=569–574 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4527.4.7 |pmid=30651490 |s2cid=58634332 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

|

A member of the family Taeniopterygidae. Genus includes new species B. dui.

|

Baltileuctra{{Cite journal|author=Zhi-Teng Chen |year=2018 |title=Baltileuctra gen. nov., a new genus of Leuctridae (Insecta: Plecoptera) in Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4407 |issue=2 |pages=281–287 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.9 |pmid=29690199 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324364025 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Leuctridae. Genus includes new species B. foraminis.

|

Boreoperlidium callopterus{{Cite journal|author=N. D. Sinitshenkova |year=2018 |title=New stoneflies of the suborder Perlina Latreille, 1802 (Insecta: Perlida = Plecoptera) from the Middle Permian of the Kostovaty locality in Udmurtia, Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=13 |pages=1583–1592 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118130130 |s2cid=91383581 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Eustheniidae.

|

Boreoperlidium certus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Eustheniidae.

|

Boreoperlidium ramificans

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Eustheniidae.

|

Electroneuria{{Cite journal|author1=Pavel Sroka |author2=Arnold H. Staniczek |author3=Boris C. Kondratieff |year=2018 |title='Rolling' stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |pages=e5354 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5354 |pmid=30065894 |pmc=6064637 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sroka, Staniczek & Kondratieff

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Perlidae. The type species is E. ronwoodi.

|

File:Electroneuria ronwoodi holotype Fig5 A.jpg]]

Euroleuctra{{Cite journal|author=Zhi-Teng Chen |year=2018 |title=Description of Euroleuctra gen. nov., a new fossil genus of Leuctridae (Insecta: Plecoptera) in Eocene Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4462 |issue=2 |pages=291–295 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.10 |pmid=30314049 |s2cid=52977018 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

{{Flag|Poland}}

|

A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Leuctridae. Genus includes new species E. gillesi.

|

Kargaloperla fibrosa

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Palaeoperlidae.

|

Kargaloperla gratum

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Palaeoperlidae.

|

Kargaloperla postica

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Palaeoperlidae.

|

Kargaloperla queata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Palaeoperlidae.

|

Lapisperla

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sroka, Staniczek & Kondratieff

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Plecoptera belonging to the group Arctoperlaria, assigned to the new family Petroperlidae. The type species is L. keithrichardsi.

|

file:Lapisperla keithrichardsi holotype Fig3 A.jpg]]

Largusoperla{{Cite journal|author1=Zhi-Teng Chen |author2=Bo Wang |author3=Yu-Zhou Du |year=2018 |title=Discovery of a new stonefly genus with three new species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Plecoptera: Perlidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4378 |issue=4 |pages=573–580 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4378.4.8 |pmid=29689999 }}

|

Gen. et 11 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen, Wang & Du

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Perlidae. Genus includes new species L. acus Chen, Wang & Du (2018), L. arcus Chen, Wang & Du (2018), L. flata Chen, Wang & Du (2018), L. difformitatem Chen (2018),{{Cite journal|author=Zhi-Teng Chen |year=2018 |title=A new fossil species of Largusoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) and its evolutionary implications |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4442 |issue=4 |pages=572–578 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4442.4.5 |pmid=30313952 |s2cid=52975439 }} L. dewalti Chen (2018), L. borisi Chen (2018),{{Cite journal|author=Zhi-Teng Chen |year=2018 |title=Key to the fossil genus Largusoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae), with description of two new species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4450 |issue=4 |pages=495–500 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.8 |pmid=30313837 |s2cid=52974156 }} L. charliewattsi Sroka, Staniczek & Staniczek (2018), L. brianjonesi Sroka, Staniczek & Staniczek (2018), L. micktaylori Sroka, Staniczek & Staniczek (2018), L. billwymani Sroka, Staniczek & Staniczek (2018) and L. crassus Chen (2018).{{Cite journal|author=Zhi-Teng Chen |year=2018 |title=First tergal structures for the fossil stonefly genus Largusoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae): a new species and a new tribe of Acroneuriinae |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4462 |issue=2 |pages=296–300 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.11 |pmid=30314050 |s2cid=52975308 }}

|

File:Largusoperla billwymani holotype fig9 A.jpg]]

Palaeonemoura benevola{{Cite journal|author=N. D. Sinitshenkova |year=2018 |title=New stoneflies of the suborder Nemourina Newman, 1853 (Insecta: Perlida = Plecoptera) from the Middle Permian deposits of the Kostovaty locality, Udmurtia, Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=12 |pages=1374–1380 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118120183 |s2cid=92431238 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Palaeonemourisca corrugata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Palaeotaeniopteryx alligata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Palaeotaeniopteryx trinerva

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Paranotonemoura{{cite journal |author1=Yingying Cui |author2=Dong Ren |author3=Olivier Béthoux |year=2018 |title=The Pangean journey of 'south forestflies' (Insecta: Plecoptera) revealed by their first fossils |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=255–268 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1407370 |s2cid=90923991 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/5758731 }}

|

Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Cui & Béthoux in Cui, Ren & Béthoux

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Jiulongshan Formation

|

{{Flag|China}}

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Notonemouridae. The type species is P. zwicki; genus also includes "Perlariopsis" fidelis Sinitshenkova (1987).

|

Petroperla

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sroka, Staniczek & Kondratieff

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Plecoptera belonging to the group Arctoperlaria, assigned to the new family Petroperlidae. The type species is P. mickjaggeri.

|

File:Petroperla mickjaggeri holotype Fig1 A.jpg]]

Pinguisoperla{{Cite journal|author=Zhi-Teng Chen |year=2018 |title=Pinguisoperla, a new fossil genus of Perlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4425 |issue=3 |pages=596–600 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4425.3.13 |pmid=30313306 |s2cid=52975068 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Plecoptera belonging to the family Perlidae. Genus includes new species P. yangzhouensis.

|

Properla incrassata

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Palaeoperlidae.

|

Properla umbrosa

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Palaeoperlidae.

|

Votaknemoura persuasibil

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sinitshenkova

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

=Trichopterans=

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

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Anisocalamus{{cite journal |author1=I.D. Sukacheva |author2=D.V. Vasilenko |year=2018 |title=Caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) from the Upper Mesozoic Chernovskie Kopi locality (Transbaikalia): Part 1. Imago |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=5 |pages=535–540 |doi=10.1134/S003103011805012X |s2cid=91370758 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=35524936 |url-access=subscription }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukacheva & Vasilenko

|

Probably Early Cretaceous

|

Doronino Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Calamoceratidae. Genus includes new species A. mixtus.

