2024 in paleoentomology
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This list of 2024 in paleoentomology records new fossil insect taxa that are to be described during the year, as well as documents significant paleoentomology discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
Clade Amphiesmenoptera
=Lepidopterans=
=Trichopterans=
==Trichopteran research==
- Frese, McCurry & Wells (2024) describe pupae and uncased larvae of caddisflies from the Miocene McGraths Flat Lagerstätte (Australia), including specimens with large compound eyes preserving details of the rhabdoms and corneal nanocoating and with other external and internal structures, and interpret the environment of the studied caddisflies as affected by cyclic catastrophic events.{{cite journal|last1=Frese |first1=M. |last2=McCurry |first2=M. R. |last3=Wells |first3=A. |title=Miocene caddisflies from Australia: iron-rich sediments preserve internal organs, tracheoles, and corneal nanocoating of larvae and pupae |year=2024 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=202 |issue=3 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae003 |doi-access=free }}
Clade Antliophora
=Dipterans=
==Brachycerans==
==Nematocerans==
==Dipteran research==
- Putative Cretaceous mosquito Libanoculex intermedius is argued to be a member of the family Chaoboridae by Harbach (2024).{{Cite journal|last=Harbach |first=R. E. |year=2024 |title=Libanoculex intermedius is not a mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae): It is a chaoborid (Chaoboridae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5424 |issue=1 |pages=139–144 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.9 |doi-access=free |pmid=38480294 }}
- Ševčík (2024) compares the holotype of Burmacrocera petiolata with macrocerine keroplatid specimens from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, and notes the difficulty of attempts to associate similar macrocerine forms with the holotype of B. petiolata.{{Cite journal|last=Ševčík |first=J. |year=2024 |title=Davimacrocera, a New Extant Genus of Keroplatidae, with Notes on the Fossil Genus Burmacrocera (Diptera) |journal=Insects |volume=15 |issue=12 |at=1018 |doi=10.3390/insects15121018 |doi-access=free |pmid=39769620 |pmc=11676806 }}
- The first fossil representative of the subgenus Ristocordyla within the genus Brachypeza reported to date is described from the Eocene Baltic amber by Boudet et al. (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Boudet |first1=L. |last2=Bouché |first2=C. |last3=Nel |first3=A. |last4=Ngô-Muller |first4=V. |year=2024 |title=A new Middle Eocene Baltic amber Exechiini (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) supports the likely rapid radiation of the tribe |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=709–713 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2326078 }}
- Amaral et al. (2024) describe new larval specimens of Qiyia jurassica from the Jurassic Daohugou Beds (China) and new fossil material of brachyceran larvae the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, including larvae with morphology combining characters seen in members of the families Xylophagidae and Athericidae, and interpret the studied fossils as indicating that members of the group Stratiomyomorpha were abundant in the Cretaceous fauna and likely occupied the ecological functions which are occupied by extant members of more derived brachyceran groups.{{Cite journal|last1=Amaral |first1=A. P. |last2=Haug |first2=J. T. |last3=Haug |first3=C. |last4=Linhart |first4=S. |last5=Müller |first5=P. |last6=Hammel |first6=J. U. |last7=Baranov |first7=V. |year=2024 |title=Expanding the Mesozoic Record of Early Brachyceran Fly Larvae, including New Larval Forms with Chimera-Type Morphologies |journal=Insects |volume=15 |issue=4 |at=270 |doi=10.3390/insects15040270 |doi-access=free |pmid=38667400 |pmc=11049986 }}
- Fossil material of aquatic dipterans, including representatives of the family Chaoboridae which are absent from extant fauna of New Zealand, is described from the Miocene Foulden Maar Lagerstätte by Baranov, Haug & Kaulfuss (2024).{{Cite journal |last1=Baranov |first1=V. O. |last2=Haug |first2=J. T. |last3=Kaulfuss |first3=U. |year=2024 |title=New records of immature aquatic Diptera from the Foulden Maar Fossil-Lagerstätte, New Zealand, and their biogeographic implications |journal=PeerJ |volume=12 |at=e17014 |doi=10.7717/peerj.17014 |pmc=10903341 |doi-access=free |pmid=38426144 }}
=Mecopterans=
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| Name
!Novelty !Status !Authors !Age !Type locality !Location !Notes !Images |
|---|
| Jiyuanphlebia{{Cite journal|last=Lian |first=X.-N. |title=New mecopteran insects from the Middle Jurassic Yangshuzhuang Formation of Jiyuan Basin, China |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Insect Biodiversity |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=24–40 |doi=10.12976/jib/2024.60.1.6 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lian | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Yangshuzhuang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A member of the family Protorthophlebiidae. The type species is J. incompleta. | |
| Orthophlebia lini{{Cite journal|last1=Lian |first1=X.-N. |last2=Cai |first2=C.-Y. |last3=Feng |first3=Z. |last4=Huang |first4=D.-Y. |title=New orthophlebiid mecopteran from the Middle Jurassic Yan'an Formation, China |year=2024 |journal=Journal of Insect Biodiversity |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=47–54 |doi=10.12976/jib/2024.60.1.8 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lian & Huang in Lian et al. | Middle Jurassic | | {{Flag|China}} | A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. | |
| Orthophlebia picta
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lian | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Yangshuzhuang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. | |
| Protorthophlebia curvata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lian | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Yangshuzhuang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A member of the family Protorthophlebiidae. | |
| Protorthophlebia gracilis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Lian | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Yangshuzhuang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A member of the family Protorthophlebiidae. | |
| Quadrivena
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lian | Middle Jurassic (Callovian) | Yangshuzhuang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A member of the family Orthophlebiidae. The type species is Q. jiyuanensis. | |
| Torvimerope{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang |first1=Y. |last2=Labandeira |first2=C. C. |last3=Yu |first3=J. |last4=Shih |first4=C. |last5=Ren |first5=D. |last6=Gao |first6=T. |year=2024 |title=Evolution and mandibular sexual dimorphism in mid-Cretaceous scorpionflies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Meropeidae) |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |doi=10.1111/jse.13121 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhang et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Meropeidae. Genus includes new species T. cordatus. | |
| Turbidapsyche{{Cite journal|last1=Lian |first1=X.-N. |last2=Zhang |first2=Y. |last3=Cai |first3=C.-Y. |last4=Feng |first4=Z. |last5=Huang |first5=D.-Y. |title=A new genus of Mesopsychidae from the late Middle Triassic Tongchuan entomofauna and its taxonomic and palaeogeographic implications |year=2024 |journal=Mesozoic |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=144–158 |doi=10.11646/mesozoic.1.2.7 |doi-access=free }}
| Gen. et comb. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Lian & Huang in Lian et al. | Late Permian to Late Triassic | | {{Flag|China}} {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}} {{Flag|Russia}} {{Flag|South Korea}} {{Flag|Ukraine}} | A member of the family Mesopsychidae. The type species is "Mesopsyche" dobrokhotovae Novokshonov (1997); genus also includes T. shcherbakovi (Novokshonov, 1997), T. justa (Novokshonov & Sukatsheva, 2001), T. ordinata (Novokshonov & Sukatsheva, 2001), T. tortiva (Novokshonov & Sukatsheva, 2001), T. gentica (Novokshonov & Sukatsheva, 2001), T. tongchuanensis (Hong, 2007), T. incompleta (Bashkuev, 2011), T. jinsuoguanensis (Lian, Cai & Huang, 2021) and T. liaoi (Lian, Cai & Huang, 2021), as well as new species T. orientalis, T. sparsanota and T. hongi. | |
==Mecopteran research==
- Kaczmarek, Li & Soszyńska (2024) describe the first female specimen of Burmothauma eureka, preserved in a piece of the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar that also includes a mite belonging to the family Bdellidae, rove beetles belonging to the subfamilies Scydmaeninae and Staphylininae and flies belonging to the families Cecidomyiidae and Keroplatidae, and interpret both the morphological similarity of the studied specimen to extant Notiothauma reedi and the ecology of arthropods preserved in the same piece of amber as indicating that Cretaceous eomeropids were likely associated with forest litter environments.{{Cite journal|last1=Kaczmarek |first1=S. |last2=Li |first2=L.-W. |last3=Soszyńska |first3=A. |title=First female of Eomeropidae (Mecoptera) from Kachin amber sheds light on morphology and environmental preferences of eomeropids in the Cretaceous |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=468–471 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.4.5 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7..468K }}
Clade Archaeorthoptera
=†Caloneurodea=
=Orthopterans=
==Orthopteran research==
- Cadena-Castañeda et al. (2024) interpret the family Pseudogryllotalpidae as a junior synonym of the subtribe within the family Gryllidae and the tribe Sclerogryllini, and interpret Pseudogryllotalpa scalprata, Petilus zhengi and Unidigitus longialatus as synonyms of Pherodactylus micromorphus.{{Cite journal|last1=Cadena-Castañeda |first1=O. J. |last2=Tavares |first2=G. C. |last3=Hu |first3=T.-H. |last4=He |first4=Z.-Q. |year=2024 |title=On the Myanmar amber field-crickets described as "transitional" mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidea) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5555 |issue=4 |pages=579–589 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5555.4.5 }}
- Ferreira et al. (2024) reconstruct the left forewing venation of Picogryllus carentonensis, reporting the presence of the venation pattern compatible with the pattern proposed by Josse et al. (2023){{Cite journal|last1=Josse |first1=H. |last2=Faberon |first2=L. |last3=Schubnel |first3=T. |last4=Nel |first4=A. |last5=Desutter-Grandcolas |first5=L. |year=2023 |title=Reconciliation between neontology and paleontology in the Gryllidea (Orthoptera, Ensifera): reinterpreting the venation of the stridulatory apparatus in crickets |journal=Zoosystema |volume=45 |issue=24 |pages=769–801 |doi=10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a24 }} for crickets.{{Cite journal|last1=Ferreira |first1=J. |last2=Josse |first2=H. |last3=de Campos |first3=L. D. |last4=Nel |first4=A. |last5=Desutter-Grandcolas |first5=L. |year=2024 |title=First 3D reconstruction of a forewing of a fossil Orthoptera: Interpreting the venation pattern in the smallest known cricket with a stridulatory apparatus, †Picogryllus carentonensis (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Oecanthidae) |journal=Fossil Record |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=101–110 |doi=10.3897/fr.27.e113100 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024FossR..27..101F }}
- Ferreira et al. (2024) reconstruct the anatomy of the internal parts of the genitalia of a male specimen of Picogryllus carentonensis, and evaluate the tempo and mode of evolution of the family Oecanthidae, arguing that the family dates back to the Upper Jurassic.{{Cite journal|last1=Ferreira |first1=J. |last2=Desutter-Grandcolas |first2=L. |last3=Nel |first3=A. |last4=Josse |first4=H. |last5=de Campos |first5=L. D. |year=2024 |title=First 3D reconstruction of the male genitalia of a Cretaceous fossil cricket: Diving into the evolutionary history of the Oecanthidae family (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) with the incorporation of new fossils in its phylogeny and a total-evidence dating approach |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=429–446 |doi=10.1111/syen.12625 |bibcode=2024SysEn..49..429F }}
- While describing structures interpreted as a grasshopper ootheca (egg pod) and eggs from the John Day Formation, Oregon, United States, Lee et al. advocate the use of the ootaxonomic nomenclatural system for description of insect egg fossils. They erect the new ichnofamily Entomoothecichnidae to accommodate the described oothecae fossils, and the new oofamily Entomoolithidae for "fossil eggs of entomological affinities".
