2015 in paleoentomology

none 2015 in arthropod paleontology 2015 in paleontology 2015 paleoentomology paleontology paleobotany arthropod paleontology paleoichthyology paleomalacology paleomammalogy reptile paleontology archosaur paleontology 2015 in paleoentomology is a list of new fossil insect taxa that were described during the year 2015, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoentomology that occurred during the year. Clade Amphiesmenoptera Lepidoptera Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAclemusWei-Ting Zhang Chung-Kun Shih Conrad C. Labandeira Dong Ren 2015 A new taxon of a primitive moth (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Eolepidopterigidae) from the latest Middle Jurassic of northeastern China Journal of Paleontology 89 4 617–621 10.1017/jpa.2015.39 2015JPal...89..617Z 55526853 Gen. et sp. novValidZhang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Lepidoptera belonging to the family Eolepidopterigidae. The type species is Aclemus patulus.Bucculatrix ryckiThilo C. Fischer 2015 Bucculatrix rycki – the first fossil adult Ribbed Cocoon Maker Moth (Bucculatricidae, Lepidoptera) Zitteliana A 55 115–119 http://www.palmuc.de/bspg/images/pdf/zitteliana55/7_fischer.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20151208070108/http://www.palmuc.de/bspg/images/pdf/zitteliana55/7_fischer.pdf December 8, 2015 Sp. novValidFischerEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A ribbed cocoon maker moth found in Baltic amber.Electrocrania michalskiiMichael Kurz 2015 On the systematic position of Electrocrania Kusnezov, 1941 with the description of a new species from Baltic amber (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae) Zootaxa 4044 3 446–450 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.3.7 26624720 Sp. novValidKurzEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of Lepidoptera belonging to the family Micropterigidae found in Baltic amber, a species of Electrocrania. Trichopterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesYantarocentrusV. D. Ivanov S. I. Melnitsky 2015 Yantarocentridae, a new family of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 3 253–259 10.1080/14772019.2015.1043749 82122663 Gen. et sp. novValidIvanov & MelnitskyEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A caddisfly found in Baltic amber. The type species is Yantarocentrus gusakovi. Clade Antliophora Dipterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAnthrax succiniDale E. Greenwalt Jonathan G. Wingerath Neal L. Evenhuis 2015 Two new and disparate fossil bee flies (Bombyliidae: Anthracinae) from the Americas and reassessment of Anthrax dentoni Lewis, 1969 Palaeontologia Electronica 18 3 Article number 18.3.51A 10.26879/582 free Sp. novValidGreenwalt & Evenhuis in Greenwalt, Wingerath & EvenhuisMioceneDominican amberDominican RepublicA bee fly found in Dominican amber, a species of Anthrax.AntoheliaIwona Kania 2015 The Taxonomy of Selected Genera of the Subfamily Limoniinae (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene), with Notes on Their Phylogeny Annales Zoologici 65 1 71–100 10.3161/00034541ANZ2015.65.1.007 86841000 Gen. et sp. novValidKaniaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A limoniid fly found in Baltic amber. The type species is Antohelia stanislawi.Archiculicoides andersoniRyszard Szadziewski Andrew Ross Wojciech Giłka 2015 Further records of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Myanmar) Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 556–561 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.005 2015CrRes..52..556S Sp. novValidSzadziewski, Ross & GiłkaLate CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA ceratopogonid midge. Originally described as a species of Archiculicoides; Borkent (2019) transferred this species to the genus Archiaustroconops.Art Borkent 2019 The phylogenetic relationships of Cretaceous biting midges, with a key to all known genera (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) American Museum Novitates 3921 1–48 10.1206/3921.1 2246/6927 91737913 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/266374 AxenotrichomyiaDany Azar Diying Huang Chenyang Cai André Nel 2015 The first trichomyiine from Burmese Cretaceous amber (Diptera, Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae) Cretaceous Research 53 48–58 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.10.011 2015CrRes..53...48A Gen. et sp. novValidAzar et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA trichomyiine psychodid fly. The type species is Axenotrichomyia boisteli.BamaraFrauke Stebner Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal Rüdiger Wagner 2015 Moth flies and sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber PeerJ 3 e1254 10.7717/peerj.1254 26401462 4579024 free Gen. et sp. novValidStebner et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA moth fly. The type species is Bamara groehni.Bryophaenocladius beukiViktor Baranov Trond Andersen Linn Katrine Hagenlund 2015 A new species of Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Baltic amber Norwegian Journal of Entomology 62 1 53–56 Sp. novValidBaranov, Andersen & HagenlundEoceneLithuaniaAn orthoclad found in Baltic amber, probably a species of Bryophaenocladius.BuccinatormyiaAntonio Arillo Enrique Peñalver Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente Xavier Delclòs Julia Criscione Phillip M. Barden Mark L. Riccio David A. Grimaldi 2015 Long-proboscid brachyceran flies in Cretaceous amber (Diptera: Stratiomyomorpha: Zhangsolvidae) Systematic Entomology 40 1 242–267 10.1111/syen.12106 2445/59152 82832797 free Gen. et 2 sp. novValidArillo, Peñalver & Pérez-de la Fuente in Arillo et al.Early Cretaceous (Albian)Las Peñosas FormationSpainA zhangsolvid stratiomyomorph. Genus contains two