|

Austaulius{{cite journal |author1=Richard S. Kelly |author2=Andrew J. Ross |author3=Robert A. Coram |year=2018 |title=A review of necrotauliids from the Triassic/Jurassic of England (Trichoptera: Necrotauliidae) |journal=Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |volume=2018 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1155/2018/6706120 |doi-access=free |hdl=1983/06ae01fb-06bc-41d0-bcbd-f7519cb07df6 |hdl-access=free }}

|

Gen. et comb. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kelly, Ross & Coram

|

Late Triassic (Rhaetian) and Early Jurassic (Hettangian and Sinemurian)

|

Penarth Group

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of the family Necrotauliidae. The type species is "Orthophlebia" furcata Giebel (1856); genus also includes new species A. haustrum.

|

Burmapsyche{{cite journal |author1=Wilfried Wichard |author2=Christian Neumann |author3=Patrick Müller |author4=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Family Dysoneuridae (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=82 |pages=138–146 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.008 |bibcode=2018CrRes..82..138W }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Integripalpia belonging to the family Dysoneuridae. Genus includes new species B. comosa and B. palpsfurcata.

|

Calamostavropolia{{cite journal |author1=I. D. Sukatsheva |author2=V. D. Ivanov |author3=S. I. Melnitsky |author4=D. S. Aristov |year=2018 |title=Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Middle Miocene of the Stavropol Region, Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=13 |pages=1593–1609 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118130142 |s2cid=92289827 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Calamoceratidae. Genus includes new species C. revolutionaria.

|

Cretaganonema{{cite journal |author1=Wilfried Wichard |author2=Marianne Espeland |author3=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Caddisflies with unusual hair-fans on the legs in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta, Trichoptera) |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=21–28 |doi=10.18476/pale.11.a3 |s2cid=89705459 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Espeland & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Calamoceratidae. The type species is C. dongi.

|

Cretahelicopsyche

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Espeland & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A snail-case caddisfly. The type species is C. liuyani.

|

Cretapsyche

|

Gen. et 3 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Integripalpia belonging to the family Dysoneuridae. Genus includes new species C. circula,C. elegans and C. insueta.

|

Ecnomus cretacia{{Cite journal |author1=Wilfried Wichard |author2=Dany Azar |year=2018 |title=First caddisflies (Trichoptera) in Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=213–217 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000354 |s2cid=135437868 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard & Azar

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Lebanese amber

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A member of the family Ecnomidae.

|

Electroadicella kuenowi{{Cite journal |author1=Wilfried Wichard |author2=Christian Neumann |author3=Ingmar Werneburg |year=2018 |title=New long-horned caddisflies in Eocene Baltic amber (Insecta, Trichoptera) |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=3 |pages=387–394 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0394-0 |s2cid=90402428 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Neumann & Werneburg

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of the family Leptoceridae.

|

Halesus miocenicus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Kempia

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Junior homonym

|

Sukatcheva in Aristov & Sukatcheva

|

Late JurassicEarly Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Philopotamidae. The type species is K. piotri. The generic name is preoccupied by Kempia Mathews (1912), Kempia Kieffer (1913) and Kempia Preston (1913).

|

Limnephilus antiquastepposus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A species of Limnephilus.

|

Limnephilus metakaspievi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A species of Limnephilus.

|

Limnephilus parakaspievi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A species of Limnephilus.

|

Limnephilus valliculacerasinus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A species of Limnephilus.

|

Litholimnephilops{{cite journal |author1=Jason L. Robinson |author2=M. Jared Thomas |author3=Sam W. Heads |year=2018 |title=A fossil caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Eocene of Colorado |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4403 |issue=2 |pages=389–394 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4403.2.10 |pmid=29690240}}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Robinson, Thomas & Heads

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

Green River Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A caddisfly of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
Genus includes new species L. yinani.

|

Mesoviatrix{{cite journal |author1=D. S. Aristov |author2=I. D. Sukatcheva |year=2018 |title=New insects (Insecta: Trichoptera, Reculida, Eoblattida) from the Mesozoic of Asia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=405–413 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118040032 |s2cid=91562346 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327207438 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatcheva in Aristov & Sukatcheva

|

Late JurassicEarly Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Philopotamidae. The type species is M. paradoxa.

|

Miocenocosmoecus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Limnephilidae. Genus includes new species M. silvacaliginosus.

|

Palaeorheithrus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukacheva & Vasilenko

|

Probably Early Cretaceous

|

Doronino Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Philorheithridae. Genus includes new species P. sibiricus.

|

Palerasnitsynus furcatis{{cite journal |author1=Wilfried Wichard |author2=Patrick Müller |author3=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=The psychomyiid genus Palerasnitsynus (Insecta, Trichoptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=151–166 |doi=10.18476/pale.11.a8 |s2cid=133756024 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Müller & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychomyiidae.

|

Palerasnitsynus gracilis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Müller & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychomyiidae.

|

Palerasnitsynus lepidus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Müller & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychomyiidae.

|

Palerasnitsynus spinosus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Müller & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychomyiidae.

|

Palerasnitsynus subgrandis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Müller & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychomyiidae.

|

Palerasnitsynus subglobolus

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Müller & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychomyiidae.

|

Palerasnitsynus sukatchevae

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Müller & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychomyiidae.

|

Palerasnitsynus vulgaris

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Müller & Wang

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of the family Psychomyiidae.

|

Phylocentropus succinolebanensis

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard & Azar

|

Early Cretaceous

|

Lebanese amber

|

{{Flag|Lebanon}}

|

A member of the family Dipseudopsidae.

|

Polylongaevus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatcheva in Aristov & Sukatcheva

|

Late JurassicEarly Cretaceous

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of the family Polycentropodidae. The type species is P. eskovi.

|

Potamophylax martynovorum

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Sukatsheva et al.

|

Middle Miocene

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

|

Triaenodes simoni

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Wichard, Neumann & Werneburg

|

Eocene

|

Baltic amber

|

Europe (Baltic Sea coast)

|

A member of the family Leptoceridae.

|

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Name

! Novelty

! Status

! Authors

! Age

! Unit

! Type Location

! Notes

! Images

Aiban

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov

|

Middle Triassic (Ladinian)

|

Madygen Formation

|

{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|

A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea (an extinct group of insects of uncertain phylogenetic placement, might be related to plecopterans or orthopterans) belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. Genus includes new species A. kichineis.

