A new long-winged pygmy grasshopper in Eocene Baltic amber raises questions about the evolution of reduced tegmenula in Tetrigidae (Orthoptera)

Autor: Josip Skejo, Niko Kasalo, M. Jared Thomas, Sam W. Heads

Publikováno v: Journal of Orthoptera Research, Vol 33, Iss 1, Pp 21-26 (2024)

Extant pygmy grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) that possess wings have the forewings reduced into scale-like tegmenula, while hind wings remain fully developed. Rusmithia gorochovi gen. et sp. nov. (Tetrigidae, Batrachideinae, Rusmithini trib. nov.) is descr

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Morphology-based Phylogenetic Analysis of Membracoidea (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) With Placement of Fossil Taxa and Description of a New Subfamily

Autor: Christopher H Dietrich, Dmitry A Dmitriev, Daniela M Takiya, M Jared Thomas, Michael D Webb, James N Zahniser, Yalin Zhang

Publikováno v: Insect Systematics and Diversity. 6

Recently discovered amber-preserved fossil Cicadellidae exhibit combinations of morphological traits not observed in the modern fauna and have the potential to shed new light on the evolution of this highly diverse family. To place the fossils explic

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https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac021

The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia

Autor: Qi Zhang, Jochen Heinrichs, Hong Pang, Cihang Luo, Mónica M. Solórzano-Kraemer, Michael S. Engel, Chunpeng Xu, M. Jared Thomas, Eva-Maria Sadowski, Jun Chen, Robert A. Spicer, Sam W. Heads, Alexander R. Schmidt, Tingting Yu, Cédric Chény, Dany Azar, Xingyue Liu, Vincent Perrichot, Bo Wang, Qingqing Zhang, Taiping Gao, Gongle Shi, Ye Liu, Jacek Szwedo, Haichun Zhang, Daran Zheng, Zixi Wang, Adam Ślipiński, André Nel, Kathrin Feldberg

Publikováno v: Science Advances
Science Advances, 2021, 7 (18), pp.eabg0625. ⟨10.1126/sciadv.abg0625⟩
Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021, 7 (18), pp.eabg0625. ⟨10.1126/sciadv.abg0625⟩

The Zhangpu biota provides a new insight into biodiversity redistribution during the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum.
During the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum [MMCO, ~14 to 17 million years (Ma) ago], global temperatures were similar to predicted te

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https://insu.hal.science/insu-03220682/file/wang-2021.pdf

The last batrachideine of Europe: A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Autor: M. Jared Thomas, Sam W. Heads, Josip Skejo

Publikováno v: Zootaxa. 4686

A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is described from Eocene Baltic amber. Danatettix hoffeinsorum gen. et sp. nov. is assigned to the subfamily Batrachideinae based on antennae with more than 19 antennomeres, sulcat

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4686.3.9

A fossil caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Eocene of Colorado

Autor: M. Jared Thomas, Sam W. Heads, Jason L. Robinson

Publikováno v: Zootaxa. 4403(2)

A new genus and species of fossil caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Lower Eocene (Ypresian) Green River Formation of Colorado is described. Litholimnephilops yinani gen. et sp. nov. is the first adult caddisfly to be described from the Green

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29690240