species: Buccinatormyia magnifica and B. soplaensis.Cretolimonia excelsaJiaqi Gao Chungkun Shih Yunyun Zhao Dong Ren 2015 New Species of Cretolimonia and Mesotipula (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Northeastern China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 89 6 1789–1796 http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201506002&flag=1 10.1111/1755-6724.12597 2015AcGlS..89.1789G 130404115 subscription Sp. novValidGao et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Limoniidae, a species of Cretolimonia.Dactylolabis (Idiolabis) ryszardiIwona Kania Wiesław Krzemiński 2015 A new species of Dactylolabis (Idiolabis) Alexander, 1931 from the Eocene Baltic amber and its relationships among Dactylolabinae (Diptera: Limoniidae) Palaeontologia Electronica 18 1 Article number 18.1.4A 10.26879/468 free Sp. novValidKania & KrzemińskiEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A dactylolabine limoniid fly found in Baltic amber, a species of Dactylolabis.DatziaGen. et 2 sp. novValidStebner et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA moth fly. The type species is Datzia bispina; genus also contains Datzia setosa.Dicranomyia herczekiWiesław Krzemiński Iwona Kania Roma Durak 2015 A new species of Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 277 2 167–174 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0512 Sp. novValidKrzemiński & Kania in Krzemiński, Kania & DurakEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A limoniid fly found in Baltic amber, a species of Dicranomyia.Dicranoptycha burmiticaIwona Kania Bo Wang Jacek Szwedo 2015 Dicranoptycha Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from the earliest Cenomanian Burmese amber Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 522–530 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.002 2015CrRes..52..522K Sp. novValidKania, Wang & SzwedoLate Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA limoniid crane fly, a species of Dicranoptycha.Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) bozenaeKania I 2015 Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860 PLOS ONE 10 2 1–25 10.1371/journal.pone.0117434 25706127 4338262 2015PLoSO..1017434K free Sp. novValidKaniaEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA limoniid fly.thumb|center|150px|Elephantomyia bozenaeElephantomyia (Elephantomyia) irinaeSp. novValidKaniaEoceneBaltic amberEuropeA limoniid fly.thumb|center|150px|Elephantomyia irinaeEoanomalaGen. et sp. novValidGreenwalt & Evenhuis in Greenwalt, Wingerath & EvenhuisEocene (Lutetian)Kishenehn FormationUnited StatesA bee fly. The type species is Eoanomala melas.EonandevaMarta Zakrzewska Wojciech Giłka 25070083 2015 Eonandeva gen. nov., a new distinctive genus from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Chironomidae) Zootaxa 4044 4 577–584 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.7 26624727 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidZakrzewska & GiłkaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of Chironomidae belonging to the tribe Tanytarsini found in Baltic amber. The type species is Eonandeva helva; genus also contains Eonandeva latistyla.Eoptychoptera brazilianaWiesław Krzemiński Iwona Kania Elena Lukashevich 2015 The first South American record of fossil Eoptychopterinae (Ptychopteridae, Diptera) from Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 548–555 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.019 2015CrRes..52..548K Sp. novValidKrzemiński, Kania & LukashevichEarly CretaceousSantana FormationBrazilA ptychopterid fly, a species of Eoptychoptera.Eotipula grangeriStefanie K. Oberprieler Wiesław Krzemiński Jack Hinde David K. Yeates 21152823 2015 First crane fly from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Limoniidae) Zootaxa 4021 1 178–186 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.1.8 26624125 Sp. novValidOberprieler et al.Late JurassicTalbragar Fish BedAustraliaA crane fly, a species of Eotipula.Epimesoplecia ambloneuraXiuqin Lin ChungKun Shih Ren Dong 2015 Revision of the genus Epimesoplecia Zhang, 2007 (Diptera, Nematocera, Protopleciidae) with five new species ZooKeys 492 123–143 10.3897/zookeys.492.6852 25878544 4389217 2015ZooK..492..123L free Sp. novValidLin, Shih & RenMiddle Jurassic (late Callovian)Jiulongshan FormationChinaA protopleciid nematoceran, a species of Epimesoplecia.Epimesoplecia macrostrenaSp. novValidLin, Shih & RenMiddle Jurassic (late Callovian)Jiulongshan FormationChinaA protopleciid nematoceran, a species of Epimesoplecia.Epimesoplecia plethoraSp. novValidLin, Shih & RenMiddle Jurassic (late Callovian)Jiulongshan FormationChinaA protopleciid nematoceran, a species of Epimesoplecia.Epimesoplecia prosoneuraSp. novValidLin, Shih & RenMiddle Jurassic (late Callovian)Jiulongshan FormationChinaA protopleciid nematoceran, a species of Epimesoplecia.Epimesoplecia stanaSp. novValidLin, Shih & RenMiddle Jurassic (late Callovian)Jiulongshan FormationChinaA protopleciid nematoceran, a species of Epimesoplecia.EugenodiamesaElena D. Lukashevich Andrey A. Przhiboro 2015 A new tribe of Diamesinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 562–569 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.016 2015CrRes..52..562L Gen. et sp. novValidLukashevich & PrzhiboroEarly Cretaceous (Berriasian or Valanginian)Tsagan Tsab FormationMongoliaA diamesine chironomid fly. The type species is Eugenodiamesa makarchenkoi.Gonomyia (Azaria) libanensisIwona Kania Wiesław Krzemiński Ewa Krzemińska 2015 The oldest representative of the genus Gonomyia (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Lebanese amber (Lower Cretaceous): New subgenus and species Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 516–521 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.011 2015CrRes..52..516K