|

Annulipsyllipsocus{{Cite journal|author1=Marina Hakim |author2=Sahar Azar |author3=Sibelle Maksoud |author4=Diying Huang |author5=Dany Azar |year=2018 |title=New polymorphic psyllipsocids from Burmese amber (Psocodea: Psyllipsocidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=389–400 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.027 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..389H }}

|

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hakim et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Psocodea belonging to the family Psyllipsocidae. Genus includes new species A. andreneli and A. inexspectatus.

|

Antiquatortia{{Cite journal|author1=Maria Heikkilä |author2=John W. Brown |author3=Joaquin Baixeras |author4=Wolfram Mey |author5=Mikhail V. Kozlov |year=2018 |title=Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4394 |issue=1 |pages=41–60 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.2 |pmid=29690381 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Brown & Baixeras in Heikkilä et al.

|

Miocene (Burdigalian)

|

La Toca Formation (Dominican amber)

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A Tortricidae moth. The type species is A. histuroides.

|

File:Antiquatortia histuroides AMNH DR8-43 Dominican amber fig A.jpg]]

Archaemegaptilus blakelyi{{Cite journal|author1=Roy J. Beckemeyer |author2=Michael S. Engel |year=2018 |title=First North American species of the European genus Archaemegaptilus from the Upper Carboniferous Pottsville Formation of northern Alabama (Palaeodictyoptera: Archaemegaptilidae) |journal=Novitates Paleoentomologicae |volume=21 |issue=21 |pages=1–7 |doi=10.17161/np.v0i21.7164 |doi-access=free }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Beckemeyer & Engel

|

Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)

|

Pottsville Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Palaeodictyoptera belonging to the family Archaemegaptilidae.

|

Baltianania{{Cite journal|author1=Maria Heikkilä |author2=Thomas J. Simonsen |author3=M. Alma Solis |year=2018 |title=Reassessment of known fossil Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the oldest fossil pyraloid and a crambid larva in Baltic amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4483 |issue=1 |pages=101–127 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4483.1.4 |pmid=30313800 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Solis in Heikkilä, Simonsen & Solis

|

Eocene (Lutetian)

|

Prussian Formation (Baltic amber)

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

|

A lepidopteran, probably a member of the family Crambidae. The type species is B. yantarnia.

|

Carbohymen{{cite journal |author1=Martina Pecharová |author2=Jakub Prokop |year=2018 |title=The morphology of mouthparts, wings and genitalia of Paleozoic insect families Protohymenidae and Scytohymenidae reveals new details and supposed function |journal=Arthropod Structure & Development |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=117–129 |doi=10.1016/j.asd.2017.11.006 |pmid=29162495 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pecharová & Prokop

|

Late Carboniferous

|

Mazon Creek fossil beds

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Megasecoptera belonging to the family Protohymenidae. Genus includes new species C. testai.

|

Chiastogryllus{{cite journal |author=Roy J. Beckemeyer |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of Blattogryllidae from Kansas with notes on Stereopterum rotundum Carpenter, 1950 (Euryptilonidae) in Oklahoma (Insecta: Polyneoptera: Eoblattida; Lower Permian) |journal=Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science |volume=121 |issue=1–2 |pages=87–97 |doi=10.1660/062.121.0209 |s2cid=90151956 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Beckemeyer

|

Early Permian

|

Wellington Formation

|

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Eoblattida and the family Blattogryllidae. The type species is C. taschi.

|

Cretaceomachilis longa{{Cite journal |author1=Weiting Zhang |author2=Hu Li |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Aibing Zhang |author5=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=Phylogenetic analyses with four new Cretaceous bristletails reveal inter-relationships of Archaeognatha and Gondwana origin of Meinertellidae |journal=Cladistics |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=384–406 |doi=10.1111/cla.12212 |pmid=34649368 |s2cid=90962396 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318365602 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Meinertellidae.

|

Dinmopsylla{{Cite journal|author=Kevin J. Lambkin |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of the family Archipsyllidae (Insecta: Paraneoptera: Permopsocida) from the Late Triassic of Queensland |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4382 |issue=1 |pages=192–194 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.9 |pmid=29689945 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lambkin

|

Late Triassic (Norian)

|

Dinmore fossil insect locality

|

{{Flag|Australia}}

|

A member of Paraneoptera belonging to the group Permopsocida and the family Archipsyllidae. Genus includes new species D. semota.

|

Echmepteryx (Loxopholia) dominicanus{{cite journal |author1=Marina Hakim |author2=Diying Huang |author3=Dany Azar |year=2018 |title=First lepidopsocid from the mid Miocene Dominican amber (Psocodea: Trogiomorpha: Lepidopsocidae) |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=58–64 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.1.1.8 |s2cid=59343600 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Hakim, Huang & Azar

|

Miocene

|

Dominican amber

|

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|

A member of the family Lepidopsocidae, a species of Echmepteryx.

|

Elasmophasma{{Cite journal|author1=Sha Chen |author2=Xiangchu Yin |author3=Xiaodan Lin |author4=Chungkun Shih |author5=Runzhi Zhang |author6=Taiping Gao |author7=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=Stick insect in Burmese amber reveals an early evolution of lateral lamellae in the Mesozoic |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=285 |issue=1877 |pages=20180425 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2018.0425 |pmid=29695448 |pmc=5936735 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Chen et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Phasmatodea belonging to the group Euphasmatodea. Genus includes new species E. stictum.

|

Eopyralis

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Simonsen in Heikkilä, Simonsen & Solis

|

Eocene (Ypresian)

|

Fur Formation

|

{{Flag|Denmark}}

|

A lepidopteran, probably a member of the family Pyralidae. The type species is E. morsae.

|

Griphopteron iya

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov in Aristov & Sukatcheva

|

Middle Jurassic

|

Cheremkhovo Formation

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Eoblattida belonging to the family Blattogryllidae.

|

Hexameropsis elongatus{{Cite journal|author1=Qingqing Lin |author2=Lingjie Kong |author3=Chungkun Shih |author4=Yunyun Zhao |author5=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=The latest record of Hexagenitidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) with elongated abdominal sternum IX from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=140–146 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.014 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..140L |s2cid=133798614 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Lin et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A mayfly belonging to the family Hexagenitidae.

|

Iblatta{{cite journal |author=D. S. Aristov |year=2018 |title=New and little-known nymphs of Gryllones (Insecta) from the Lower Permian of Russia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=137–141 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118020028 |s2cid=90071102 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov

|

Permian (Kungurian)

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Eoblattida. Genus includes new species I. attrepida.