Clade Coleopterida
=Coleopterans=
==Adephaga==
==Archostemata==
==Myxophaga==
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| Name
! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Type locality ! Country ! Notes ! Images |
|---|
| Bezesporum huchengi{{Cite journal|last1=Li |first1=Y.-D. |last2=Huang |first2=D.-Y. |last3=Cai |first3=C.-Y. |year=2024 |title=A new species of Bezesporum from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Sphaeriusidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5538 |issue=3 |pages=293–296 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5538.3.7 |pmid=39645703 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Huang & Cai | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Sphaeriusidae. | |
==Polyphaga==
===Bostrichiformia===
===Cucujiformia===
===Elateriformia===
===Scarabaeiformia===
===Staphyliniformia===
===Other Polyphaga===
==Coleopteran research==
- A review of the evolutionary history of beetles during the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic is published by Beutel et al. (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Beutel |first1=R. G. |last2=Xu |first2=C. |last3=Jarzembowski |first3=E. |last4=Kundrata |first4=R. |last5=Boudinot |first5=B. E. |last6=McKenna |first6=D. D. |last7=Goczał |first7=J. |title=The evolutionary history of Coleoptera (Insecta) in the late Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic |year=2024 |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=355–388 |doi=10.1111/syen.12623 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024SysEn..49..355B }}
- A study on the diversity of Late Triassic (Norian) beetles from the Cow Branch and Walnut Cove formations (Virginia and North Carolina, United States) is published by Criscione-Vastano & Grimaldi (2024), who identify the presence of 100 distinct beetle morphotypes.{{cite journal|last1=Criscione-Vastano |first1=J. |last2=Grimaldi |first2=D. A. |year=2024 |title=Remarkable Diversity of Beetles (Coleoptera) in the Late Triassic (Norian) "Solite Deposit" of Virginia and North Carolina |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=2024 |issue=467 |pages=1–137 |doi=10.1206/0003-0090.467.1.1 |hdl=2246/7361 |doi-access=free}}
- Zippel et al. (2024) revise the fossil record of archostematan larvae and describe the first archostematan larva from the Eocene Baltic amber.{{Cite journal|last1=Zippel |first1=A. |last2=Haug |first2=C. |last3=Iturbe-Ormaeche |first3=B. Y. |last4=Haug |first4=J. T. |title=Diversity of archostematan beetle larvae through time with new fossils |year=2024 |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=49–71 |doi=10.18476/pale.v17.a3 |doi-access=free }}
- Haug et al. (2024) describe new fossils of adephagan larvae, including the first finding from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, and interpret the studied fossils as indicative of increase of morphological diversity of adephagan larvae over time, with no recognisable losses found by the authors.{{Cite journal|last1=Haug |first1=J. T. |last2=Fu |first2=Y. |last3=Müller |first3=P. |last4=Haug |first4=G. T. |last5=Haug |first5=C. |year=2024 |title=Quantitative morphology of fossil adephagan beetle larvae including a first record from the Jehol biota does not indicate major diversity losses over time |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5562 |issue=1 |pages=76–93 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5562.1.11 }}
- Tello, Libido & Moctezuma (2024) describe new fossil material of Onthophagus pilauco from the Pleistocene strata from the Pilauco Bajo site (Chile), providing new information on the morphology of this beetle, and interpret the studied fossils as indicative of the presence of sexual dimorphism in O. pilauco.{{Cite journal|last1=Tello |first1=F. |last2=Libido |first2=L. |last3=Moctezuma |first3=V. |year=2024 |title=Morphology and paleoecology of the Late Pleistocene extinct dung beetle Onthophagus pilauco (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onthophagini) |journal=Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=160–169 |doi=10.5710/PEAPA.09.09.2024.510 |doi-access=free }}
- Yamamoto & Newton (2024) report the discovery of the first aleocharine rove beetle (a member of the genus Cypha) from the Eocene Bitterfeld amber (Germany).{{cite journal|last1=Yamamoto |first1=S. |last2=Newton |first2=A. F. |year=2024 |title=The First Aleocharine Rove Beetle Fossil from Mid-Eocene Bitterfeld Amber of Germany (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Hypocyphtini) |journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=233–238 |doi=10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.233 }}
- The first fossil click beetle and ptilodactylid larvae reported to date are described from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Zippel et al. (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Zippel |first1=A. |last2=Haug |first2=C. |last3=Müller |first3=P. |last4=Haug |first4=J. T. |title=Elateriform beetle larvae preserved in about 100-million-year-old Kachin amber |year=2024 |journal=PalZ |volume=98 |issue=2 |pages=245–262 |doi=10.1007/s12542-023-00682-6 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PalZ...98..245Z }}
- A redescription of Aphytocerus communis, Baissophytum convexum and Baissopsis ampla is published by Telnov et al. (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Telnov |first1=D. |last2=Perkovsky |first2=E. E. |last3=Vasilenko |first3=D. V. |last4=Kundrata |first4=R. |title=When rare click beetles were not that rare: Cretaceous Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 (Coleoptera) from Siberia |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=92–103 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.1.6 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7...92T }}
- A study on the evolutionary history of the family Belidae, as indicated by molecular data and fossil record, is published by Li et al. (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that the family originated approximately 138 million years ago in Gondwana, as well as indicating that conifers were most likely ancestral hosts of the studied weevils.{{Cite journal|last1=Li |first1=X. |last2=Marvaldi |first2=A. E. |last3=Oberprieler |first3=R. G. |last4=Clarke |first4=D. |last5=Farrell |first5=B. D. |last6=Sequeira |first6=A. |last7=Ferrer |first7=M. S. |last8=O'Brien |first8=C. |last9=Salzman |first9=S. |last10=Shin |first10=S. |last11=Tang |first11=W. |last12=McKenna |first12=D. D. |year=2024 |title=The evolutionary history of the ancient weevil family Belidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) reveals the marks of Gondwana breakup and major floristic turnovers, including the rise of angiosperms |journal=eLife |volume=13 |at=RP97552 |doi=10.7554/eLife.97552 |pmid=39665616 |doi-access=free |pmc=11637463 }}
Clade Dictyoptera
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| Name
! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Type locality ! Country ! Notes ! Images |
|---|
| Akinisia{{Cite journal|last=Vršanský |first=P. |title=Late Mesozoic cockroaches s.l. from the Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan |year=2024 |journal=AMBA Projekty |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=1–700 |url=https://geo.sav.sk/files/vrsansky/Vrsansky_2024.pdf }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A possible member of the family Liberiblattinidae. The type species is A. chorevei. | |
| Alderblattina{{Cite journal|last1=Swaby |first1=E. J. |last2=Coe |first2=A. L. |last3=Ross |first3=A. J. |title=A new cockroach (Blattodea, Rhipidoblattinidae) from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alderton Hill, Gloucestershire, UK, and the earliest likely occurrence of aposematic colouration in cockroaches |year=2024 |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=10 |issue=5 |at=e1598 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1598 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PPal...10E1598S }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Swaby, Coe & Ross | Early Jurassic (Toarcian) | | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | A cockroach belonging to the superfamily Caloblattinoidea and the family Rhipidoblattinidae. The type species is A. simmsi. | |
| Angustitermes{{Cite journal|last1=Jiang |first1=Y. |last2=Deng |first2=X. |last3=Shih |first3=C. |last4=Zhao |first4=Y. |last5=Ren |first5=D. |last6=Zhao |first6=Z. |title=Primitive new termites (Blattodea, Termitoidae) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar |year=2024 |journal=ZooKeys |issue=1197 |pages=115–126 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1197.114452 |doi-access=free |pmid=38651112 |pmc=11033552 |bibcode=2024ZooK.1197..115J }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Jiang, Zhao & Ren in Jiang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A termite belonging to the family Mastotermitidae. The type species is A. reflexus. | |
| Ano mal
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Ano naslosa
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Ano ona
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Ano palindrom
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Ano si
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Ano tak
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Aposema
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) to Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. The type species is A. gigantenna Vršanský from the Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan; genus also includes A. chochoy Vršanský & Kováčová in Vršanský et al. (2024) from the Turonian Emanra Formation (Khabarovsk Krai, Russia).{{Cite journal|last1=Vršanský |first1=P. V. V. |last2=Kováčová |first2=Z. |last3=Vasilenko |first3=D. V. |last4=Pálková |first4=H. |last5=Nagy |first5=Š. |last6=Kosnáč |first6=D. |last7=Vidlička |first7=Ľ. |last8=Martin |first8=S. K. |year=2024 |title=Systematics of Mesozoic 'Arctic' polar cockroaches |journal=Biologia |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=51–77 |doi=10.1007/s11756-024-01814-2 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2025Biolg..80...51V }} | |
| Asvab
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. The type species is A. bavsa. | |
| Aurora
| Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Vršanský & Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Probably Late Cretaceous | | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of Mantodea, the type genus of the new family Auroridae. The type species is A. floris. The generic name is preoccupied by Aurora Ragonot (1887) and Aurora Sollas (1888). | |