Subgen. and sp. novValidKania, Krzemiński & KrzemińskaEarly CretaceousLebanonA limoniid fly, a species of Gonomyia.Greniera ukrainicaE. E. Perkovsky E. B. Sukhomlin 2015 New Late Eocene Blackflies (Diptera, Simuliidae) from the Rovno Amber (Ukraine) Paleontological Journal 49 6 608–614 http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=6&year=15&page=608 10.1134/S0031030115060106 2015PalJ...49..608P 86112737 2015-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113404/http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=6&year=15&page=608 2016-03-04 subscription Sp. novValidPerkovsky & SukhomlinLate EoceneUkraineA black fly found in Rovno amber, a species of Greniera.Greniera yankovskyiSp. novValidPerkovsky & SukhomlinLate EoceneUkraineA black fly found in Rovno amber, a species of Greniera.GulyankiolaZ. A. Fedotova E. E. Perkovsky 2015 New gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Stomatosematidi, Brachineuridi) from the Late Eocene amber of Gulyanka (Zhitomir Region, Ukraine) Paleontological Journal 49 3 270–278 10.1134/S0031030115030041 2015PalJ...49..270F 83342501 Gen. et sp. novValidFedotova & PerkovskyLate EoceneUkraineA gall midge found in Rovno amber. The type species is Gulyankiola nazarenkoi.Hellichiella pugachSp. novJunior synonymPerkovsky & SukhomlinLate EoceneUkraineA black fly found in Rovno amber. Originally described as a species of Hellichiella; Perkovsky & Sukhomlin (2016) transferred it to the genus Greniera and considered it to be a junior synonym of Greniera yankovskyi.Evgeny E. Perkovsky Ekaterina B. Sukhomlin 2016 A new species of Hellichiella (Diptera: Simuliidae) with 11-segmented antenna from the Eocene Israel Journal of Entomology 46 79–86 http://www.entomology.org.il/sites/default/files/pdfs/Perkovsky_Sukhomlin_2016_IJE_HellichiellaEocene.pdf 2021-01-15 2020-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20210115175557/http://www.entomology.org.il/sites/default/files/pdfs/Perkovsky_Sukhomlin_2016_IJE_HellichiellaEocene.pdf dead Heterotrissocladius naibuchiViktor Baranov Trond Andersen Evgeny E. Perkovsky 2015 Orthoclads from Eocene Amber from Sakhalin (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) Insect Systematics & Evolution 46 4 359–378 10.1163/1876312X-45032122 81975987 http://osf.io/qv36y/ Sp. novValidBaranov, Andersen & PerkovskyMiddle EoceneRussiaAn orthoclad, a species of Heterotrissocladius.Lebanoculicoides bloudaniJoanna Choufani Wafaa El-Halabi Dany Azar André Nel 2014 First fossil insect from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber in Syria (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Cretaceous Research 54 106–116 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.006 Sp. novValidChoufani et al.Early CretaceousLebanon SyriaA member of Ceratopogonidae, a species of Lebanoculicoides.Leptoconops ellenbergeriRyszard Szadziewski Wojciech Giłka Aleksandra Urbanek 2015 A blood sucking biting midge from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber with a key to the determination of fossil species in the relictual genus Leptoconops Skuse (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Cretaceous Research 54 255–259 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.013 2015CrRes..54..255S Sp. novValidSzadziewski in Szadziewski, Giłka & UrbanekLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA member of Ceratopogonidae, a species of Leptoconops.Leptotarsus lukashevichaeGuilherme Cunha Ribeiro Daubian Santos Ricardo Cezar Ramos Nicolau 2015 A new species of Leptotarsus (Diptera: Tipulidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil Cretaceous Research 56 244–249 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.005 2015CrRes..56..244R Sp. novValidRibeiro, Santos & NicolauEarly CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilA crane fly, a species of Leptotarsus (sensu lato).Leptotarsus (Longurio) primitivusChungkun Shih Fei Dong Iwona Kania Luxi Liu Wiesław Krzemiński Dong Ren 2014 A new species of Tipulidae (Diptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China – Evolutionary implications Cretaceous Research 54 98–105 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.009 Sp. novValidShih et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA crane fly, a species of Leptotarsus.LinguatormyiaGen. et sp. novValidGrimaldi in Arillo et al.Cretaceous (late Albian–early Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA zhangsolvid stratiomyomorph. The type species is Linguatormyia teletacta.MandalayiaGen. et sp. novValidStebner et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA moth fly. The type species is Mandalayia beumersorum.Mesotipula gloriosaSp. novValidGao et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Limoniidae, a species of Mesotipula.Nemopalpus quadrispiculatusSp. novValidStebner et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA moth fly. Originally described as a species of Nemopalpus, but subsequently transferred to the genus Palaeoglaesum.Rüdiger Wagner 2017 Synopsis of extinct Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Burmese, Baltic and Dominican amber, with descriptions of new genera and species Zootaxa 4320 1 100–120 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.6 OrentalphilaXiuqin Lin Chungkun Shih Dong Ren 2014 New fossil mesosciophilids (Diptera: Nematocera) from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of western Liaoning, China Cretaceous Research 54 86–97 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.11.007 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidLin, Shih & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA mesosciophilid nematoceran. Genus contains two species: Orentalphila gravia and O. caloa.PalaeoparasycoraxGen. et 2 sp. novValidStebner et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA moth fly. The type species is Palaeoparasycorax globosus; genus also contains Palaeoparasycorax suppus.Paramesosciophilodes bellusJiaqi Gao Shi Guifeng ChungKun Shih Ren Dong 2015 Two new species of Paramesosciophilodes (Diptera, Nematocera, Mesosciophilidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China ZooKeys 511 117–129 10.3897/zookeys.511.8425 26257555 4523749 2015ZooK..511..117G free Sp. novValidGao et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA mesosciophilid nematoceran, a species of Paramesosciophilodes.Paramesosciophilodes rarissimaSp. novValidGao et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA mesosciophilid nematoceran, a species of Paramesosciophilodes.Paraphaenocladius nadezhdaeSp. novValidBaranov, Andersen & PerkovskyMiddle EoceneRussiaAn orthoclad, a species of Paraphaenocladius.Parasycorax simplexSp. novValidStebner et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA moth fly, a species of Parasycorax.Phlebotomites aphoeSp. novValidStebner et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA moth fly, a species of Phlebotomites.Phlebotomus vetusSp. novValidStebner et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA moth fly, a species of Phlebotomus.Praearchitipula apprimaJiaqi Gao Chungkun Shih Katarzyna Kopeć Wiesław Krzemiński Dong Ren 4140002 2015 New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia Zootaxa 3963 2 240–249 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.5 26249400 Sp. novValidGao et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Pediciidae, a species of Praearchitipula.Praearchitipula mirabilisSp. novValidGao et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Pediciidae, a species of Praearchitipula.Praemacrochile dryasisFei Dong Chungkun Shih Kornelia Skibińska Wiesław Krzemiński Dong Ren 2015 New species of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from the Jiulongshan Formation of China Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 4 494–507 10.1080/03115518.2015.1041308 2015Alch...39..494D 129950097 Sp. novValidDong et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Tanyderidae, a species of Praemacrochile.Praemacrochile ovalumSp. novValidDong et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Tanyderidae, a species of Praemacrochile.Protanyderus astictumSp. novValidDong et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Tanyderidae, a species of Protanyderus.PseudapioceraJunfeng Zhang 2015 Pseudapiocera shandongensis gen. et sp. nov., a protapiocerid fly (Diptera: Brachycera: Protapioceridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol biota, China Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 4 459–464 10.1080/03115518.2015.1022335 2015Alch...39..459Z 128872963 Gen. et sp. novValidZhangEarly CretaceousChinaA protapiocerid brachyceran fly. The type species is Pseudapiocera shandongensis.Pseudosmittia kodrulaeSp. novValidBaranov, Andersen & PerkovskyMiddle EoceneRussiaAn orthoclad, a species of Pseudosmittia.Ragas bizarraChristel Hoffeins Bradley J. Sinclair Andreas Stark 2015 Description of a further species of Ragas Walker (Diptera: Empididae) from Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene) Studia dipterologica 21 2 177–180 Sp. novValidHoffeins, Sinclair & StarkEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of the family Empididae.Rovnodidactylomyia zhitomirensisSp. novValidFedotova & PerkovskyLate EoceneUkraineA gall midge found in Rovno amber, a species of Rovnodidactylomyia.SimilinannotanyderusFei Dong Chungkun Shih Dong Ren 2015 A new genus of Tanyderidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Myanmar amber, Upper Cretaceous Cretaceous Research 54 260–265 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.011 2015CrRes..54..260D Gen. et sp. novValidDong, Shih & RenLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA member of Tanyderidae. The type species is Similinannotanyderus lii.Similsciophila undulataSp. novValidLin, Shih & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA mesosciophilid nematoceran, a species of Similsciophila.Sinosciophila angustiaSp. novValidLin, Shih & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA mesosciophilid nematoceran, a species of Sinosciophila.Sinosciophila seboaSp. novValidLin, Shih & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA mesosciophilid nematoceran, a species of Sinosciophila.Smittia sukachevaeSp. novValidBaranov, Andersen & PerkovskyMiddle EoceneRussiaAn orthoclad, a species of Smittia.Stempellinella electraMarta Zakrzewska Wojciech Giłka 2015 The Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the collection of the Museum of Amber Inclusions, University of Gdańsk Zootaxa 3946 3 347–360 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.3 25947696 free Sp. novValidZakrzewska & GiłkaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A tanytarsine non-biting midge found in Baltic amber, a species of Stempellinella.Stylogaster grimaldiiL. S. G. Rocha T. O. Burt C. A. de Mello-Patiu J. H. Skevington 2015 The first Stylogaster Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) fossil, from Oligo-Miocene Dominican amber, and some phylogenetic and biogeographic considerations Fossil Record 18 2 119–125 10.5194/fr-18-119-2015 2015FossR..18..119R free Sp. novValidRocha et al.Oligocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA thick-headed fly found in Dominican amber, a species of Stylogaster.Tanytarsus glaesariusSp. novValidZakrzewska & GiłkaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A tanytarsine non-biting midge found in Baltic amber, a species of Tanytarsus.Tanytarsus protogregariusSp. novValidZakrzewska & GiłkaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A tanytarsine non-biting midge found in Baltic amber, a species of Tanytarsus.Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) bajdaiSp. novValidKaniaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A limoniid fly found in Baltic amber, a species of Trentepohlia.Trichoneura (Trichoneura) wegierekiIwona Kania 2015 Subfamily Limoniinae SPEISER, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene): the genus Trichoneura LOEW, 1850 Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 58 1 1–19 10.3409/azc.58_1.01 free Sp. novValidKaniaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A limoniid fly found in Baltic amber, a species of Trichoneura.XenosycoraxDany Azar Youmna Salamé 2015 A new genus of Sycoracinae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of New Jersey Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 539–547 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.002 2015CrRes..52..539A Gen. et sp. novValidAzar & SalaméLate Cretaceous (Turonian)New Jersey amberUnited StatesA sycoracine psychodid fly. The type species is Xenosycorax engeli.XenotrichomyiaDany Azar Rita Mouawad Youmna Salamé 2015 A new genus of Trichomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of New Jersey Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 531–538 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.014 2015CrRes..52..531A Gen. et sp. novValidAzar, Mouawad & SalaméLate Cretaceous (Turonian)New Jersey AmberUnited StatesA trichomyiine psychodid found in New Jersey amber. The type species is Xenotrichomyia newjerseyiensis. Dipteran research Greenwalt, Wingerath and Evenhuis redescribe the holotype wing fossil for "Anthrax" dentoni of the Miocene Latah Formation, Idaho. They conclude the fossil is of overlapping wings and missing key details to place within any genus or subfamily. They deem the species as Bombyliidae incertae sedis. Mecopterans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesArgentinopanorpaMaría Belén Lara Alexei Bashkuev Bo Wang 2015 Argentinopanorpa miguezi gen. et sp. nov.: first record of Triassic Mecoptera (Permochoristidae) from the Cuyo Basin (Mendoza, Argentina) Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 2 175–180 10.1080/03115518.2015.964059 2015Alch...39..175L 130054531 11336/79926 free Gen. et sp. novValidLara, Bashkuev & WangLate TriassicPotrerillos FormationArgentinaAn agetopanorpine permochoristid mecopteran. Type species is Argentinopanorpa miguezi.AustralochoristaWiesław Krzemiński Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj Alexei S. Bashkuev Katarzyna Kopeć 2015 Revision of the unique Early Cretaceous Mecoptera from Koonwarra (Australia) with description of a new genus and family Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 501–506 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.04.004 2015CrRes..52..501K Gen. et comb. novValidKrzemiński et al.Early CretaceousAustraliaA mecopteran of uncertain phylogenetic placement; a new genus for "Prochoristella" leongatha Jell & Duncan (1986).Bellicimbrophlebia heteroneuraXiao Zhang Chungkun Shih Yunyun Zhao Dong Ren 2015 New Species of Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Northeastern China Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 89 5 1482–1496 http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=201505006&flag=1 10.1111/1755-6724.12559 2015AcGlS..89.1482Z 131239878 subscription Sp. novValidZhang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA mecopteran belonging to the family Cimbrophlebiidae, a species of Bellicimbrophlebia.Cimbrophlebia amoenaSp. novValidZhang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA mecopteran belonging to the family Cimbrophlebiidae, a species of Cimbrophlebia.Cimbrophlebia gracilentaSp. novValidZhang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChina Germany?A mecopteran belonging to the family Cimbrophlebiidae, a species of Cimbrophlebia.Panorpodes gedanensisAgnieszka Soszyńska-Maj Wiesław Krzemiński 2015 New representative of the family Panorpodidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) from Eocene Baltic Amber with a key to fossil species of genus Panorpodes Palaeontologia Electronica 18 2 Article number 18.2.33A 10.26879/546 free Sp. novValidSoszyńska-Maj & KrzemińskiEocene (Priabonian)Europe (Baltic Sea coast)A panorpodid mecopteran found in Baltic amber, a species of Panorpodes.Telobittacus decorusSp. novValidZhang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA mecopteran belonging to the family Cimbrophlebiidae, a species of Telobittacus. Siphonapterans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesAtopopsyllusGeorge Poinar Jr. 2015 A New Genus of Fleas with Associated Microorganisms in Dominican Amber Journal of Medical Entomology 52 6 1234–1240 10.1093/jme/tjv134 26373892 free Gen. et sp. novValidPoinarEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA flea belonging to the family Pulicidae found in Dominican amber. The type species is Atopopsyllus cionus. Archaeognathans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesNeomachilellus (Praeneomachilellus) ezetaelenensisFrancisco Riquelme Maira Montejo-Cruz Bibiano Luna-Castro Luis Zuñiga-Mijangos 2015 Fossil Jumping-bristletail from the Chiapas amber: Neomachilellus (Praeneomachilellus) ezetaelenensis sp. nov. (Microcoryphia: Meinertellidae) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 275 1 93–106 10.1127/njgpa/2015/0453 Sp. novValidRiquelme et al.MioceneMexicoA rock bristletail found in Chiapas amber, a species of Neomachilellus. Clade Archaeorthoptera †Caloneurodea Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesJarmilopteraGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA Caloneurodean Archaeorthopteran. The type species is J. mouralensis. †Cnemidolestodea Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesKirovopteronGen. et sp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Belebeevo FormationRussiaA