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Articles In Press Aristov D.S. In Press. Review of the stratigraphic distribution of Permian Grylloblattida (Insecta), with descriptions of new taxa. Paleontological Journal. Béthoux O. In Press. Gaps and nodes between fossil and extant insects. Systematic Entomology. [Abstract] Béthoux O. and Herd, K.J. In Press. Discovery of an enigmatic and gigantic Pennsylvanian Archaeorthoptera. Journal of Orthoptera Research. Béthoux O., de la Horra R., Benito I.M., Barrenechea J.F., Galán A.B., and López-Gómez J. In Press. A new triadotypomorphan insect from the Anisian (Middle Triassic), Buntsandstein facies, of Iberia. Journal of Iberian Geology. Béthoux O., Klass K.-D., and Schneider J.W. In Press. Tackle the ‘Protoblattoidea problem’: revision of Protoblattinopsis stubblefieldi Laurentiaux, 1953 (Dictyopera; Late Carboniferous). European Journal of Entomology. Chang S.-ch., Zhang H.-ch., Renne P.R., and Fang Y. In Press. High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the basal Lanqi Formation and its implications for the origin of angiosperm plants. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. [PDF] Gross M. In Press. A limnic ostracod fauna from the surroundings of the Central Paratethys (Late Middle Miocene/Early Late Miocene; Styrian Basin; Austria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. [Abstract] Kirejtshuk A.G. and Kurochkin A.S. In Press. New species of sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulini) from Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers. Paleontological Journal. Liu Y.-sh. and Ren D. In Press. Two new Jurassic stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. Progress in Natural Science. [Abstract] Liu M., Zhao Y.-y., and Ren D. In Press. Discovery of three new mordellids (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research. [Abstract] Martin A.J., Rich Th.H., Poore G.C.B., Schultz M.B., Austin Ch.M., Kool L., and Vickers-Rich P. In Press. Fossil evidence in Australia for oldest known freshwater crayfish of Gondwana. Gondwana Research. [Abstract] Perea D., Soto M., Veroslavsky G., Martínez S., and Ubilla M. In Press. A Late Jurassic fossil assemblage in Gondwana: biostratigraphy and correlations of the Tacuarembó Formation, Parana Basin, Uruguay. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Prokin A.A. In Press. New water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Mesozoic of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal. Selden P.A. and Penney D. In Press. Fossil spiders. Biological Reviews. [PDF] Shmakov A.S. and Perkovsky E.E. In Press. Thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) from the Rovno amber. Paleontological Journal. Sidorchuk E.A. and Rasnitsyn A.P. In Press. On the taxonomic position of Palaeonothrus Krivolutskii et Sidorchuk, 2003 (“Acariformes, Oribatida” = Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Paleontological Journal. Sinitshenkova N.D. In Press. New stoneflies (Insecta: Perlida = Plecoptera) from Rovno amber, Ukraine. Paleontological Journal. Tetlie O.E., Brandt D.S., and Briggs D.E.G. In Press. Ecdysis in sea scorpions (Chelicerata: Eurypterida). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Wang B., Li J.-f., Fang Y., and Zhang H.-ch. In Press. Preliminary elemental analysis of fossil insects from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia and its taphonomical implications. Chinese Science Bulletin. [PDF] Wang B., Ponomarenko A.G., and Zhang H.-ch. In Press. A new coptoclavid larva (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China and its phylogenetic implication. Paleontological Journal. Wang B. and Zhang H.-ch. In Press. Middle Jurassic Tettigarctidae from Daohugou, China (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Geobios. Wang M.-x., Zhao Y.-y., and Ren D. In Press. New fossil caddisfly from Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae). Progress in Natural Science. [Abstract]