| Blattula ahanaha
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula druha
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula fragilia
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula gracilicosta
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula kmitala
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Early Cretaceous | Batylykh Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula microscopica
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula nebude
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula semptemtrionala
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský & Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Jurassic | Khaya Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula summa
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Blattula zapalis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský & Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Jurassic | Khaya Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Caloblattina laesis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Caloblattina polaris
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Emanra Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Cameloblatta stress
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Chuanblatta stalosa
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Clypeblattula{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang |first1=J. |last2=Chen |first2=L. |last3=Luo |first3=C. |year=2024 |title=Cockroach Clypeblattula panda gen. et sp. n. (Blattaria: Blattulidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Laiyang Formation of China |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=160 |at=105907 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105907 |bibcode=2024CrRes.16005907Z }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | | Zhang, Chen & Luo | Early Cretaceous | Laiyang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. The type species is C. panda. | |
| Cratovitisma vandekampi
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous | Ognevka Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Umenocoleidae. | |
| Cretaholocompsa karatauensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Corydiidae belonging to the subfamily Latindiinae. | |
| Decomposita apicata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Decomposita basquatirgis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Decomposita pentavisia
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Decomposita tristriata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Divocina polnoci
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Ectobius amberscapeus{{Cite journal|last1=Vršanský |first1=P. |last2=Barna |first2=P. |last3=Koubová |first3=I. |last4=Vidlička |first4=L. |last5=Procházka |first5=E. |last6=Szabó |first6=M. |last7=Chaninovič |first7=J. |last8=Hoffeins |first8=C. |last9=Hoffeins |first9=H. W. |year=2024 |title=Cockroaches indicate post-Eocene/Oligocene age of Baltic amber and/or condensation of crown-taxa within subtropical forests and trees with high viscosity resin |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A |volume=328 |issue=1–6 |pages=149–170 |doi=10.1127/pala/2024/0152 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | {{Flag|Russia}} | A species of Ectobius. | |
| Ectobius danekrae{{Cite journal|last1=Anisyutkin |first1=L. N. |last2=Vasilenko |first2=D. V. |last3=Perkovsky |first3=E. E. |year=2024 |title=A new amber representative of the genus Ectobius Stephens, 1835 (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) from Storebælt (Denmark) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5397 |issue=3 |pages=342–350 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5397.3.2 |pmid=38221199 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anisyutkin, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Danish amber | {{Flag|Denmark}} | A species of Ectobius. | |
| Elisama prelistama
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Elisamoides sediomasle
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Falcatusiblatta casovec
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Falcatusiblatta disrupta
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Falcatusiblatta storozhenkoi
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Falcatusiblatta tooold
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Falcatusiblatta zaloha
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Fosilia
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of Raphidiomimoidea belonging to the family Latiblattidae. The type species is F. tubuliovipositorica. | |
| Hodotermopsella{{Cite journal|last1=Engel |first1=M. S. |last2=Jouault |first2=C. |title=Hodotermopsid termites from the mid-Cretaceous Hkamti and Kachin ambers (Isoptera: Hodotermopsidae) |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=80–91 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.1.5 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7...80E }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engel & Jouault | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Hkamti amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A termite belonging to the family Hodotermopsidae. The type species is H. novella. | |
| Hra na
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský & Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) | Arkagala Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Hra nice
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Katatychi
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. The type species is K. symptosi. | |
| Latiblatta osud
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of Raphidiomimoidea belonging to the family Latiblattidae. | |
| Liadoblattina crassivenata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Liberiblattina cipka
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina cunicula
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina kontrapunktata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina kontravenata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina liberiblattina
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina luminanala
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina neniocom
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina oddajsami
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina paleontologica
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Liberiblattina zokamuvypadli
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Lovec
| Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of Mantodea; the type genus of the new family Lovecidae. The type species is L. pratiena. | |
| Macaroblattula velipsespilev
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Maculosala{{Cite journal|last1=Xia |first1=S. |last2=Sendi |first2=H. |last3=Zhang |first3=X. |last4=Xiao |first4=C. |last5=Luo |first5=C. |year=2024 |title=A new cockroach Maculosala circularis gen. et sp. n. (Blattaria: Corydiidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A |volume=329 |issue=1–2 |pages=9–18 |doi=10.1127/pala/2024/0155 |bibcode=2024PalAA.329....9X }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | | Xia, Sendi & Luo in Xia et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. The type species is M. circularis. | |
| Makacka
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. The type species is M. akcakam; genus also includes M. akmacaka. | |
| Maloval
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Umenocoleidae. The type species is M. hlavolam. | |
| Manipulator olim
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | | |
| Mastotermes reticulatus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Jiang, Zhao & Ren in Jiang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A termite, a species of Mastotermes. | |
| Memento
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. The type species is M. mori. | |
| Mesoblattina etarakan
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |
| Mesoblattina khetanensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Emanra Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |
| Miniblattina inflatica
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. | |
| Morphna una
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blaberidae. | |
| Nigropterix cummingi{{Cite journal|last=Sendi |first=H. |year=2024 |title=Nigropterix cummingi sp. n., an umenocoleid (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from mid-Cretaceous northern Myanmar amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5424 |issue=4 |pages=476–482 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.6 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sendi | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Umenocoleidae. | |
| Okienkula
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. The type species is O. ojedinela. | |
| Okruhliak
| Gen. et sp. nov | Junior homonym | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) to Cretaceous | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Corydiidae belonging to the subfamily Latindiinae. The type species is O. samoodpovedaniesi; genus also includes an unnamed species from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. The generic name is preoccupied by Okruhliak Vršanský & Hinkelman in Vršanský et al. (2022). Xia et al. (2024) treat O. samoodpovedaniesi as the second species of the genus named by Vršanský & Hinkelman. | |
| Olzmasg
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. The type species is O. zi. | |
| Operam
| Fam. et gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A cockroach, the type genus of the new family Operamidae. The type species is O. testudina; genus also includes O. monita and O. simpla. | |
| Perlucipecta liangiae
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |
| Perspicuus csincsii{{Cite journal|last1=Szabó |first1=M. |last2=Sendi |first2=H. |last3=Ősi |first3=A. |year=2024 |title=A new species of the vitismin cockroach genus Perspicuus Koubová, 2020 from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5437 |issue=1 |pages=105–114 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.6 |pmid=39646741 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Szabó, Sendi & Ősi | Late Cretaceous (Santonian) | Ajka Coal Formation | {{Flag|Hungary}} | A member of the family Umenocoleidae belonging to the subfamily Vitisminae. | |