|

Issatermes{{cite journal |author=D. S. Aristov |year=2018 |title=New and little known cnemidolestid insects (Insecta: Cnemidolestida) from the Middle Permian–Middle Triassic of Eurasia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=12 |pages=1381–1390 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118120079 |s2cid=91555417 }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov

|

Late Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the new family Issatermitidae. Genus includes new species I. parvus.

|

Karga{{Cite journal|author =D. S. Aristov |year=2018 |title=New substitute name Karga nom. n. for the genus Kargalia Aristov, 2009 (Insecta: Reculida) |journal=Far Eastern Entomologist |volume=351 |pages=27–28 |doi=10.25221/fee.351.3 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/7164026 }}

|

Nom. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov

|

Middle Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida; a replacement name for Kargalia Aristov (2009).

|

Kinitocelis sparsella{{Cite journal|author1=W. Mey |author2=W. Wichard |author3=P. Müller |author4=E. Ross |author5=A. Ross |year=2018 |title=New taxa of Tarachoptera from Burmese amber (Insecta, Amphiesmenoptera) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=154–162 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.006 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..154M |s2cid=133848887 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Mey et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Amphiesmenoptera belonging to the group Tarachoptera.

|

Lepismachilis eocaenica{{cite journal |author1=V.G. Kaplin |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=On the fauna of bristletails (Zygentoma, Microcoryphia) of the Rovno amber |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=5 |pages=541–545 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118050052 |s2cid=92606966 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=35524938 |url-access=subscription }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Kaplin & Perkovsky

|

Eocene

|

Rovno amber

|

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|

A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Machilidae.

|

Mazonopterum cooperi{{Cite journal |author1=Jakub Prokop |author2=Martina Pecharová |author3=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author4=Andrew J. Ross |year=2018 |title=New palaeodictyopterans from the Late Carboniferous of the UK (Insecta: Palaeodictyopterida) |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=99–107 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000408 |s2cid=134563102 }}

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Prokop et al.

|

Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)

|

|

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|

A member of Palaeodictyoptera belonging to the family Homoiopteridae.

|

Micropermula ceceya

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Aristov

|

Late Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|

A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae.

|

Myanmarothrips{{Cite journal|author=Manfred R. Ulitzka |year=2018 |title=A first survey of Cretaceous thrips from Burmese amber including the establishment of a new family of Tubulifera (Insecta: Thysanoptera) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4486 |issue=4 |pages=548–558 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4486.4.8 |pmid=30313740 |doi-access=free }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Ulitzka

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A thrips belonging to the family Merothripidae. The type species is M. pankowskiorum.

|

Nullmeinertellus

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Zhang et al.

|

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

|

Burmese amber

|

{{Flag|Myanmar}}

|

A member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Meinertellidae. The type species is N. wenxuani.

|

Paleolepidopterites

|

Gen. et comb. nov

|

Valid

|

Kozlov in Heikkilä et al.

|

Eocene (Lutetian to Priabonian)

|

Prussian Formation (Baltic amber)

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

|

{{Flag|Russia}}
(Kaliningrad Oblast)

{{Flag|United States}}

|

A collective group name for Lepidoptera fossils that cannot be placed with certainty in any known family.
Includes Tortrix? florissantana Cockerell (1907), Tortrix? destructus Cockerell (1916) and "Tortricites" sadilenkoi Kozlov (1988).

|

File:Paleolepidopterites florissantanus Cockerell 1907 UCNH-HT-no-8579.jpg]]

Paralepinotus{{Cite journal|author1=Dany Azar |author2=Sibelle Maksoud |author3=Christiane Nammour |author4=André Nel |author5=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=A new trogiid genus from lower Eocene Fushun amber (Insecta: Psocodea: Trogiomorpha) |journal=Geobios |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=101–106 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2018.02.002 |bibcode=2018Geobi..51..101A }}

|

Gen. et sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Azar et al.

|

Early Eocene

|

Fushun amber

|

{{Flag|China}}

|

A member of Psocodea belonging to the group Trogiomorpha and to the family Trogiidae. Genus includes new species P. fushunensis.

|

Protohymen novokshonovi

|

Sp. nov

|

Valid

|

Pecharová & Prokop

|

Early Permian

|

|

{{Flag|Russia}}

|

A member of Megasecoptera belonging to the family Protohymenidae.

|

Proximicorneus{{cite journal |author1=Qingqing Lin |author2=Chungkun Shih |author3=Yunyun Zhao |author4=Dong Ren |year=2018 |title=A new genus and species of Prosopistomatidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=401–406 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.020 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..401L }}

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Lin 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 mayfly belonging to the family Prosopistomatidae. Genus includes new species P. rectivenius.

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Retortocelis

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Gen. et 3 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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A member of Amphiesmenoptera belonging to the group Tarachoptera. Genus includes new species R. longella, R. minimella and R. tyloptera.

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Rohrthrips burmiticus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Ulitzka

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Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

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Burmese amber

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{{Flag|Myanmar}}

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A thrips belonging to the family Rohrthripidae.

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Sauk

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov in Aristov & Sukatcheva

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Early Jurassic

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Sauk-Tan'ga locality

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{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

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A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida and the family Geinitziidae. The type species is S. batkenicus.

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Say

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov in Aristov & Sukatcheva

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EarlyMiddle Jurassic

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Sogul Formation

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{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

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A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida and the family Geinitziidae. The type species is S. kirgizicus.

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Shurabia tanga

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov in Aristov & Sukatcheva

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Early Jurassic

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Madygen Lagerstätte

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{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

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A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida and the family Geinitziidae.

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Sibestia

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov

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Middle Permian

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. Genus includes new species S. nana.

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Stenoraphidia{{Cite journal|author1=Ya-nan Lyu |author2=Dong Ren |author3=Xingyue Liu |year=2018 |title=A remarkable new genus of the snakefly family Mesoraphidiidae (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with description of a new species |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=89 |pages=119–125 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.018 |bibcode=2018CrRes..89..119L |s2cid=134990059 }}

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Gen. et comb. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Lyu, Ren & Liu

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Early Cretaceous (Barremian)

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Yixian Formation

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{{Flag|China}}

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A snakefly belonging to the family Mesoraphidiidae. Genus includes "Alloraphidia" obliquivenatica Ren (1994) and a new species S. longioccipitalis.

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Tillyardembia zalazna

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov

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Late Permian

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Tillyardembiidae.

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Tshekardushka

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov

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Permian (Kungurian)

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Polyneoptera belonging to the group Reculida. Genus includes new species T. artenatis.

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Udembia

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov

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Middle Permian

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Tillyardembiidae. Genus includes new species U. udmurtica.