Cnemidolestodean belonging to the family Protembiidae. The type species is Kirovopteron luteus.ParmapteraGen. et sp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA Cnemidolestodean. The type species is Parmaptera permiana.SoyanocadaverGen. et sp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Cnemidolestodean belonging to the family Protembiidae. The type species is Soyanocadaver crypticus.Tshekardomina novokshonoviSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Cnemidolestodean belonging to the family ProtembiidaeA species of Tshekardomina. Other archaeorthopterans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesBethouxiaGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Archaeorthoptera. The type species is Bethouxia ariegensis.LodevolongzhuaGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Archaeorthoptera. The type species is Lodevolongzhua incompleta.ParalongzhuaGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Archaeorthoptera. The type species is Paralongzhua elongata. Orthopterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAboilus perbellusWang H Li S Zhang Q Fang Y Wang Zhang H 2015 A new species of Aboilus (Insecta, Orthoptera) from the Jurassic Daohugou beds of China, and discussion of forewing coloration in Aboilus Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 2 250–258 10.1080/03115518.2015.993297 2015Alch...39..250W 129031286 Sp. novValidWang et al.Middle–Late JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaAn aboiline prophalangopsid.Panorpidium yixianensisFang Y Wang B Zhang H Wang H Jarzembowski EA Zheng D Zhang Q Li S Liu Q 2015 New Cretaceous Elcanidae from China and Myanmar (Insecta, Orthoptera) Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 323–328 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.004 2015CrRes..52..323F Sp. novValidFang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn elcanid orthopteran.Permophyllum rotundatumSp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFrancePossibly a member of Tettigoniidae, a species of Permophyllum.SenexefigiaJuliana Chamorro-Rengifo Holger Braun Cristiano Lopes-Andrade 2015 Reassessment and division of the genus Agraecia Audinet-Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) Zootaxa 3993 1 1–76 10.11646/zootaxa.3993.1.1 26250257 http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/19239 subscription Gen. et comb. novValidChamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade in Chamorro-Rengifo, Braun & Lopes-Andrade OligoceneFranceA member of Tettigoniidae; a new genus for "Agraecia" reticulata Piton & Théobald (1939). Clade Coleopterida Coleoptera Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesActenobius magneoculusDavid Peris T. Keith Philips Xavier Delclòs 2015 Ptinid beetles from the Cretaceous gymnosperm-dominated forests Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 440–452 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.009 2015CrRes..52..440P Sp. novValidPeris, Philips & DelclòsEarly Cretaceous (early Albian)SpainA member of Anobiinae, a species of Actenobius.AllandroidesA. A. Legalov 2015 Fossil Mesozoic and Cenozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Obrienioidea, Curculionoidea) Paleontological Journal 49 13 1442–1513 10.1134/S0031030115130067 2015PalJ...49.1442L 87912009 Gen. et sp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber. The type species is Allandroides vossi.Aneurops daugpilensisAndris Bukejs Vitalii I. Alekseev 2015 Description of the second fossil Baltic amber species of Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) Zootaxa 3946 3 445–450 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.11 25947704 Sp. novValidBukejs & AlekseevLate EoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A member of Monotomidae found in Baltic amber, a species of Aneurops.Anthonomus (Anthomorphus) browniGeorge Poinar, Jr. Andrei A. Legalov 2015 New Curculioninae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Dominican amber Palaeontologia Electronica 18 1 Article number 18.1.13A 10.26879/480 free Sp. novValidPoinar & LegalovCenozoic (Eocene or Miocene)Dominican RepublicAn anthonomine curculionine weevil found in Dominican amber, a species of Anthonomus.Anthonomus (Anthomorphus) cruralumaSp. novValidPoinar & LegalovCenozoic (Eocene or Miocene)Dominican RepublicAn anthonomine curculionine weevil found in Dominican amber, a species of Anthonomus.Archaeocallirhopalus alekseeviAndrei A. Legalov Andris Bukejs 2015 A new species of the genus Archaeocallirhopalus Legalov (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae) in Baltic amber Entomologica Fennica 26 1 25–29 10.33338/ef.50913 free Sp. novValidLegalov & BukejsEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A trachyphloeine broad-nosed weevil found in Baltic amber, a species of Archaeocallirhopalus.ArchealticaGen. et sp. novValidNadein in Nadein, Perkovsky & MoseykoEoceneUkraineA leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Galerucinae found in Rovno amber. The type species is Archealtica convexa.ArchelamprosomiusAndris Bukejs Konstantin Nadein 2015 First fossil Lamprosomatinae leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic amber Zootaxa 3931 1 127–139 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.9 25781819 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidBukejs & NadeinLate EoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A lamprosomatine leaf beetle. Genus contains two species known from Baltic amber: Archelamprosomius balticus and Archelamprosomius kirejtshuki.Artematopodites lozowskiiA. G. Ponomarenko 2015 New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the Nedubrovo locality, terminal Permian or basal Triassic of European Russia Paleontological Journal 49 1 39–50 10.1134/S0031030115010098 2015PalJ...49...39P 129872897 