| Petropterix koreaensis{{Cite journal|last1=Lee |first1=S.B. |last2=Nam |first2=G.S. |last3=Nel |first3=A. |last4=Park |first4=J.K. |title=A new Albian genus and species and two other new species of Umenocoleidae (Dictyoptera) from South Korea |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |at=106013 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106013 }}
| Sp. nov | | Lee et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | | {{Flag|South Korea}} | A member of the family Umenocoleidae. | |
| Praeblattella borealis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous | Timmerdiakh Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |
| Praeblattella continuosa{{Cite journal|last1=Šmídová |first1=L. |last2=Bruthansová |first2=J. |last3=Hain |first3=M. |year=2024 |title=The ootheca-bearing cockroach Praeblattella indicates primitive external egg retention in the Cretaceous |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A |volume=327 |issue=4–6 |pages=179–190 |doi=10.1127/pala/2024/0146 |bibcode=2024PalAA.327..179S }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Šmídová, Bruthansová & Hain | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |
| Praeblattella patrickmuelleri
| Sp. nov | Valid | Šmídová, Bruthansová & Hain | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A cockroach. | |
| Pseudoblattapterix
| Gen. et sp. nov | | Lee et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Jinju Formation | {{Flag|South Korea}} | A member of the family Umenocoleidae. Genus includes new species P. weoni. | |
| Rhipidoblatta hranapad
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) | Arkagala Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Rhipidoblatta krug
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Emanra Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Rhipidoblatta matrikarky
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Rhipidoblatta matriky
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Rhipidoblatta srdiecko
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (probably Santonian) | Emuneret Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Rhipidoblatta trika
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Rhipidoblatta triky
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Rhipidoblatta trimestre
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Caloblattinidae. | |
| Rhipidoblattina dmitrievi
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Rhipidoblattina suspendissa
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Emanra Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Raphidiomimidae. | |
| Sivis lukashevichiae
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Mesoblattinidae. | |
| Sociala borat
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | | |
| Spono
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) | Karabastau Formation | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. The type species is S. spono. | |
| Stictolampra ochotensis
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský, Vidlička & Kováčová in Vršanský et al. | Late Cretaceous (Turonian) | Emanra Formation | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Blaberidae. | |
| Temnopteryx electrokosmi
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | {{Flag|Russia}} | A species of Temnopteryx. | |
| Tyrannotermes
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Engel & Jouault | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A termite belonging to the family Hodotermopsidae. The type species is T. spinifer. | |
| Umenocoleus minimus
| Sp. nov | | Lee et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Jinju Formation | {{Flag|South Korea}} | A member of the family Umenocoleidae. | |
| Vitisma coriacea{{Cite journal|last=Sendi |first=H. |year=2024 |title=Vitisma coriacea sp.n. (Insecta: Dictyoptera) from the mid-Cretaceous in northern Myanmar, first record of the genus in amber |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5437 |issue=2 |pages=294–300 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5437.2.8 |pmid=39646726 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sendi | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the subfamily Vitisminae. | |
| Vrtula exploratoremvalidator{{Cite journal|last1=Vršanský |first1=P. |last2=Sendi |first2=H. |year=2024 |title=Vrtula exploratoremvalidator sp. n. – a blattulid cockroach from burmite urged revision of the rich (K) sedimentary record |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung A |volume=328 |issue=1–6 |pages=111–121 |doi=10.1127/pala/2024/0147 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský & Sendi | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. | |
| Vrtula tsaganica
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Vršanský) | Early Cretaceous | Dzun-Bain Formation | {{Flag|Mongolia}} | A member of the family Blattulidae. Moved from Ctenoblattina tsaganica Vršanský (1999). | |
=Dictyopteran research=
- Naugolnykh (2024) reports evidence indicating that wings of the blattoid insect Sogdoblatta from the Triassic Madygen Formation (Kyrgyzstan) had the same venation pattern as plants with the pinnate foliages from the same formation, especially members of the genus Cladophlebis, and interprets this finding as likely evidence of mimicry.{{Cite journal|last=Naugolnykh |first=S. V. |title=Mimicry in the Triassic Madygen forest |year=2024 |journal=Arthropoda Selecta |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=97–105 |doi=10.15298/arthsel.33.1.09 |url=https://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_33/AS_33_1_097_105 |doi-access=free }}
- Evidence from the study of extant cockroaches, interpreted as indicating that fossil cockroaches cannot be universally classified on the basis of forewing characters, is presented by Li (2024), who considers the families Blattulidae, Caloblattinidae and Mesoblattinidae to be nomina dubia.{{Cite journal|last=Li |first=X.-R. |title=Classifying Cockroaches According to Forewings: Pitfalls and Implications for Fossil Systematics |year=2024 |journal=Taxonomy |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=618–632 |doi=10.3390/taxonomy4030031 |doi-access=free }}
- McLoughlin et al. (2024) describe opalized casts of fecal pellets from the Cretaceous Griman Creek Formation, interpreted as the oldest evidence of the presence of termites in Australia reported to date.{{cite journal|last1=McLoughlin |first1=S. |last2=Santos |first2=A. A. |last3=Donaldson |first3=S. |last4=Pott |first4=C. |last5=McCurry |first5=M. |title=Termite activity in the mid-Cretaceous of Australia |year=2024 |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=27 |issue=3 |at=27.3.a48 |doi=10.26879/1420 |doi-access=free }}
- Mizumoto et al. (2024) describe a Baltic amber inclusion from the Yantarny mine (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) preserving a female–male pair of the termite species Electrotermes affinis, interpreted as a likely tandem running pair.{{Cite journal|last1=Mizumoto |first1=N. |last2=Hellemans |first2=S. |last3=Engel |first3=M. S. |last4=Bourguignon |first4=T. |last5=Buček |first5=A. |year=2024 |title=Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=121 |issue=12 |at=e2308922121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2308922121 |pmid=38442141 |pmc=10963005 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PNAS..12108922M }}
Hymenopterans
="Symphyta"=
=Apocrita=
==Apoidea==
==Chrysidoidea==
===Chrysidoidea research===
- Paulsen, Olmi & Stilwell (2024) report the discovery of a probable member of the genus Ampulicomorpha from the Eocene Anglesea amber (Australia), extending known distribution of fossil members of the family Embolemidae into southern high latitudes.{{Cite journal|last1=Paulsen |first1=M. |last2=Olmi |first2=M. |last3=Stilwell |first3=J. |title=Discovery of the first fossil wasp (Hymenoptera: Dryinoidea: Embolemidae) from late middle Eocene Anglesea amber, Southeastern Australia |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=699–702 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.6.2 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7..699P }}
==Diaprioidea==
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| Name
! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Type locality ! Country ! Notes ! Images |
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| Ambositra bicarinata{{Cite journal|last1=Chemyreva |first1=V. G. |last2=Vasilenko |first2=D. V. |last3=Perkovsky |first3=E. E. |year=2024 |title='Where there are many cattle' in the Eocene of Ukraine: Review of Ambositra Masner (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae, Ambositrinae) from Rovno amber, with the description of three new species |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5446 |issue=4 |pages=499–516 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.3 |pmid=39645860 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chemyreva in Chemyreva, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | {{Flag|Ukraine}} | A member of the family Diapriidae belonging to the subfamily Ambositrinae. | |
| Ambositra epicnemia
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chemyreva in Chemyreva, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | {{Flag|Ukraine}} | A member of the family Diapriidae belonging to the subfamily Ambositrinae. | |
| Ambositra masneri
| Sp. nov | Valid | Chemyreva in Chemyreva, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | {{Flag|Ukraine}} | A member of the family Diapriidae belonging to the subfamily Ambositrinae. | |
| Ambositra villumi
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Brazidec & Vilhelmsen) | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe | A member of the family Diapriidae belonging to the subfamily Ambositrinae; moved from Basalys villumi Brazidec & Vilhelmsen (2022). | |
| Arcanys{{Cite journal|last1=Chemyreva |first1=V. G. |last2=Legalov |first2=A. A. |last3=Perkovsky |first3=E. E. |year=2024 |title=A new genus of Ambositrinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) from Rovno amber and remarks on the Eocene distribution of the subfamily |journal=Ecologica Montenegrina |volume=79 |pages=104–112 |doi=10.37828/em.2024.79.9 |doi-access=free }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Chemyreva in Chemyreva, Legalov & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno | {{Flag|Ukraine}} | A member of the family Diapriidae belonging to the subfamily Ambositrinae. The type species is A. rostratus. | |