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Unimeinertellus

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Gen. et 2 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 member of Archaeognatha belonging to the family Meinertellidae. The type species is U. abundus; genus also includes U. bellus.

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Vernooijia

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Gen. et sp. et comb. nov

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Valid

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Prokop et al.

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Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)

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{{Flag|Netherlands}}

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

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A member of Palaeodictyoptera belonging to the family Breyeriidae. Genus includes new species V. sassoonae, as well as "Breyeria" harlemensis Brauckmann & Gröning (1996).

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Vokhmia

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Gen. et 2 sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov

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Late Permian

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. Genus includes new species V. pyriformis and V. laxa.

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Votyak

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Gen. et sp. nov

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Valid

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Aristov

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Middle Permian

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{{Flag|Russia}}

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A member of Cnemidolestida/Cnemidolestodea belonging to the family Sylvabestiidae. Genus includes new species V. pictus.

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Zorotypus (Octozoros) cenomanianus{{Cite journal|author1=Ziwei Yin |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=Diying Huang |year=2018 |title=New zorapterans (Zoraptera) from Burmese amber suggest higher paleodiversity of the order in tropical forests |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=168–172 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.028 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..168Y }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Yin, 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 Zoraptera.

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Zorotypus (s. str.) denticulatus

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Yin, 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 Zoraptera.

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Zorotypus dilaticeps{{Cite journal|author1=Ziwei Yin |author2=Chenyang Cai |author3=Diying Huang |author4=Michael S. Engel |year=2018 |title=Zorotypus dilaticeps sp. nov., a remarkable zorapteran (Zoraptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=91 |pages=126–130 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.018 |bibcode=2018CrRes..91..126Y |s2cid=133994224 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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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 member of Zoraptera.

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Zorotypus hirsutus{{Cite journal|author1=Yuta Mashimo |author2=Patrick Müller |author3=Hans Pohl |author4=Rolf G. Beutel |year=2018 |title=The "hairy beast"—Zorotypus hirsutus sp. n., an unusual new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Burmese amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4508 |issue=4 |pages=562–568 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.4 |pmid=30485964 |s2cid=54094064 }}

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Sp. nov

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Valid

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Mashimo in Mashimo 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 Zoraptera.

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Zorotypus oligophleps{{Cite journal|author1=Jingwen Liu |author2=Weiwei Zhang |author3=Wanzhi Cai |author4=Hu Li |year=2018 |title=Two new species of angel insects in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=259–264 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.001 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..259L |s2cid=134506206 }}

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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 Zoraptera.

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Zorotypus robustus

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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 Zoraptera.