2010Chatzimanolis S., Engel M.S., Newton A.F., and Grimaldi D.A. 2010. New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 31 (1): 77-84. [Abstract] [request PDF]Heads S.W. 2010. The first fossil spider cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Phalangopsinae): 20 million years of troglobiomorphosis or exaptation in the dark? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (1): 56–65. [Abstract] [PDF]  Hörnschemeyer Th., Wedmann S., and Poinar G. 2010. How long can insect species exist? Evidence from extant and fossil Micromalthus beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (2): 300–311. [Abstract] [request PDF] Knight T.K., Bingham P.S., Grimaldi D.A., Anderson K., Lewis R.D., and Savrda Ch.E. 2010. A new Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) amber deposit from the Eutaw Formation of eastern Alabama, USA. Cretaceous Research 31 (1): 85-93. [Abstract] [request PDF] Poinar G., Jr. 2010. Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 31 (1): 71-76. [Abstract] [request PDF] Sames B. 2010. To correlate or not to correlate–that is not the question anymore! Continental Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous supraregional correlation based on freshwater to brackish-water ostracodes. Palaios 25 (1): 3-5. [Abstract] Sánchez M.V., González M.G., and Genise J.F. 2010. Phytolith analysis of Coprinisphaera, unlocking dung beetle behaviour, herbivore diets and palaeoenvironments along the Middle Eocene–Early Miocene of Patagonia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 285 (3-4): 224-236. [Abstract] [request PDF] Vernoux J., Huang D.-y., Jarzembowski E.A., and Nel A. 2010. The Proterogomphidae: a worldwide Mesozoic family of gomphid dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphides). Cretaceous Research 31 (1): 94-100. [Abstract] [request PDF] Yue Y.-l., Zhao Y.-y., and Ren D. 2010. Three new Mesozoic staphylinids (Coleoptera) from Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 31 (1): 61-70. [Abstract] [request PDF]
2009Alexeev A.V. 2009. New jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 43 (3): 277-281. [Abstract] [PDF]Amorim D.S., Santos C.M.D., and De Oliveira S.S. 2009. Allochronic taxa as an alternative model to explain circumantarctic disjunctions. Systematic Entomology 34 (1): 2-9. [Abstract] Anderson S.R. 2009. A primitive ant brood chamber with evidence of brood care in Burmese amber (Lower Cretaceous) – implications for brood care as the facilitating factor for true eusociality and dominance of ants. Denisia 26: 11-20. [Abstract] Antropov A.V. and Perkovsky E.E. 2009. Rovnoecus, a new genus of digger wasps (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Pemphredoninae) from the Rovno Amber. Paleontological Journal 43 (9): 1019-1023. [Abstract] [PDF] Archibald S.B., Makarkin V.N., and Ansorge J. 2009. New fossil species of Nymphidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene of North America and Europe. Zootaxa 2157: 59-68. [Abstract] [PDF] Arillo A., Peñalver E., and García-Gimeno V. 2009. First fossil Litoleptis (Diptera: Spaniidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just (Teruel Province, Spain). Zootaxa 2026: 33–39. [Abstract] [request PDF] Arillo A., Subías L.S., and Shtanchaeva U. 2009. A new fossil species of oribatid mite, Ametroproctus valeriae sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Ametroproctidae), from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just, Teruel Province, Spain. Cretaceous Research 30 (2): 322-324. [Abstract] [PDF] Aristov D.S. 2009. A new family of order Grylloblattida (Insecta) from the Middle Permian of Russia. Paleontological Journal 43 (2): 178-182. [Abstract] [English PDF] [Russian PDF] Aristov D.S. 2009. New grylloblattids of the family Lemmatophoridae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Permian of Russia. Paleontological Journal 43 (3): 272-276. [Abstract] [English PDF] [Russian PDF] Aristov D.S. 2009. New Permian grylloblattids (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from Isady locality (Severodvinian Stage of Vologda Region). Russian Entomological Journal 18 (1): 17-22. Aristov D.S., Prevec R., and Mostovski M.B. 2009. New and poorly known grylloblattids (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Lopingian of the Lebombo Basin, South Africa. African Invertebrates 50 (2): 279-286. [Abstract] [PDF] Aristov D.S., Wappler T., and Rasnitsyn A.P. 2009. New and little known grylloblattids of the family Geinitziidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) from the Triassic and Jurassic of Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Paleontological Journal 43 (4): 418-424. [Abstract] [PDF] Aristov D.S. and Zessin W. 2009. Mallorcagryllus hispanicus n. gen. et sp. – eine neue Grylloblattide (Insecta: Grylloblattida: Blattogryllidae) aus dem Buntsandstein der Insel Mallorca, Spanien. Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 12 (1): 30-34. (in German, with English and Russian abstracts) [PDF] Azar D., Waller A., and Nel A. 2009. A phantom midge from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera, Chaoboridae). Denisia 26: 29-34. [Abstract] Azar D., Nel A., and Waller A. 2009. Two new Ptiloneuridae from Colombian copal (Psocodea: Psocomorpha). Denisia 26: 21-28. [Abstract] Beckemeyer R.J. 2009. Artinska ovata (Sellards) 1909 and Paraprisca fragilis (Sellards) 1909 (Insecta: Polyneoptera: Lemmatophoridae) newly reported from the Lower Permian of Noble County, Oklahoma, with notes on Wellington Formation Lemmatophoridae. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112 (1/2): 45-56. [PDF] Beckemeyer R.J. 2009. Ligogramma wichita, a new species of Caloneurodea (Polyneoptera: Orthopterida) from the Lower Permian Wellington Formation of Noble County, Oklahoma. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 82 (4): 300-304. [Abstract] Beckemeyer R.J. and Engel M.S. 2009. An enigmatic new genus of biarmohymenid from the Early Permian Wellington Formation of Noble County, Oklahoma (Palaeodictyopterida: Diaphonopterodea). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112 (1/2): 103-108. Benton M.J. and Harper D.A.T. 2009. Introduction to paleobiology and the fossil record. 1st edition. Wiley-Blackwell. 608 pp. [Description] Béthoux O. 2009. Head and leg morphology of elongata Brongniart, 1893: 433 (Late Carboniferous, Archaeorthoptera): phylogenetic and palaeoecological implications. Annales Zoologici 59 (2): 141-147. [PDF] [request author's reprint] Béthoux O., De la Horra R., Benito I.M., Barrenechea J.F., Galán A.B., and López-Gómez J. 2009. A new triadotypomorphan insect from the Anisian (Middle Triassic), Buntsandstein facies, Spain. Journal of Iberian Geology 35 (2): 179-184. [PDF] Béthoux O., Klass K.-D., and Schneider J.W. 2009. Tackling the “Protoblattoidea problem”: Revision of Protoblattinopsis stubblefieldi (Dictyoptera; Late Carboniferous). European Journal of Entomology 106: 145-152. [Abstract] [PDF] Béthoux O. and Wieland F. 2009. Evidence for Carboniferous origin of the order Mantodea (Insecta: Dictyoptera) gained from forewing morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156: 79–113. [Abstract] [request PDF] Bickel D.J. 2009. The first species described from Cape York amber, Australia: Chaetogonopteron bethnorrisae n.sp. (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Denisia 26: 35-39. [Abstract] Brasero N., Nel A., and Michez D. 2009. Insects from the Early Eocene amber of Oise (France): diversity and palaeontological significance. Denisia 26: 41-52. [Abstract] Chaboo C.S. and Engel M.S. 2009. Eocene tortoise beetles from the Green River Formation in Colorado, U.S.A. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Systematic Entomology 34 (2): 202-209. [Abstract] [request PDF] Clarke D.J. and Chatzimanolis S. 2009. Antiquity and long-term morphological stasis in a group of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): Description of the oldest Octavius species from Cretaceous Burmese amber and a review of the “Euaesthetine subgroup” fossil record. Cretaceous Research 30 (6): 1426-1434. [Abstract] [PDF] Cognato A.I. and Grimaldi D. 2009. 100 million years of morphological conservation in bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Systematic Entomology 34 (1): 93-100. [Abstract] Coram R.A. and Nel A. 2009. A new petalurid dragonfly from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England (Odonata: Petalurida: ?Cretapetaluridae). Palaeodiversity 2: 205–208. [PDF] Counts J.W. and Hasiotis S.T. 2009. Neoichnological experiments with masked chafer beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Implications for backfilled continental trace fossils. Palaios 24 (2): 74-91. [Abstract] Currano E.D. 2009. Patchiness and long-term change in early Eocene insect feeding damage. Paleobiology 35 (4): 484-498. [Abstract] Dlussky G.M. 2009. The ant subfamilies Ponerinae, Cerapachyinae, and Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Late Eocene ambers of Europe. Paleontological Journal 43 (9): 1043–1086. [Abstract] [PDF] Dlussky G.M. and Rasnitsyn A.P. 2009. Ants (Insecta: Vespida: Formicidae) in the Upper Eocene Amber of Central and Eastern Europe. Paleontological Journal 43 (9): 1024–1042. [Abstract] [PDF] Dlussky G.M., Wappler T., and Wedmann S. 2009. Fossil ants of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Eocene of Europe and remarks on the evolution of arboreal ant communities. Zootaxa 2031: 1-20. [Abstract] Dunlop J.A. and Penney D. 2009. Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 (Araneae, Salticidae): proposed conservation of the generic name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66 (1): 20–23. [Abstract] Dunlop J.A. and Selden P.A. 2009. Calibrating the chelicerate clock: a paleontological reply to Jeyaprakash and Hoy. Experimental and Applied Acarology 48 (3): 183-197. [Abstract] [PDF] Edgecombe G.D., Minelli A., and Bonato L. 2009. A geophilomorph centipede (Chilopoda) from La Buzinie amber (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian), SW France. Geodiversitas 31 (1): 29-39. [PDF] Edwards G.B. 2009. Comment on the proposed conservation of the generic name Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 (Araneae, SALTICIDAE). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66 (2): . [Abstract] Emeljanov A.F. and Shcherbakov D.E. 2009. New planthoppers of the tribe Achilini (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Achilidae) from Baltic Amber. Paleontological Journal 43 (9): 1008-1018. [Abstract] [PDF] Engel M.S. 2009. A new Lower Permian bristletail from the Wellington Formation in Kansas (Archaeognatha: Dasyleptidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112 (1/2): 00-00. Engel M.S. 2009. The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys 13: 57-66. [Abstract] [PDF] Engel M.S. and Chatzimanolis S. 2009. An oxyteline rove beetle in Dominican amber with possible African affinities (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 77 (4): 425-429. [Abstract] Engel M.S. and Grimaldi D.A. 2009. Diversity and phylogeny of the Mesozoic wasp family Stigmaphronidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea). Denisia 26: 53-68. [Abstract] Engel M.S., Hinojosa-Díaz I.A., and Rasnitsyn A.P. 2009. A honey bee from the Miocene of Nevada and the biogeography of Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apini). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4 60 (3): 23-38. [PDF] Engel M.S., Ortega-Blanco J., and Bennett D.J. 2009. A remarkable tiphiiform wasp in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112 (1/2): 00-00. Fedotova Z.A. and Perkovsky E.E. 2009. New gall midges of the tribe Leptosynini (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from the Late Eocene ambers and the classification of the supertribe Heteropezidi. Paleontological Journal 43 (9): 1101-1179. [Abstract] [PDF] Fleck G., Waller A., Serafin J., and Nel A. 2009. The oldest Calopterygidae in the Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Zygoptera). Zootaxa 1985: 52–56. [Abstract] Friedrich F., Farrell B.D., and Beutel R.G. 2009. The thoracic morphology of Archostemata and the relationships of the extant suborders of Coleoptera (Hexapoda). Cladistics 25 (1): 1-37. [Abstract] Gao T.-p., Ren D., and Shih Ch.-k. 2009. Abrotoxyela gen. nov. (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 2094: 52–59. [Abstract] Gregory M.R., Campbell K.A., Alfaro A.C., and Hudson N. 2009. Bee and ant burrows in Quaternary “coffee rock” and Holocene sand dunes, Kowhai Bay, Northland, New Zealand. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 273 (1-2): 102-110. [Abstract] Grimaldi D.A., Cumming J.M. and Arillo A. 2009. Chimeromyiidae, a new family of Eremoneuran Diptera from the Cretaceous. Zootaxa 2078: 34–54. [Abstract] Gu J.-j., Zhao Y.-y., and Ren D. 2009. New fossil Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera, Hagloidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 2004: 16–24. [Abstract] [PDF] Heads S.W. 2009. A new pygmy mole cricket in Cretaceous amber from Burma (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae). Denisia 26: 75–82. [Abstract] [PDF] Heads S.W. 2009. New pygmy grasshoppers in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Denisia 26: 69–74. [Abstract] [PDF] Heiss E. 2009. Über Holoptiliinae in Bernstein (Heteroptera, Reduviidae). Denisia 26: 83-92. [Abstract] Herczek A. and Popov Yu.A. 2009. New plant bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae) from the Eocene Baltic amber. Denisia 26: 93-98. [Abstract] Hill D.E. 2009. Salticidae of the Antarctic land bridge. Peckhamia 76.1: 1-14. [PDF] Hörnschemeyer Th. 2009. The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles—where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong? Systematic Entomology 34 (3): 533-558. [Abstract] [request PDF] Huang D.