| Lubomirus{{Cite journal|last1=Chemyreva |first1=V. G. |last2=Perkovsky |first2=E. E. |last3=Vasilenko |first3=D. V. |year=2024 |title=First record of the parasitoid family Ismaridae (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea) from Eocene Baltic and Rovno ambers with the description of a new genus and two new species |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5418 |issue=4 |pages=328–338 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5418.4.2 |pmid=38480353 }}
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Chemyreva, Perkovsky & Vasilenko | Eocene | Baltic amber | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Ismaridae. | |
==Evanioidea==
==Formicoidea==
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| Name
! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Type locality ! Country ! Notes ! Images |
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| Antiquiformica{{Cite journal|last1=Wu |first1=Q. |last2=Radchenko |first2=A. |last3=Engel |first3=M. |last4=Li |first4=X. |last5=Yang |first5=H. |last6=Li |first6=X. |last7=Shih |first7=C. |last8=Ren |first8=D. |last9=Gao |first9=T. |year=2024 |title=Cretaceous crown male ant reveals the rise of modern lineages |journal=Zoological Research |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=983–989 |doi=10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2023.390 |doi-access=free |pmid=39085754 |pmc=11491779 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Wu, Radchenko & Engel in Wu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | An ant belonging to the subfamily Formicinae. The type species is A. alata. | |
| Aphaenogaster groehni{{Cite journal|last1=Radchenko |first1=A. G. |last2=Gröhn |first2=C. |last3=Ribbecke |first3=H.-W. |year=2024 |title=Two New Aphaenogaster Species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Baltic Amber |journal=Zoodiversity |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=195–202 |doi=10.15407/zoo2024.03.195 |doi-access=free }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko in Radchenko, Gröhn & Ribbecke | Eocene | Baltic amber | {{Flag|Poland}} | A species of Aphaenogaster. | |
| Aphaenogaster ribbeckei
| Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko in Radchenko, Gröhn & Ribbecke | Eocene | Baltic amber | {{Flag|Poland}} | A species of Aphaenogaster. | |
| Baikuris ocellantis{{Cite journal|last1=Sosiak |first1=C. |last2=Cockx |first2=P. |last3=Aragonés Suarez |first3=P. |last4=McKellar |first4=R. |last5=Barden |first5=P. |year=2024 |title=Prolonged faunal turnover in earliest ants revealed by North American Cretaceous amber |journal=Current Biology |volume=34 |issue=8 |pages=1755–1761.e6 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.058 |pmid=38521061 |bibcode=2024CBio...34.1755S }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sosiak et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | | {{Flag|United States}} | A species of Baikuris. | |
| Brownimecia inconspicua
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sosiak et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | North Carolina amber | {{Flag|United States}} | A species of Brownimecia. | |
| Camponotites ambon
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | An ant belonging to the subfamily Formicinae; moved from Camponotus ambon Zhang (1989). | |
| Camponotites ampullosus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites cockerelli
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Donisthorpe) | Eocene (Priabonian) | Bouldnor Formation | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites compactus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Förster) | Oligocene | | {{Flag|France}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites crozei
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Riou) | Miocene (Turolian) | | {{Flag|France}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites curviansatus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites fuscipennis
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Carpenter) | Eocene | Florissant Formation | {{Flag|United States}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites gracilis
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites heracleus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Heer) | Miocene | | {{Flag|Croatia}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites induratus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Heer) | Miocene | | {{Flag|Croatia}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites lignitus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Germar) | Oligocene | | {{Flag|Germany}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites longiventris
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Théobald) | Oligocene (Chattian) | Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation | {{Flag|France}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites longus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites microcephalus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Carpenter) | Eocene | Florissant Formation | {{Flag|United States}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites microthoracus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites novotnyi
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Samšińák) | Oligocene (Rupelian) | | {{Flag|Czech Republic}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites obesus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Piton) | Miocene | | {{Flag|France}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites oeningensis
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Heer) | Miocene | | {{Flag|Croatia}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites penninervis
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Théobald) | Oligocene (Chattian) | Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation | {{Flag|France}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites petrifactus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Carpenter) | Eocene | Florissant Formation | {{Flag|United States}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites pictus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites plenus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites shanwangensis
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Hong) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites theobaldi
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Özdikmen) | Oligocene (Chattian) | Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation | {{Flag|France}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites tokunagai
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Naora) | Eocene (Lutetian) | Jijuntun Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites ullrichi
| Comb. nov | | (Bachmayer) | Miocene (Messinian) | | {{Flag|Austria}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites vehemens
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Förster) | Oligocene | | {{Flag|France}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Camponotites vetus
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Scudder) | Eocene | Green River Formation? | {{Flag|United States}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Cataglyphoides komvos{{Cite journal|last1=Radchenko |first1=A. |last2=Khomych |first2=M. |year=2024 |title=Extinct Ant Genus Cataglyphoides Dlussky, 2008 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from Late Eocene European Ambers, with Remarks to the Tribe Formicini |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=74 |issue=2 |pages=295–304 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.004 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Khomych | Eocene | Rovno amber | {{Flag|Ukraine}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Cataglyphoides konikos
| Sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko & Khomych | Eocene | Rovno amber | {{Flag|Ukraine}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Eocamponotus
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Boudinot in Boudinot et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | An ant belonging to the tribe Camponotini. The type species is "Camponotus" mengei Mayr (1868). | |
| Elektroformica{{Cite journal|last1=Varela-Hernández |first1=F. |last2=Riquelme |first2=F. |last3=Estrada-Ruiz |first3=E. |title=Elektroformica azquil gen. et sp. nov., a new formicine ant from Oligo-Miocene Mexican amber |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=684–692 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.11 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7.5.11V }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Varela-Hernández, Riquelme & Estrada-Ruiz | Oligocene-Miocene | Mexico amber | {{Flag|Mexico}} | A Formicinae subfamily ant. The type species is E. azquil. | |
| Eoecophylla{{Cite journal|last1=Archibald |first1=S. B. |last2=Mathewes |first2=R. W. |last3=Perfilieva |first3=K. S. |title=Fossil weaver ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Oecophyllini) of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of far-western North America |year=2024 |journal=The Canadian Entomologist |volume=156 |at=e2 |doi=10.4039/tce.2023.27 |doi-access=free }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Archibald, Mathewes & Perfilieva | Eocene | | {{Flag|Canada}} | An Oecophyllini tribe ant. | |
| Eotemnothorax{{Cite journal|last=Radchenko |first=A. |year=2024 |title=Eotemnothorax gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – A New Ant Genus from Late Eocene European Ambers |journal=Annales Zoologici |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=717–752 |doi=10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.4.015 }}
| Gen. et comb. et 12 sp. nov | Valid | Radchenko | Eocene | Baltic amber | {{Flag|Germany}} {{Flag|Poland}} {{Flag|Ukraine}} | The type species is "Leptothorax" gracilis Mayr (1868); genus also includes "Macromischa" petiolata Mayr (1868), "Leptothorax" glaesarius Wheeler (1915), "Leptothorax" longaevus Wheeler (1915), "Leptothorax" hystriculus Wheeler (1915) and "Leptothorax" placivus Wheeler (1915), as well as new species E. armatum, E. balticus, E. foveocephalus, E. groehni, E. khomychi, E. odontos, E. pedunculatus, E. perkovskii, E. punctatus, E. rav, E. rectispinus and E. rhytidus. | |
| Incertogaster
| Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Boudinot in Boudinot et al. | Eocene (Priabonian) | | {{Flag|Ukraine}} | A Myrmicinae subfamily ant. | |
| Liometopum palaeopterum
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Zhang) | Miocene (Burdigalian) | Shanwang Formation | {{Flag|China}} | A species of Liometopum; moved from Shanwangella palaeoptera Zhang (1989). | |
| Oecophylla kraussei
| Comb. nov | Valid | (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn) | Eocene (Ypresian) | Eocene Okanagan Highlands | {{Flag|United States}} | A weaver ant. | |
| Pheidole chaan{{Cite journal|last1=Varela-Hernández |first1=F. |last2=Flores-Zapoteco |first2=D. |year=2024 |title=New Miocene Mexican amber ant (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=511–516 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2312403 }}
| Sp. nov | | Varela-Hernández & Flores-Zapoteco | Miocene | | {{Flag|Mexico}} | A species of Pheidole. | |
| Pheidole praehistorica{{Cite journal|last1=Varela-Hernández |first1=F. |last2=Riquelme |first2=F. |title=Pheidole praehistorica sp. nov., a new addition to spiny ants of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Oligo–Miocene Mexican amber |year=2024 |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |issue=968 |pages=86–97 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2024.968.2719 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024EJTax.968.2719V }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Varela-Hernández & Riquelme | Oligocene-Miocene transition | Simojovel Formation | {{Flag|Mexico}} | A species of Pheidole. | |
| Siinikaponera{{Cite journal|last1=Varela-Hernández |first1=F. |last2=Riquelme |first2=F. |last3=Guerrero |first3=R. J. |year=2024 |title=New genus and species of ponerine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mexican amber |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–7 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2370000 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | | Varela-Hernández, Riquelme & Guerrero | Oligocene-Miocene | Mexican amber | {{Flag|Mexico}} | A ponerine ant. The type species is S. sulimata. | |
| Sphecomyrma nexa
| Sp. nov | Valid | Sosiak et al. | Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | North Carolina amber | {{Flag|United States}} | A species of Sphecomyrma. | |
===Formicoidea research===
- A study on the diversity dynamics of ants throughout their evolutionary history is published by Jouault et al. (2024), who interpret their findings as indicating that extinction of stem ants was more likely caused by their specialized morphology rather than by competition with crown ants, as well as indicating that the radiation of the flowering plants acted as a buffer against extinction and a driver of diversification in ants.{{Cite journal|last1=Jouault |first1=C. |last2=Condamine |first2=F. L. |last3=Legendre |first3=F. |last4=Perrichot |first4=V. |year=2024 |title=The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution buffered ants against extinction |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=121 |issue=13 |at=e2317795121 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2317795121 |pmid=38466878 |pmc=10990090 |bibcode=2024PNAS..12117795J }}
- Taniguchi et al. (2024) study the microstructure and distribution of sensilla from the antennae of Gerontoformica gracilis, and find that G. gracilis already had sensilla used by extant ants for detecting alarm pheromones and for distinguishing nestmates from intruders, and was capable of social chemical communication through pheromones used by modern ants.{{Cite journal|last1=Taniguchi |first1=R. |last2=Grimaldi |first2=D. A. |last3=Watanabe |first3=H. |last4=Iba |first4=Y. |title=Sensory evidence for complex communication and advanced sociality in early ants |year=2024 |journal=Science Advances |volume=10 |issue=24 |at=eadp3623 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.adp3623 |pmid=38875342 |doi-access=free |pmc=11177930 |bibcode=2024SciA...10P3623T }}
- Evidence of genomic data, interpreted as indicating that cultivation of fungi by ants originated after Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event when the asteroid impact temporarily interrupted photosynthesis, is presented by Schultz et al. (2024).{{Cite journal |last1=Schultz |first1=T. R. |last2=Sosa-Calvo |first2=J. |last3=Kweskin |first3=M. P. |last4=Lloyd |first4=M. W. |last5=Dentinger |first5=B. |last6=Kooij |first6=P. W. |last7=Vellinga |first7=E. C. |last8=Rehner |first8=S. A. |last9=Rodrigues |first9=A. |last10=Montoya |first10=Q. V. |last11=Fernández-Marín |first11=H. |last12=Ješovnik |first12=A. |last13=Niskanen |first13=T. |last14=Liimatainen |first14=K. |last15=Leal-Dutra |first15=C. A. |last16=Solomon |first16=S. E. |last17=Gerardo |first17=N. M. |last18=Currie |first18=C. R. |last19=Bacci |first19=M. |last20=Vasconcelos |first20=H. L. |last21=Rabeling |first21=C. |last22=Faircloth |first22=B. C. |last23=Doyle |first23=V. P. |title=The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture |year=2024 |journal=Science |volume=386 |issue=6717 |pages=105–110 |doi=10.1126/science.adn7179 |pmid=39361762 |bibcode=2024Sci...386..105S }}
==Ichneumonoidea==
==Megalyroidea==
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| Cretolyra{{Cite journal |last1=Brazidec |first1=M. |last2=Vilhelmsen |first2=L. |last3=Boudinot |first3=B. E. |last4=Richter |first4=A. |last5=Hammel |first5=J. U. |last6=Perkovsky |first6=E. E. |last7=Fan |first7=Y. |last8=Wang |first8=Z. |last9=Wu |first9=Q. |last10=Wang |first10=B. |last11=Perrichot |first11=V. |year=2024 |title=Unveiling ancient diversity of long-tailed wasps (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae): new taxa from Cretaceous Kachin and Taimyr ambers and their phylogenetic affinities |journal=Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny |volume=82 |pages=151–181 |doi=10.3897/asp.82.e111148 |doi-access=free }}
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Brazidec et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Megalyridae. The type species is C. noijebumensis; genus also includes C. shawi. | |
| Genkyhag
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Brazidec et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Megalyridae. The type species is G. innebula. | |
| Kamyristi
| Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Brazidec et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian to Santonian) | Taimyr amber | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Megalyridae. The type species is K. exfrigore; genus also includes K. yantardakhensis. | |
| Megacoxa
| Gen. et 3 sp. nov | Valid | Brazidec et al. | Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Megalyridae. The type species is M. janzeni; genus also includes M. chandrahrasa and M. synchrotron. | |
==Mymarommatoidea==
==Panguoidea==
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| Protopangu{{Cite journal|last1=Zhuang |first1=Y. |last2=Li |first2=J. |last3=Jarzembowski |first3=E. A. |last4=Wang |first4=B. |last5=Zhang |first5=Q. |year=2024 |title=A new genus of Panguoidea in Lower Cretaceous Wealden amber |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=484–487 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2309637 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | | Zhuang et al. | Early Cretaceous (Barremian) | | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | A member of the family Panguidae. The type species of P. valdensis. | |
==Pompiloidea==
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! Novelty ! Status ! Authors ! Age ! Type locality ! Country ! Notes ! Images |
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| Burmusculus abstrusus{{Cite journal|last1=Wu |first1=Q. |last2=Vilhelmsen |first2=L. |last3=Engel |first3=M. S. |last4=Shih |first4=C.K. |last5=Ren |first5=D. |last6=Gao |first6=T.P. |title=Two new species of Burmusculidae (Hymenoptera: Pompiloidea) in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=284–290 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.2.12 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7..284W }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Burmusculidae. | |
| Burmusculus primitivus
| Sp. nov | Valid | Wu et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Burmusculidae. | |
==Tiphioidea==
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| Orisolemorpha{{Cite journal |last1=Álvarez-Parra |first1=S. |last2=Engel |first2=M. S. |last3=Peñalver |first3=E. |last4=Azar |first4=D. |year=2024 |title=The aculeate wasp family Sierolomorphidae (Hymenoptera) in the Early Cretaceous |journal=Insect Systematics and Diversity |volume=8 |issue=4 |at=7 |doi=10.1093/isd/ixae020 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | | Álvarez-Parra & Engel in Álvarez-Parra et al. | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | | {{Flag|Spain}} | A member of the family Sierolomorphidae. The type species is O. dyscheres. | |
==Vespoidea==
Clade Neuropterida
=Neuropterans=
==Neuropteran research==
- Buchner et al. (2024) describe new lacewing larvae from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, demonstrating the presence of trumpet-shaped elongate empodia in members of the families Nymphidae and Osmylidae, and argue that the empodium evolved only once in Neuroptera as was subsequently lost by several neuropteran lineages.{{Cite journal |last1=Buchner |first1=L. |last2=Linhart |first2=S. |last3=Kalmar |first3=G. |last4=Arce |first4=S. |last5=Haug |first5=G. T. |last6=Haug |first6=J. T. |last7=Haug |first7=C. |title=New fossil lacewing larvae with trumpet-shaped elongate empodia provide insight into the evolution of this attachment structure |year=2024 |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=130 |issue=1 |pages=67–80 |doi=10.54103/2039-4942/20847 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024RIPS..13020847B }}
- A probable long-necked antlion larva with dark stripes on its legs possibly representing disruptive coloration is described from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Haug, Haug & Haug (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Haug |first1=C. |last2=Haug |first2=G. T. |last3=Haug |first3=J. T. |title=The first record of disruptive colouration in holometabolan larvae from about 100 million-year-old Kachin amber is a lacewing larva with dark stripes on the legs |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=719–722 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.6.7 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7..719H }}