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Research

  • New insect fossils, including the earliest definite caddisfly cases, water boatmen, diverse polyphagan beetles and scorpionflies, are reported from the Triassic (Ladinian and Carnian) deposits of China by Zheng et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Su-Chin Chang |author3=He Wang |author4=Yan Fang |author5=Jun Wang |author6=Chongqing Feng |author7=Guwei Xie |author8=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author9=Haichun Zhang |author10=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Middle-Late Triassic insect radiation revealed by diverse fossils and isotopic ages from China |journal=Science Advances |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=eaat1380 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.aat1380 |pmid=30191177 |pmc=6124916 |bibcode=2018SciA....4.1380Z }}
  • Insect and plant inclusions are reported from amber from the uppermost Campanian Kabaw Formation of Tilin (Myanmar) by Zheng et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Daran Zheng |author2=Su-Chin Chang |author3=Vincent Perrichot |author4=Suryendu Dutta |author5=Arka Rudra |author6=Lin Mu |author7=Richard S. Kelly |author8=Sha Li |author9=Qi Zhang |author10=Qingqing Zhang |author11=Jean Wong |author12=Jun Wang |author13=He Wang |author14=Yan Fang |author15=Haichun Zhang |author16=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 3170 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-05650-2 |pmid=30093646 |pmc=6085374 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9.3170Z }}
  • Taphonomic study aiming to determine whether decay and preservation potential of insects in amber, and therefore bias in the amber fossil record, is affected by resin-type, dehydration prior to entombment, and the composition of the gut microbiota, is published by McCoy et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Victoria E. McCoy |author2=Carmen Soriano |author3=Mirko Pegoraro |author4=Ting Luo |author5=Arnoud Boom |author6=Betsy Foxman |author7=Sarah E. Gabbott |year=2018 |title=Unlocking preservation bias in the amber insect fossil record through experimental decay |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=e0195482 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0195482 |pmid=29621345 |pmc=5886561 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1395482M |doi-access=free }}
  • A study on the evolution of insects as indicated by the morphological diversity of their mouthparts is published by Nel, Bertrand & Nel (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Patricia Nel |author2=Sylvain Bertrand |author3=André Nel |year=2018 |title=Diversification of insects since the Devonian: a new approach based on morphological disparity of mouthparts |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 3516 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-21938-1 |pmid=29476087 |pmc=5824790 |bibcode=2018NatSR...8.3516N }}
  • A study on the atmospheric oxygen levels through the Phanerozoic, evaluating whether Romer's gap and the concurrent gap in the fossil record of insects were caused by low oxygen levels, is published by Schachat et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Sandra R. Schachat |author2=Conrad C. Labandeira |author3=Matthew R. Saltzman |author4=Bradley D. Cramer |author5=Jonathan L. Payne |author6=C. Kevin Boyce |year=2018 |title=Phanerozoic pO2 and the early evolution of terrestrial animals |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=285 |issue=1871 |pages=20172631 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2017.2631 |pmid=29367401 |pmc=5805952 }}
  • Reevaluation of the Jurassic ichnospecies Lunulipes obscurus is published by Getty & Loeb (2018), who interpret these trackways as most likely to be produced by a water boatman or an unknown insect that employed a similar method of swimming.{{cite journal |author1=Patrick R. Getty |author2=Samuel B. Loeb |year=2018 |title=Aquatic insect trackways from Jurassic playa lakes: Reinterpretation of Lunulipes obscurus (Hitchcock, 1865) based on neoichnological experiments |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.18476/pale.11.a1 |s2cid=134214199 |doi-access=free }}
  • An ellipsoidal chamber composed of a thin organic layer, interpreted as a likely insect cocoon or pupation chamber, is described from the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation (South Korea) by Lee (2018).{{Cite journal|author=Dong-Chan Lee |year=2018 |title=Probable insect cocoon or pupation chamber in a channel-fill sandstone bed of the Lower Cretaceous Jinju Formation, South Korea |journal=Lethaia |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=433–443 |doi=10.1111/let.12257 }}
  • A study on the body size of soil-dwelling insects across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, inferred from burrows from the Big Bend National Park (Texas, United States) which were likely produced by beetle larvae or cicada nymphs, is published by Wiest et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Logan A. Wiest |author2=William E. Lukens |author3=Daniel J. Peppe |author4=Steven G. Driese |author5=Jack Tubbs |year=2018 |title=Terrestrial evidence for the Lilliput effect across the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=491 |pages=161–169 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.12.005 |bibcode=2018PPP...491..161W |url=http://osf.io/9x7du/ }}
  • A study on the impact of sampling standardization, or lack thereof, on comparisons of insect herbivory from two Lower Permian localities in Texas is published by Schachat, Labandeira & Maccracken (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Sandra R. Schachat |author2=Conrad C. Labandeira |author3=S. Augusta Maccracken |year=2018 |title=The importance of sampling standardization for comparisons of insect herbivory in deep time: a case study from the late Palaeozoic |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=171991 |doi=10.1098/rsos.171991 |pmid=29657798 |pmc=5882722 |bibcode=2018RSOS....571991S }}
  • A study on the diversity, frequency and representation of insect damage of fossil plant specimens from the Permian La Golondrina Formation (Argentina) is published by Cariglino (2018).{{Cite journal|author=Bárbara Cariglino |year=2018 |title=Patterns of insect-mediated damage in a Permian Glossopteris flora from Patagonia (Argentina) |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=507 |pages=39–51 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.06.022 |bibcode=2018PPP...507...39C |s2cid=135270585 |hdl=11336/93129 |hdl-access=free }}
  • A study on the insect herbivory on fossil ginkgoalean and bennettitalean leaves from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou Beds (China), and on defenses of these plants against insect herbivory, is published by Na et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Yu-Ling Na |author2=Chun-Lin Sun |author3=Hongshan Wang |author4=David L. Dilcher |author5=Zhen-Yuan Yang |author6=Tao Li |author7=Yun-Feng Li |year=2018 |title=Insect herbivory and plant defense on ginkgoalean and bennettitalean leaves of the Middle Jurassic Daohugou Flora from Northeast China and their paleoclimatic implications |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=202–210 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2017.08.002 |s2cid=90613956 }}
  • A study on the plant–insect interactions in the European forest plant communities in the Upper Pliocene Lagerstätte of Willershausen (Lower Saxony, Germany), the Upper Pliocene locality of Berga (Thuringia, Germany) and the Pleistocene locality of Bernasso (France) is published by Adroit et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Benjamin Adroit |author2=Vincent Girard |author3=Lutz Kunzmann |author4=Jean-Frédéric Terral |author5=Torsten Wappler |year=2018 |title=Plant-insect interactions patterns in three European paleoforests of the late-Neogene—early-Quaternary |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |pages=e5075 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5075 |pmid=29942705 |pmc=6015487 |doi-access=free }}
  • Description and analysis of insect borings on hadrosaur bones from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Mexico) is published by Serrano-Brañas, Espinosa-Chávez & Maccracken (2018), who name a new ichnospecies Cubiculum atsintli.{{Cite journal|author1=Claudia Inés Serrano-Brañas |author2=Belinda Espinosa-Chávez |author3=Augusta Maccracken |year=2018 |title=Insect damage in dinosaur bones from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) Coahuila, Mexico |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=86 |pages=353–365 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2018.07.002 |bibcode=2018JSAES..86..353S |s2cid=134574833 }}
  • Insect trace fossils collected from the Pliocene deposits at Laetoli (Tanzania) are described by Genise & Harrison (2018), who name new ichnotaxa Celliforma ritchiei, Laetolichnus kwekai and Teisseirei linguatus.{{Cite journal|author1=Jorge F. Genise |author2=Terry Harrison |year=2018 |title=Walking on ashes: insect trace fossils from Laetoli indicate poor grass cover associated with early hominin environments |journal=Palaeontology |volume=61 |issue=4 |pages=597–624 |doi=10.1111/pala.12357 |bibcode=2018Palgy..61..597G |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/93635 |hdl-access=free }}
