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A new species of Membracidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea) from Dominican amber

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Published in 2020 at "Historical Biology"

DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1803300

Abstract: ABSTRACT One new species of Membracidae, Stylocentrus hui Wang, Zhang & Yao sp. nov., from the Cenozoic Dominican amber is described and illustrated. Based on current distribution of membracids and fossil records, we consider that… read more here.

Keywords: hemiptera cicadomorpha; new species; species membracidae; membracidae hemiptera ... See more keywords
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A New Species of the Weevil Genus Anthonomus Germar, 1817 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Dominican Amber

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Published in 2020 at "Paleontological Journal"

DOI: 10.1134/s0031030120040085

Abstract: A new species, Anthonomusaphelomerus Legalov and Poinar, sp. nov. from Early Miocene Dominican amber is described. The new species differs from Anthonomusbrowni Poinar and Legalov, 2015 in the smaller body size, thinner, weakly curved rostrum… read more here.

Keywords: weevil genus; genus anthonomus; dominican amber; species weevil ... See more keywords
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Two new species of soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), the first from the tribe Silini in Dominican amber.

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Published in 2021 at "Zootaxa"

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.1.7

Abstract: The Silinae is the most frequently observed subfamily of soldier beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cantharidae) living today in Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). This subfamily also was recently found in Dominican amber with the discovery… read more here.

Keywords: two new; dominican amber; soldier beetles; coleoptera cantharidae ... See more keywords
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A new species of Pheidole (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Dominican amber with a review of the fossil records for the genus

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Published in 2019 at "ZooKeys"

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.866.35756

Abstract: Abstract Pheidole comprises approximately 1,000 extant species distributed worldwide, being particularly diverse in the New World. In addition to its high diversity and ecological prevalence, the genus is also characterized by the predominantly intraspecific dimorphism,… read more here.

Keywords: new species; pheidole formicidae; formicidae myrmicinae; species pheidole ... See more keywords