Sp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA permosynid beetle, a species of Artematopodites.Attagenus electronGeorge Poinar, Jr. Jiří Háva 2015 Dermestidae (Coleoptera) in Dominican amber Palaeodiversity 8 1–11 http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/01Palaeodiversity_8-15_Poinar-Hava_5.pdf Sp. novValidPoinar & HávaEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA skin beetle belonging to the subfamily Attageninae found in Dominican amber, a species of Attagenus.BaissabrenthorhinusGen. et sp. novValidLegalovEarly CretaceousBaissa localityRussiaA weevil. The type species is Baissabrenthorhinus mirabilis.Baltocar convexusSp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber, a species of Baltocar.Baris grossacavisG. Poinar Jr. A. A. Legalov 2015 First record of the genus Baris Germar, 1817 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Dominican amber Fossil Record 18 1 31–35 10.5194/fr-18-31-2015 free Sp. novValidPoinar Jr. & LegalovCenozoic (Eocene or Miocene)Dominican RepublicA baridine curculionid weevil found in Dominican amber, a species of Baris.Bitoma glaesisepultaVitalii I. Alekseev 2015 New cylindrical bark and ironclad beetles (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Baltic amber Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 15 1 17–24 http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/arts/2015v15n1/03.pdf 2016-03-04 2020-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053014/http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/arts/2015v15n1/03.pdf dead Sp. novValidAlekseevEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A cylindrical bark beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Bitoma.Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) prokopiSp. novValidPoinar & HávaEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA skin beetle belonging to the subfamily Megatominae found in Dominican amber, a species of Caccoleptus.Caccoleptus (Caccoleptus) electronSp. novValidPoinar & HávaEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA skin beetle belonging to the subfamily Megatominae found in Dominican amber, a species of Caccoleptus.CalcarocistelaM. V. Nabozhenko Chang Huali Xu Li Pu Hanyong Jia Songhai 2015 A new species of comb-clawed beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Yixian (China, Liaoning Province) Paleontological Journal 49 13 1420–1423 10.1134/S0031030115130079 2015PalJ...49.1420N 88201819 Gen. et sp. novValidNabozhenko et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA darkling beetle belonging to the subfamily Alleculinae and the tribe Gonoderini. The type species is Calcarocistela kirejtshuki.CalomicroidesGen. et sp. novValidNadein in Nadein, Perkovsky & MoseykoEoceneDenmarkA leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Galerucinae. The type species is Calomicroides danicus.Cenocephalus tenuisDavid Peris Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer Enrique Peñalver Xavier Delclòs 2015 New ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae) from Miocene Mexican and Dominican ambers and their paleobiogeographical implications Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15 3 527–542 10.1007/s13127-015-0213-y 8619185 Sp. novValidPeris & Solórzano Kraemer in Peris et al.MioceneMexicoA tesserocerine platypodine ambrosia beetle found in Chiapas amber, a species of Cenocephalus.Clidicus cretaceusA.G. Kirejtshuk S.A. Kurbatov A. Nel 2015 A new species of the genus Clidicus from the Lower Cretaceous of France (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 319 4 508–514 http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_319_4/TZ_319_4_Kirejtshuk.pdf Sp. novValidKirejtshuk, Kurbatov & NelCretaceous (latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian)FranceA rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Scydmaeninae, a species of Clidicus.Cnopus kraxtepellenensisVitalii I. Alekseev Traci L. Grzymala 2015 New Aderidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic and Bitterfeld amber Zootaxa 3956 2 239–257 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.5 26248916 Sp. novValidAlekseev & GrzymalaEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A member of Aderidae found in Baltic amber, a species of Cnopus.Coptodera elektraSara Gamboa Vicente M. Ortuño 2015 A new fossil species of the genus Coptodera Dejean, 1825 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae) from Baltic amber Zootaxa 3981 4 592–596 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.9 26250016 Sp. novValidGamboa & OrtuñoEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A ground beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Coptodera.CretakarenniDavid Peris Xavier Delclòs 2015 Fossil Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from Laurasian Cretaceous amber Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15 2 333–342 10.1007/s13127-015-0205-y 1202192 10261/347656 free Gen. et 2 sp. novValidPeris & DelclòsCretaceous (Albian to Cenomianian)Burmese amberMyanmarA monotomid beetle. The type species is C. birmanicus; genus also contains C. hispanicus from the Albian of Spain.CretodeinopsisChenyang Cai Diying Huang 2015 The oldest aleocharine rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber and its implications for the early evolution of the basal group of hyper-diverse Aleocharinae Gondwana Research 28 4 1579–1584 10.1016/j.gr.2014.09.016 2015GondR..28.1579C Gen. et sp. novValidCai & HuangLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarAn aleocharine rove beetle found in Burmese amber. The type species is Cretodeinopsis aenigmatica.Cretohypna yixianensisG.V. Nikolajev D. Ren 2015 A second species of the fossil genus Cretohypna Yan, Nikolajev et Ren (Coleoptera: Glaphyridae) from the Mesozoic of China Euroasian