- A study on the evolution of the raptorial forelegs of members of Mantispoidea, based on data from extant and fossil taxa, is published by Li et al. (2024).{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=H. |last2=Zhuo |first2=D. |last3=Wang |first3=B. |last4=Nakamine |first4=H. |last5=Yamamoto |first5=S. |last6=Zhang |first6=W. |last7=Jepson |first7=J. E. |last8=Ohl |first8=M. |last9=Aspöck |first9=U. |last10=Aspöck |first10=H. |last11=Nyunt |first11=T. T. |last12=Engel |first12=M. S. |last13=Benton |first13=M. J. |last14=Donoghue |first14=P. |last15=Liu |first15=X. |title=A Double-edged Sword: Evolutionary Novelty along Deep-time Diversity Oscillation in An Iconic Group of Predatory Insects (Neuroptera: Mantispoidea) |year=2024 |journal=Systematic Biology |doi=10.1093/sysbio/syae068 |pmid=39579347 }}
- A berothoid larva representing the first record of either the family Berothidae or the family Rhachiberothidae from the Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine) reported to date is described by Makarkin & Perkovsky (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Makarkin |first1=V. N. |last2=Perkovsky |first2=E. E. |year=2024 |title=A remarkable fossil berothoid larva (Neuroptera) from the late Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=184–192 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2023.2297909 }}
=Raphidiopterans=
==Raphidiopteran research==
- Haug et al. (2024) describe a snakefly larva from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar showing a mixture of characters from different developmental stages of extant and fossil snakeflies, and interpret this finding as indicating that metamorphosis was less pronounced in fossil snakeflies than in extant ones.{{Cite journal|last1=Haug |first1=J. T. |last2=Zippel |first2=A. |last3=Linhart |first3=S. |last4=Müller |first4=P. |last5=Haug |first5=C. |title=Unusual snakefly larvae in about 100 million-year-old amber and the evolution of the larva-pupa transition |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=104–111 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.1.7 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024Plegy...7..104H }}
=Other neuropteridans=
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| Merithone{{Cite journal |last1=Montagna |first1=M. |last2=Magoga |first2=G. |last3=Magnani |first3=F. |year=2024 |title=The Middle Triassic palaeontomofauna of Monte San Giorgio with the description of Merithone laetitiae (†Permithonidae) gen. et sp. nov. |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=143 |issue=1 |at=17 |doi=10.1186/s13358-024-00317-6 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024SwJP..143...17M }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Montagna & Magoga in Montagna, Magoga & Magnani | Middle Triassic | Meride Limestone Formation | {{Flag|Switzerland}} | A member of the family Permithonidae. The type species is M. laetitiae. | |
Clade †Palaeodictyopteroidea
Clade Palaeoptera
=Ephemeropterans=
=Odonatopterans=
==Odonatopteran research==
- New oviposition lesion types, interpreted as evidence of presence of odonatans in Early Jurassic riparian ecosystems of northern Iran, are reported from cycadophyte leaves from the Shemshak Formation by Hashemi, Sadeghi & Wappler (2024).{{Cite journal |last1=Hashemi |first1=H. |last2=Sadeghi |first2=S. |last3=Wappler |first3=T. |year=2024 |title=New Odonatan oviposition ichnotaxa from the Lower Jurassic of Iran |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |volume=143 |issue=1 |at=41 |doi=10.1186/s13358-024-00339-0 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024SwJP..143...41H }}
- An aktassiid dragonfly of undetermined generic and specific placement, representing the youngest record of the family reported to date, is described from the Cenomanian amber from Myanmar by Fan et al. (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Fan |first1=G. |last2=Liu |first2=P. |last3=Nel |first3=A. |last4=Jarzembowski |first4=E. A. |last5=Xiao |first5=C. |last6=Zheng |first6=D. |year=2024 |title=Discovery in Burmese amber of the youngest-known aktassiid dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5424 |issue=4 |pages=497–500 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5424.4.9 }}
Clade †Paoliidea
=†Paoliida=
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| Avionpaolia
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Boderau, Roques & Nel | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | | {{Flag|France}} | A member of the family Paoliidae. The type species is A. amansfossilia. | |
Clade Paraneoptera
=Hemipterans=
==Auchenorrhyncha==
==Coleorrhyncha==
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| Awanis{{Cite journal|last1=You |first1=Y.-J. |last2=Jiang |first2=T. |last3=Guan |first3=X.-E. |last4=Bieszczad |first4=B. |last5=Szwedo |first5=J. |year=2024 |title=A second progonocimicid (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha) from the Middle Cretaceous Kachin amber of Myanmar |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=34 |issue=4 |at=200904 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2024.200904 }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | | You et al. | Cretaceous | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Progonocimicidae belonging to the subfamily Cicadocorinae. The type species is A. clarus. | |
==Heteroptera==
==Sternorrhyncha==
==Hemipteran research==
- Purported reduvioid cimicomorph Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma is reinterpreted as a member of the family Leptopodidae by Rédei (2024).{{Cite journal|last=Rédei |first=D. |year=2024 |title=A re-assessment of Palaeotanyrhina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) elucidates the phylogeny of Leptopodoidea |journal=Insect Systematics and Diversity |volume=8 |issue=6 |at=5 |doi=10.1093/isd/ixae030 }}
- Souma et al. (2024) describe fossil material of Urochela cf. melaina from the Miocene strata from Sado Island (Japan), providing evidence of past distribution of Urochela quadrinotata species group in East Asia and its origin before the Early Miocene.{{Cite journal|last1=Souma |first1=J. |last2=Takahashi |first2=Y. |last3=Aiba |first3=H. |last4=Aida |first4=M. |year=2024 |title=Discovery of the fossil true bug species Urochela (Urochela) cf. melaina Zhang, 1989 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Urostylididae) from Japan, suggesting a wide distribution of the U. (U.) quadrinotata (Reuter, 1881) species group in East Asia in the past |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5507 |issue=4 |pages=589–596 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5507.4.6 |pmid=39646604 }}
- A review of the forewing venation in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic planthoppers is published by Bucher et al. (2024) {{Cite journal|last1=Bucher |first1=M. |last2=Gignoux |first2=G. |last3=Szwedo |first3=J. |last4=Bourgoin |first4=T. |title=Time-traveling through fossil planthopper tegmina in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=1–67 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.1.1 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7....1B }}
- Fabrikant et al. (2024) describe two new specimens of Mimaeurypterus burmiticus from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, providing new information on the morphology of this planthopper, and interpret M. burmiticus as adapted to camouflage on tree bark.{{Cite journal|last1=Fabrikant |first1=D. |last2=Huang |first2=D.Y. |last3=Haug |first3=C. |last4=Haug |first4=J. T. |last5=Fu |first5=Y.Z. |title=Morphological features of the Upper Cretaceous planthopper Mimaeurypterus burmiticus suggest specialization for cryptic camouflage on tree bark |year=2024 |journal=Mesozoic |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=125–131 |doi=10.11646/mesozoic.1.2.4 |doi-access=free }}
- A redescription of Bolbossus bervoetsi, based on a female and fifth instar nymph from the Eocene Baltic amber, is published by Gnezdilov (2024).{{Cite journal|last=Gnezdilov |first=V. M. |year=2024 |title=New finding of Bolbossus bervoetsi Gnezdilov et Bourgoin, 2016 (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) in Baltic amber, with description of a female and fifth instar nymph |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |volume=328 |issue=1 |pages=40–45 |doi=10.31610/trudyzin/2024.328.1.40 |doi-access=free }}
- A study on the evolution of flight performance of members of the family Palaeontinidae is published by Xu et al. (2024), who report that faunal turnover of palaeontinids at the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition was accompanied by improvement in flight abilities, and interpret this change as possibly influenced by the rise of early birds.{{Cite journal|last1=Xu |first1=C. |last2=Chen |first2=J. |last3=Muijres |first3=F. T. |last4=Yu |first4=Y. |last5=Jarzembowski |first5=E. A. |last6=Zhang |first6=H. |last7=Wang |first7=B. |title=Enhanced flight performance and adaptive evolution of Mesozoic giant cicadas |year=2024 |journal=Science Advances |volume=10 |issue=43 |at=eadr2201 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.adr2201 |doi-access=free |pmid=39454006 |pmc=11506159 |bibcode=2024SciA...10R2201X }}
- Nascimento, Valezio & Krause (2024) describe trace fossils attributed to feeding chambers of cicada nymphs from the Maastrichtian Marília Formation (Brazil), providing evidence of xylem-feeding behavior similar to the behavior of extant cicada nymphs.{{Cite journal|last1=Nascimento |first1=D. L. |last2=Valezio |first2=É. V. |last3=Krause |first3=M. |title=Cicada nymph trace fossils from South American Maastrichtian paleosols |year=2024 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=166 |at=106029 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106029 }}
=Permopsocida=
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| Carbonopsocus{{Cite journal|last1=Prokop |first1=J. |last2=Rosová |first2=K. |last3=Pecharová |first3=M. |last4=Sroka |first4=P. |last5=Leipner |first5=A. |last6=Nel |first6=A. |title=The structure of wing in the earliest Permopsocida |year=2024 |journal=Arthropod Structure & Development |volume=80 |at=101358 |doi=10.1016/j.asd.2024.101358 |pmid=38704966 |bibcode=2024ArtSD..8001358P }}
| Gen. et sp. nov | | Prokop et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Osnabrück Formation | {{Flag|Germany}} | A member of Permopsocida belonging to the family Psocidiidae. The type species is C. mercuryi. | |