-y., Baudoin A., and Nel A. 2009. A new aeschnidiid genus from the Early Cretaceous of China (Odonata: Anisoptera). Cretaceous Research 30 (3): 805-809. [Abstract] [PDF] Huang D.-y. and Nel A. 2009. The first Chinese Tarsophlebiidae from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, with morphological and phylogenetic implications (Odonatoptera: Panodonata). Cretaceous Research 30 (2): 429-433. [Abstract] [PDF] Jepson J.E., Coram R.A., and Jarzembowski E.A. 2009. Raphidioptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 30 (3): 527-532. [Abstract] [PDF] Jepson J.E., Makarkin V.N., and Jarzembowski E.A. 2009. New lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Wealden supergroup of Southern England. Cretaceous Research 30 (5): 1325-1338. [Abstract] [request PDF] Judson M.L.I. and Mąkol J. 2009. A mite of the family Tanaupodidae (Arachnida, Acari, Parasitengona) from the Lower Cretaceous of France. Geodiversitas 31 (1): 41-47. [PDF] Kathirithamby J. 2009. Host-parasitoid associations in Strepsiptera. Annual Review of Entomology 54: 227-249. [PDF] Kirejtshuk A.G. 2009. A new genus and species of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera, Myxophaga) from Lower Cretaceous Burmese amber. Denisia 26: 99-102. [Abstract] Kirejtshuk A.G., Azar D., Beaver R.A., Mandelshtam M.Yu., and Nel A. 2009. The most ancient bark beetle known: a new tribe, genus and species from Lebanese amber (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Systematic Entomology 34 (1): 101-112. [Abstract] Kirejtshuk A.G., Azar D., Tafforeau P., Boistel R., and Fernandez V. 2009. New beetles of Polyphaga (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Denisia 26: 119-130. [Abstract] Kirejtshuk A.G. and Nel A. 2009. New genera and species of Cucujiformia (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) from lowermost Eocene French amber. Denisia 26: 103-118. [Abstract] Kolyada V.A. 2009. Revision of some parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea sensu lato) from Florissant, USA. Paleontological Journal 43 (2): 191-196. [Abstract] [PDF] Kopylov D.S. 2009. A new subfamily of ichneumonids from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia and Mongolia (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Paleontological Journal 43 (1): 83-93. [Abstract] [PDF] Kotov A.A. 2009. A revision of the extinct Mesozoic family Prochydoridae Smirnov, 1992 (Crustacea: Cladocera) with a discussion of its phylogenetic position. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (2): 253–265. [Abstract] [PDF] Kotov A.A. 2009. New finding of Mesozoic ephippia of the Anomopoda (Crustacea: Cladocera). Journal of Natural History 43 (9-10): 523-528. [Abstract] Kowalewska M. and Szwedo J. 2009. Examination of the Baltic amber inclusion surface using SEM technique and X-ray microanalysis. Palaeontology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology 271 (3-4): 287-291. [Abstract] Krishna K. and Grimaldi D.A. 2009. Diverse Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae (Isoptera) in Dominican amber. American Museum Novitates 3640: 1–48. Kukalová-Peck J. 2009. Carboniferous protodonatoid dragonfly nymphs and the synapomorphies of Odonatoptera and Ephemeroptera (Insecta: Palaeoptera). Palaeodiversity 2: 169–198. [PDF] Liang J.-h., Vršanský P., Ren D., and Shih Ch. 2009. A new Jurassic carnivorous cockroach (Insecta, Blattaria, Raphidiomimidae) from the Inner Mongolia in China. Zootaxa 1974: 17–30. [Abstract] [request PDF] Liu Ch.-x., Shih Ch.-k., and Ren D. 2009. The earliest fossil record of the wasp subfamily Pelecininae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) from the Yixian Formation of China. Zootaxa 2080: 47-54. [Abstract] Liu Y.-sh., Sinitshenkova N.D., and Ren D. 2009. A revision of the Jurassic stonefly genera Dobbertiniopteryx Ansorge and Karanemoura Sinitshenkova (Insecta: Plecoptera), with the description of new species from the Daohugou Locality, China. Paleontological Journal 43 (2): 183-190. [Abstract] [PDF] Lourenço W.R. 2009. A synopsis of the amber scorpions, with special reference to the Baltic fauna. Denisia 26: 131-136. [Abstract] Lozovsky V.R., Minikh M.G., Grunt T.A., Kukhtinov D.A., Ponomarenko A.G., and Sukacheva I.D. 2009. The Ufimian Stage of the East European Scale: Status, validity, and correlation potential. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 17 (6): 602-614. [Abstract] [PDF] Makarkin V.N. and Archibald S.B. 2009. A new genus and first Cenozoic fossil record of moth lacewings (Neuroptera: Ithonidae) from the Early Eocene of North America. Zootaxa 2063: 55-63. [Abstract] [PDF] Makarkin V.N. and Perkovsky E.E. 2009. Rophalis relicta HAGEN (Neuroptera, Nevrorthidae) in the Late Eocene Rovno amber, with a discussion of the taxonomic status of the genus. Denisia 26: 137-144. [Abstract] [PDF] Makarkin V.N., Ren D., and Yang Q. 2009. Two new species of Kalligrammatidae (Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of China, with comments on venational homologies. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102 (6): 964-969. [request PDF] Makarkin V.N. and Wedmann S. 2009. First record of the genus Sympherobius (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 2078: 55-62. [Abstract] [request PDF] Martins-Neto R.G. and Tassi L.V. 2009. The Orthoptera (Ensifera) from the Santana formation (Early Cretaceous, Northeast Brazil): A statistical and paleoecological approach, with description of new taxa. Zootaxa 2080: 21–37. [Abstract] Melnitsky S.I. 2009. A new caddisfly of the extinct genus Archaeotinodes (Insecta: Trichoptera: Ecnomidae) from the Baltic amber. Paleontological Journal 43 (3): 296-299. [Abstract] [PDF] Michelsen V. 2009 [for 2008]. Hoffeinsmyiidae, a new extinct family of Schizophora (Diptera) from Baltic amber. Studia dipterologica 15 (1/2): 211–222. [Abstract] Michez D., De Meulemeester T., Rasmont P., Nel A., and Patiny S. 2009. New fossil evidence of the early diversification of bees: Paleohabropoda oudardi from the French Paleocene (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini). Zoologica Scripta 38 (2): 171-181. [Abstract] Mostovski M.B. 2009. Brachyceran assemblages (Insecta: Diptera) as indicators of terrestrial palaeoenvironments in the Late Mesozoic. Palaeontologia africana 44: 121-125. [PDF] Nazarenko V.Yu. and Perkovsky E.E. 2009. A new genus and species of dryophthorid weevils (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae: Stromboscerinae) from the Rovno Amber. Paleontological Journal 43 (9): 1097–1100. [Abstract] [PDF] Nel A. 2009. A new Odonata family from the Jurassic of Central Asia (Odonata: Epiproctophora). Journal of Natural History 43 (1-2): 57-64. [Abstract] Nel A., Bechly G., Delclòs X., and Huang, D.-y. 2009. New and poorly known Mesozoic damsel-dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae, Isophlebiidae). Palaeodiversity 2: 209–232. [PDF] Nel A. and Huang D.-y. 2009. First Chinese Cymatophlebiidae from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnoptera). Palaeodiversity 2: 199–204. [PDF] Nikolajev G.V. 2009. New species of scarabaeoid beetles from the family Glaresidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Cretaceous of Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 43 (4): 425-427. [Abstract] [PDF] Ninomiya T. and Yoshizawa K. 2009. A revised interpretation of the wing base structure in Odonata. Systematic Entomology 34 (2): 334-345. [Abstract] [request PDF] Odnosum V.K. and Perkovsky E.E. 2009. New species of the tumbling flower beetle genus Glipostena (Insecta: Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from Rovno Amber. Paleontological Journal 43 (9): 1095-1096. [Abstract] [PDF] Ohl M. and Bennett D.J. 2009. 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New fossil Scelionidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in early Paleogene amber from eastern Moravia (Czech Republic) and northern France. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 74: 339-347. Nel A. and Prokop J. 2005. New Paleogene Scatopsidae (Diptera: Nematocera) in amber from Czech Republic and France. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 68: 91-98. Nel A., Prokop J., Ploëg de G., and Millet J. 2005. New Psocoptera (Insecta) from the Lowermost Eocene amber of Oise, France. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3 (4): 371-391. [Abstract] Northwood C. 2005. Early Triassic coprolites from Australia and their palaeobiological significance. Palaeontology 48 (1): 49-68. [Abstract] Nystrom K.C., Goff A., and Lee Goff M. 2005. Mortuary behaviour reconstruction through palaeoentomology: a case study from Chachapoya, Perú. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 15 (3): 175-185. [Abstract] Paik I.S. 2005. 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