  • Trace fossil produced by a wingless jumping insect belonging to the order Monura is described from the lower Permian of Southern Alps (Italy) by Bernardi, Marchetti & Gobbi (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Massimo Bernardi |author2=Lorenzo Marchetti |author3=Mauro Gobbi |year=2018 |title=Walk 'n jump: associated insect walking and landing trace fossils from the Early Permian of the Southern Alps |journal=Ichnos: An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces |volume=25 |issue=2–3 |pages=128–137 |doi=10.1080/10420940.2017.1386185 |bibcode=2018Ichno..25..128B |s2cid=135046437 }}
  • A study on the venation in the forewing of the Triassic odonatopteran Zygophlebia tongchuanensis and extant dragonfly Aeshna isoceles is published by Jacquelin et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Lauriane Jacquelin |author2=Laure Desutter-Grandcolas |author3=Ioana Chintauan-Marquier |author4=Renaud Boistel |author5=Daran Zheng |author6=Jakub Prokop |author7=André Nel |year=2018 |title=New insights on basivenal sclerites using 3D tools and homology of wing veins in Odonatoptera (Insecta) |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 238 |doi=10.1038/s41598-017-18615-0 |pmid=29321486 |pmc=5762858 |bibcode=2018NatSR...8..238J }}
  • Redescription of the meganeurid species Meganeurites gracilipes is published by Nel et al. (2018), who interpret this species as unlikely to have lived in densely forested environments, and more likely to be an open-space, ecotone or riparian forest predator, hunting in a way similar to extant hawkers.{{cite journal |author1=André Nel |author2=Jakub Prokop |author3=Martina Pecharová |author4=Michael S. Engel |author5=Romain Garrouste |year=2018 |title=Palaeozoic giant dragonflies were hawker predators |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 12141 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-30629-w |pmid=30108284 |pmc=6092361 |bibcode=2018NatSR...812141N }}
  • A study on the phylogenetic relationships of an Early Cretaceous plecopteran "Rasnitsyrina" culonga Sinitshenkova (2011){{cite journal |author=N. D. Sinitshenkova |year=2011 |title=New stoneflies (Insecta: Perlida = Plecoptera) from the late Mesozoic locality Khasurty, Transbaikalia |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=552–558 |doi=10.1134/S0031030111050133 |s2cid=83949882 }} is published by Cui, Toussaint & Béthoux (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Yingying Cui |author2=Séverine Toussaint |author3=Olivier Béthoux |year=2018 |title=The systematic position of the stonefly †culonga Sinitshenkova, 2011 (Plecoptera: Leuctrida) reassessed using Reflectance Transforming Imaging and cladistic analysis |journal=Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny |volume=76 |issue=2 |pages=173–178 |doi=10.3897/asp.76.e31925 |url=http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_76_2/01_asp_76-2_cui_173-178.pdf |doi-access=free }}
  • A female specimen of the plecopteran genus Podmosta, distinguished from other Podmosta females by the "rabbit-shaped" sclerite on sternum 8, is described from the Lithuanian Baltic amber by Chen (2018).{{Cite journal|author=Zhi-Teng Chen |year=2018 |title=Females of the genus Podmosta (Plecoptera: Nemouridae): comparison of terminalia and a new female record in Baltic Amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4407 |issue=2 |pages=293–297 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.11 |pmid=29690201 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324363799 }}
  • A study on the structure of the wing base of the spilapterid palaeodictyopteran Dunbaria is published by Prokop et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Jakub Prokop |author2=Martina Pecharová |author3=André Nel |author4=Thomas Hörnschemeyer |year=2018 |title=The wing base of the palaeodictyopteran genus Dunbaria Tillyard: Where are we now? |journal=Arthropod Structure & Development |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=339–351 |doi=10.1016/j.asd.2018.04.002 |pmid=29635036 |s2cid=4779921 }}
  • A study on the morphology of ovipositors of different fossil dictyopterans, on their possible reproductive strategies and on the evolution of the reproductive strategies within Dictyoptera is published by Hörnig et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Marie K. Hörnig |author2=Carolin Haug |author3=Joerg W. Schneider |author4=Joachim T. Haug |year=2018 |title=Evolution of reproductive strategies in dictyopteran insects—clues from ovipositor morphology of extinct roachoids |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=1–24 |doi=10.4202/app.00324.2016 |doi-access=free }}
  • Cui, Evangelista & Béthoux (2018) reinterpret putative fossil mantis Prochaeradodis enigmaticus as more likely to be a cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae.{{cite journal |author1=Yingying Cui |author2=Dominic A. Evangelista |author3=Olivier Béthoux |year=2018 |title=Prayers for fossil mantis unfulfilled: Prochaeradodis enigmaticus Piton, 1940 is a cockroach (Blattodea) |journal=Geodiversitas |volume=40 |issue=15 |pages=355–362 |doi=10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a15 |s2cid=135006268 |url=http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/40/15 |doi-access=free }}
  • A revision of the hymenopteran fauna from the collection of the Cretaceous Burmese amber at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (Chinese Academy of Sciences) is published by Zhang et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Qi Zhang |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Haichun Zhang |year=2018 |title=Hymenoptera (wasps, bees and ants) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: A review of the fauna |journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association |volume=129 |issue=6 |pages=736 |doi=10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.06.004 |bibcode=2018PrGA..129..736Z |s2cid=134358795 }}
  • An overview of the Eocene (Ypresian) hymenopteran assemblage of the Okanagan Highlands of British Columbia (Canada) and Washington (United States) is published by Archibald et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=S. B. Archibald |author2=Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn |author3=Denis J. Brothers |author4=Rolf W. Mathewes |year=2018 |title=Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America |journal=The Canadian Entomologist |volume=150 |issue=2 |pages=205–257 |doi=10.4039/tce.2017.59 |s2cid=90017208 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322314202 }}
  • A female of Dryinus janzeni is described from the Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine) by Perkovsky & Olmi (2018), representing the first record of the dryinid genus Dryinus from Rovno amber.{{Cite journal|author1=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |author2=Massimo Olmi |year=2018 |title=Discovery of the first pincer wasp (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from Rovno amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4457 |issue=2 |pages=296–304 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.5 |pmid=30314171 |s2cid=52975636 }}
  • A study on the shape of the wing and the venational structures of the Eocene giant ants, including members of the genus Titanomyrma, evaluating the possibilities of determining species and sex of individual specimens with the use of geometric morphometrics, is published by Katzke et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Julian Katzke |author2=Phillip Barden |author3=Manuel Dehon |author4=Denis Michez |author5=Torsten Wappler |year=2018 |title=Giant ants and their shape: revealing relationships in the genus Titanomyrma with geometric morphometrics |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |pages=e4242 |doi=10.7717/peerj.4242 |pmid=29362693 |pmc=5774302 |doi-access=free }}
  • Fossil ant species Eocenomyrma rugosostriata is reported for the first time from the Eocene Rovno amber by Radchenko & Perkovsky (2018).{{Cite journal |author1=A.G. Radchenko |author2=E.E. Perkovsky |year=2018 |title=First record of fossil ant species Eocenomyrma rugosostriata (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Rovno amber |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=285–288 |doi=10.15298/rusentj.27.3.08 |doi-access=free }}
  • A redescription of the Cretaceous nevrorthid species Cretarophalis patrickmuelleri is published by Lu et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Xiumei Lu |author2=Fangyuan Xia |author3=Bo Wang |author4=Ulrike Aspöck |author5=Xingyue Liu |year=2018 |title=Taxonomic notes on Cretarophalis patrickmuelleri Wichard, 2017 (Insecta: Neuroptera: Nevrorthidae) from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar, and its phylogenetic significance |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4370 |issue=5 |pages=591–600 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.10 |pmid=29689828 }}