=Psocodea=
=Thysanoptera=
Clade Perlidea
=Dermapterans=
=Embiopterans=
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| Electroembia olmii{{Cite journal|last1=Anisyutkin |first1=L. N. |last2=Legalov |first2=A. A. |last3=Perkovsky |first3=E. E. |year=2024 |title=New species and new record of embiids (Insecta: Embiodea) from upper Eocene of Europa |journal=Ecologica Montenegrina |volume=79 |pages=16–28 |doi=10.37828/em.2024.79.3 |doi-access=free }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Anisyutkin & Perkovsky in Anisyutkin, Legalov & Perkovsky | Eocene | Baltic amber | {{Flag|Russia}} | A member of the family Embiidae. | |
| Gnethoda lata{{Cite journal|last1=Liu |first1=S. |last2=Peng |first2=Z. |last3=Shi |first3=C. |last4=Ren |first4=D. |last5=Yang |first5=Q. |year=2024 |title=New Genus and Species of Webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from the Mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a Catalog of Fossil Members |journal=Insects |volume=15 |issue=9 |at=636 |doi=10.3390/insects15090636 |doi-access=free |pmid=39336604 |pmc=11431871 }}
| Sp. nov | Valid | Liu, Shi, Ren & Yang in Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Clothodidae belonging to the subfamily Gnethodinae. | |
| Ocrognethoda
| Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu, Shi, Ren & Yang in Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Clothodidae belonging to the subfamily Gnethodinae. The type species is O. olivea. | |
| Parasorellembia hamata
| Sp. nov | Valid | Liu, Shi, Ren & Yang in Liu et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Burmese amber | {{Flag|Myanmar}} | A member of the family Scelembiidae belonging to the subfamily Sorellembiinae. | |
=Plecopterans=
Other insects
=Other insect research=
- Taxonomic revision of the miomopteran family Permosialidae is published by Aristov & Rasnitsyn (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Aristov |first1=D. S. |last2=Rasnitsyn |first2=A. P. |year=2024 |title=Permosialidae (Insecta: Palaeomanteida): Composition, Systematics and Relationships |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=80–94 |doi=10.1134/S0031030124010052 |bibcode=2024PalJ...58...80A }}
- Cui et al. (2024) describe new fossil material of Aristovia daniili from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, and identify Aristovia as a member of the stem group of Grylloblattodea.{{Cite journal|last1=Cui |first1=Y. |last2=Bardin |first2=J. |last3=Wipfler |first3=B. |last4=Demers-Potvin |first4=A. |last5=Bai |first5=M. |last6=Tong |first6=Y.-J. |last7=Chen |first7=G. N. |last8=Chen |first8=H. |last9=Xhao |first9=Z.-Y. |last10=Ren |first10=D. |last11=Béthoux |first11=O. |year=2024 |title=A winged relative of ice-crawlers in amber bridges the cryptic extant Xenonomia and a rich fossil record |journal=Insect Science |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=1645–1656 |doi=10.1111/1744-7917.13338 |pmid=38454304 }}
General research
- Evidence of the presence of distinct damage patterns on seeds from the Permian (Asselian) Shanxi Formation (China), interpreted as produced by insects with well-developed ovipositors (possibly members of Palaeodictyopteroidea), is presented by Santos, Wappler & (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Santos |first1=A. A. |last2=Wappler |first2=T. |last3=McLoughlin |first3=S. |title=Earliest evidence of granivory from China (Shanxi Formation) points to seeds as a food source and nursing habitat for insects in the earliest Permian humid tropical forests of Cathaysia |year=2024 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=19 |issue=10 |at=e0311737 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0311737 |pmid=39401203 |pmc=11472943 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PLoSO..1911737S }}
- A study on the taxonomy and taphonomy of insects fossils from Alderton Hill (Gloucestershire, United Kingdom), providing evidence of the presence of a diverse insect fauna (including representatives of 12 orders, 21 families, 24 genera and 21 species) during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event, is published by Swaby et al. (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Swaby |first1=E. J. |last2=Coe |first2=A. L. |last3=Ansorge |first3=J. |last4=Caswell |first4=B. A. |last5=Hayward |first5=S. A. L. |last6=Mander |first6=L. |last7=Stevens |first7=L. G. |last8=McArdle |first8=A. |title=The fossil insect assemblage associated with the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event from Alderton Hill, Gloucestershire, UK |year=2024 |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=19 |issue=4 |at=e0299551 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0299551 |pmid=38630753 |pmc=11023202 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024PLoSO..1999551S }}
- A study on mine damage on gymnosperm specimens from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation (China), probably produced by members of basal lineages of polyphagan beetles, monotrysian moths and tenthredinoid sawflies, is published by Xiao et al. (2024), who argue that the evolution of the mining associations of insects with gymnospermous plants during the Jurassic was likely caused by the appearance of new, more foliose plant lineages that provided more accessible food resources for mining insects.{{Cite journal|last1=Xiao |first1=L. |last2=Labandeira |first2=C. C. |last3=Wu |first3=Y. |last4=Shih |first4=C.K. |last5=Ren |first5=D. |last6=Wang |first6=Y. |title=Middle Jurassic insect mines on gymnosperms provide missing links to early mining evolution |year=2024 |journal=New Phytologist |volume=242 |issue=6 |pages=2803–2816 |doi=10.1111/nph.19517 |pmid=38184785 |bibcode=2024NewPh.242.2803X }}
- A study on the ecology of the Aptian insect fauna from the Nova Olinda Member of the Crato Formation (Brazil) is published by Bezerra & Mendes (2024), who interpret the studied insect fauna as living in an environment similar to modern long-standing wetlands, dominated by dominanted by fully terrestrial taxa, and relatively richer in palaeopterans than insect faunas from the Yixian and Zaza formations.{{cite journal|last1=Bezerra |first1=F. I. |last2=Mendes |first2=M. |title=A palaeoecological analysis of the Cretaceous (Aptian) insect fauna of the Crato Formation, Brazil |year=2024 |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=641 |at=112134 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112134 |bibcode=2024PPP...64112134B }}
- Storari et al. (2024) compare the preservation of mayfly and orthopteran fossils from the Crato Formation and mayfly fossils from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestones (Germany), interpreting the differences of the preservation of the studied fossils as indicative of the presence of microbial mats during the fossilization of insects from the Crato Formation.{{cite journal |last1=Storari |first1=A. P. |last2=Osés |first2=G. L. |last3=Staniczek |first3=A. H. |last4=Rizzutto |first4=M. |last5=Loeffler |first5=R. |last6=Rodrigues |first6=T. |year=2024 |title=Paleometric approaches reveal striking differences in the insect fossilization of two Mesozoic Konservat-Lagerstätten |journal=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |volume=12 |at=1445160 |doi=10.3389/fevo.2024.1445160 |doi-access=free }}
- Evidence indicating that the radiation of the flowering plants mitigated insect extinction (especially during the Cretaceous period) and drove the origination of insects (especially during the Cenozoic) is presented by Peris & Condamine (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Peris |first1=D. |last2=Condamine |first2=F. L. |year=2024 |title=The angiosperm radiation played a dual role in the diversification of insects and insect pollinators |journal=Nature Communications |volume=15 |issue=1 |at=552 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-44784-4 |pmid=38253644 |pmc=10803743 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024NatCo..15..552P }}
- Loewen et al. (2024) describe a diverse amber deposit from the Maastrichtian strata from the Big Muddy Badlands (Canada), preserving fossils of representatives of seven arthropod orders and at least 11 insect families, and interpret the studied assemblage as providing evidence of a faunal turnover among insects prior to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.{{cite journal |last1=Loewen |first1=E. J. T. |last2=Balkwill |first2=M. A. |last3=Mattioli |first3=J. |last4=Cockx |first4=P. |last5=Velez Caicedo |first5=M. |last6=Muehlenbachs |first6=K. |last7=Tappert |first7=R. |last8=Borkent |first8=A. |last9=Libke |first9=C. |last10=Engel |first10=M. S. |last11=Somers |first11=C. |last12=McKellar |first12=R. C. |year=2024 |title=New Canadian amber deposit fills gap in fossil record near end-Cretaceous mass extinction |journal=Current Biology |volume=34 |issue=8 |pages=1762–1771.e3 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.001 |pmid=38521062 |bibcode=2024CBio...34.1762L }}
- Eight insect specimens (members of Apocrita and Brachycera, members of the families Libellulidae, Pentatomidae and Bibionidae, and three indeterminate insects), representing the first insect fossils from Serbia reported to date, are described from the Miocene Valjevo-Mionica Basin by Lazarević & Milivojević (2024).{{Cite journal|last1=Lazarević |first1=Z. |last2=Milivojević |first2=J. |title=The first fossil insects from Serbia |year=2024 |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen |volume=312 |issue=3 |pages=243–251 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2024/1209 |bibcode=2024NJGPA.312..243L }}
- An assemblage of subfossil remains of insects, dominated by diverse beetles, is described from the Late Pleistocene strata from the Lebed site (Altai Republic, Russia) by Gurina et al. (2024), who interpret the studied insects as indicative of humid climate which was significantly colder than modern climate in the studied area.{{Cite journal|last1=Gurina |first1=A. A. |last2=Dudko |first2=R. Yu. |last3=Mikhailov |first3=Y. E. |last4=Prokin |first4=A. A. |last5=Solodovnikov |first5=A. Yu. |last6=Zinovyev |first6=E. V. |last7=Legalov |first7=A. A. |title=First record of insects from the oldest and older Dryas of Altai (Russia). Coleoptera assemblages from Lebed River |year=2024 |journal=Palaeoentomology |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=112–131 |doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.1.8 |bibcode=2024Plegy...7..112G }}