  • A redescription of the Cretaceous psychopsid species Grammapsychops lebedevi is published by Makarkin (2018).{{cite journal |author=Vladimir N. Makarkin |year=2018 |title=Re-description of Grammapsychops lebedevi Martynova, 1954 (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) with notes on the Late Cretaceous psychopsoids |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4524 |issue=5 |pages=581–594 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4524.5.5 |pmid=30486100 |s2cid=54119703 }}
  • The first definite Mesozoic strepsipteran primary larva is reported from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Pohl et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Hans Pohl |author2=Jan Batelka |author3=Jakub Prokop |author4=Patrick Müller |author5=Margarita I. Yavorskaya |author6=Rolf G. Beutel |year=2018 |title=A needle in a haystack: Mesozoic origin of parasitism in Strepsiptera revealed by first definite Cretaceous primary larva (Insecta) |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |pages=e5943 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5943 |pmid=30498634 |pmc=6252244 |doi-access=free }}
  • A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the fossil rove beetles Cretodeinopsis and Electrogymnusa is published by Yamamoto & Maruyama (2018), who also describe new fossil material of Cretodeinopsis and Electrogymnusa.{{cite journal |author1=Shûhei Yamamoto |author2=Munetoshi Maruyama |year=2018 |title=Phylogeny of the rove beetle tribe Gymnusini sensu n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae): implications for the early branching events of the subfamily |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=183–199 |doi=10.1111/syen.12267 |s2cid=90331086 }}
  • Remains of fossil nests of dung beetles, recorded in four formations of the Cenozoic of South America, are described by Cantil et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Liliana F. Cantil |author2=M. Victoria Sánchez |author3=Eduardo S. Bellosi |author4=Jorge F. Genise |year=2018 |title=Beyond Coprinisphaera: fossil nests of dung beetles |journal=Lethaia |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=444–455 |doi=10.1111/let.12258 |hdl=11336/93584 |hdl-access=free }}
  • A study on the phylogenetic placement of the fossil beetle "Spondylis" florissantensis is published by Vitali (2018), who transfers this species to the genus Neandra.{{cite journal |author=Francesco Vitali |year=2018 |title=On the taxonomic position of Spondylis florissantensis Wickham, 1920 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) |journal=Baltic Journal of Coleopterology |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=279–282 |url=http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=37&artid=638 }}
  • The cosmopolitan beetle Necrobia violacea, formerly thought to be introduced to the New World through European trade, is reported from the La Brea Tar Pits by Holden, Barclay & Angus (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Anna R. Holden |author2=Maxwell V. L. Barclay |author3=Robert B. Angus |year=2018 |title=Rancho La Brea fossil indicates native Nearctic status for Necrobia violacea (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Cleridae), a species previously considered a synanthropic introduction to North America |journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=558–562 |doi=10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.558 |s2cid=92391461 }}
  • A study on the lepidopteran scales from the Triassic-Jurassic transition (Rhaetian-Hettangian) of Germany and their implications for inferring the timing of the radiation of lepidopteran lineages is published by van Eldijk et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Timo J. B. van Eldijk |author2=Torsten Wappler |author3=Paul K. Strother |author4=Carolien M. H. van der Weijst |author5=Hossein Rajaei |author6=Henk Visscher |author7=Bas van de Schootbrugge |year=2018 |title=A Triassic-Jurassic window into the evolution of Lepidoptera |journal=Science Advances |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=e1701568 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.1701568 |pmid=29349295 |pmc=5770165 |bibcode= 2018SciA....4.1568V}}
  • A study on the architecture of scales of Jurassic lepidopterans from the United Kingdom, Germany, Kazakhstan and China, and of tarachopterans from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, is published by Zhang et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Qingqing Zhang |author2=Wolfram Mey |author3=Jörg Ansorge |author4=Timothy A. Starkey |author5=Luke T. McDonald |author6=Maria E. McNamara |author7=Edmund A. Jarzembowski |author8=Wilfried Wichard |author9=Richard Kelly |author10=Xiaoyin Ren |author11=Jun Chen |author12=Haichun Zhang |author13=Bo Wang |year=2018 |title=Fossil scales illuminate the early evolution of lepidopterans and structural colors |journal=Science Advances |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=e1700988 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.1700988 |pmid=29651455 |pmc=5895446 |bibcode= 2018SciA....4..988Z}}
  • A study on the macroevolutionary responses of noctuid moths from the group Sesamiina and their associated host-grasses to environmental changes during the Neogene is published by Kergoat et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Gael J. Kergoat |author2=Fabien L. Condamine |author3=Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint |author4=Claire Capdevielle-Dulac |author5=Anne-Laure Clamens |author6=Jérôme Barbut |author7=Paul Z. Goldstein |author8=Bruno Le Ru |year=2018 |title=Opposite macroevolutionary responses to environmental changes in grasses and insects during the Neogene grassland expansion |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 5089 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-07537-8 |pmid=30504767 |pmc=6269479 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9.5089K }}
  • A study on the anatomy of the digestive system of Saurophthirus longipes is published by Rasnitsyn & Strelnikova (2018).{{cite journal |author1=A. P. Rasnitsyn |author2=O. D. Strelnikova |year=2018 |title=Digestive system of the Early Cretaceous insect Saurophthirus longipes Ponomarenko (Insecta, ?Aphaniptera, Saurophthiroidea) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=146–154 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118020119 |s2cid=90343218 }}
  • Mecopteran species "Orthophlebia" martynovae from the Lower Jurassic of Siberia (Russia) is transferred to the family Austropanorpidae and to the genus Austropanorpa by Krzemiński et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Wiesław Krzemiński |author2=Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj |author3=Katarzyna Kopeć |author4=Irena D. Sukatsheva |year=2018 |title=The oldest representative of the family Austropanorpidae (Mecoptera) from the Lower Jurassic of Siberia |journal=Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |volume=107 |issue=2–3 |pages=151–155 |doi=10.1017/S1755691017000214 |s2cid=134889932 }}
  • Revision of the original type material and description of new fossils of the mecopteran species Chorista sobrina and Austropanorpa australis from the Paleogene Redbank Plains Formation (Australia) is published by Lambkin (2018).{{Cite journal|author=Kevin J. Lambkin |year=2018 |title=The Mecoptera of the Paleogene Redbank Plains Formation, Southeastern Queensland |journal=The Australian Entomologist |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=149–158 |url=https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=714790800976870;res=IELHSS }}
  • Redescription of known members of the peloropeodine genus Palaeomedeterus from Baltic amber is published by Grichanov & Negrobov (2018), who provide a key to species of Palaeomedeterus from Baltic amber.{{Cite journal|author1=I.Ya. Grichanov |author2=O.P. Negrobov |year=2018 |title=Peloropeodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber |journal=Caucasian Entomological Bulletin |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=95–104 |doi=10.23885/1814-3326-2018-14-1-95-104 |doi-access=free }}
  • A study on changes in insect biodiversity in terms of the number of families throughout the history of the group is published by Dmitriev et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=V. Yu. Dmitriev |author2=D. S. Aristov |author3=A. S. Bashkuev |author4=D. V. Vasilenko |author5=P. Vřsanský |author6=A. V. Gorochov |author7=E. D. Lukashevitch |author8=M. B. Mostovski |author9=A. G. Ponomarenko |author10=Yu. A. Popov |author11=A. P. Rasnitsyn |author12=N. D. Sinitshenkova |author13=I. D. Sukatsheva |author14=M. M. Tarasenkova |author15=A. V. Khramov |author16=A. S. Shmakov |year=2018 |title=Insect diversity from the Carboniferous to recent |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=6 |pages=610–619 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118060047 |s2cid=91670852 }}

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