Entomological Journal 14 2 142–143 http://www.eco.nsc.ru/EEJ_contents/14/201514207.pdf Sp. novValidNikolajev & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA member of Glaphyridae, a species of Cretohypna.CretonthophilusMichael S. Caterino Karin Wolf-Schwenninger Günther Bechly 2015 Cretonthophilus tuberculatus, a remarkable new genus and species of hister beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber Zootaxa 4052 2 241–245 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.10 26701429 https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=ag_pubs free Gen. et sp. novValidCaterino, Wolf-Schwenninger & BechlyLate Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA member of Histeridae. The type species is Cretonthophilus tuberculatus.Cryptocephalus groehniAndris Bukejs Maria Lourdes Chamorro 2015 Two New Fossil Species of Cryptocephalus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic and Dominican Amber Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 117 2 116–125 10.4289/0013-8797.117.2.116 85879761 Sp. novValidBukejs & ChamorroEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A leaf beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Cryptocephalus.Cryptocephalus kheelorumSp. novValidChamorro & Bukejs in Bukejs & ChamorroProbably Miocene (Burdigalian)Dominican RepublicA leaf beetle found in Dominican amber, a species of Cryptocephalus.Cryptorhopalum kalikiSp. novValidPoinar & HávaEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA skin beetle belonging to the subfamily Megatominae found in Dominican amber, a species of Cryptorhopalum.Cryptorhopalum maciejiSp. novValidPoinar & HávaEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA skin beetle belonging to the subfamily Megatominae found in Dominican amber, a species of Cryptorhopalum.Derelomus thalioculusSp. novValidPoinar & LegalovCenozoic (Eocene or Miocene)Dominican RepublicA derelomine curculionine weevil found in Dominican amber, a species of Derelomus.Dinoharpalus coptoclavoidesSp. novValidPonomarenko, Prokin & BashkuevLate TriassicGermanyA permosynid beetle, a species of Dinoharpalus.Dinoharpalus latusSp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA permosynid beetle, a species of Dinoharpalus.Donacia anetaeA. O. Bieńkowski 2015 The First Record of Reed Beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Donaciinae) in the Early Paleocene of Amur Region Paleontological Journal 49 1 51–56 10.1134/S0031030115010025 2015PalJ...49...51B 84764990 Sp. novValidBieńkowskiPaleocene (Danian)RussiaA leaf beetle, a species of Donacia.Electribius gorskiiJiří Háva 2015 A new Electribius Crowson, 1973 species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae) Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14 67–69 http://www.aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos/vol_14_2015.htm Sp. novValidHávaPaleogenePolandAn artematopodid polyphagan found in Baltic amber, a species of Electribius.Electribius palaeomexicanusHao Wu David Coty Ming Ding 2015 First artematopodid beetle in Mexican amber and its biogeographic implications (Coleoptera, Artematopodidae) Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 4 508–513 10.1080/03115518.2015.1041306 2015Alch...39..508W 83812572 Sp. novValidWu, Coty & DingLate Oligocene to middle MioceneMexicoAn artematopodid polyphagan, a species of Electribius.ElectrauletesGen. et sp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber. The type species is Electrauletes unicus.ElmadulescensDavid Peris Crystal A. Maier Alba Sánchez-García Xavier Delclòs 2015 The oldest known riffle beetle (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Early Cretaceous Spanish amber Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 3 181–186 10.1016/j.crpv.2014.11.005 2015CRPal..14..181P free Gen. et sp. novValidPeris, Maier & Sánchez-García in Peris et al.Early Cretaceous (early Albian)SpainA riffle beetle. The type species is Elmadulescens rugosus.Escalerosia igoriSp. novValidAlekseev & GrzymalaEoceneEuropeA member of Aderidae, a species of Escalerosia.FurhylobiusGen. et sp. novValidLegalovEoceneFur FormationDenmarkA weevil. The type species is Furhylobius troesteri.Glaesotropis alleniSp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber, a species of Glaesotropis.Glaesotropis gratsheviSp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber, a species of Glaesotropis.Glaesotropis gusakoviSp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber, a species of Glaesotropis.Glaesotropis succiniferusSp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber, a species of Glaesotropis.Globicornis (Hadrotoma) ingelehmannaeJ. Háva A. L. Damgaard 2015 A New Species Of Globicornis (Hadrotoma) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Megatominae) From Baltic Amber Vestnik Zoologii 49 4 373–376 10.1515/vzoo-2015-0041 free Sp. novValidHáva & DamgaardPaleogeneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A skin beetle belonging to the subfamily Megatominae found in Baltic amber, a species of Globicornis.Heterachthes? zappiiFrancesco Vitali 2015 The first fossil of Ibidionini Thomson, 1860 from Dominican amber, with taxonomic notes on the tribe (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Lambillionea CXV 1 7–11 Sp. novValidVitaliMioceneDominican RepublicA longhorn beetle found in Dominican amber, possibly a species of Heterachthes.Heterelmis groehniAndris Bukejs Vitalii I. Alekseev Manfred A. Jäch 2015 The riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) of the Eocene Baltic amber: Heterelmis groehni sp. nov. and Heterlimnius samlandicus (Bollow, 1940) comb. nov. Zootaxa 3986 4 452–460 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.4.4 26250199 Sp. novValidBukejs, Alekseev & JächEoceneBaltic amberRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A riffle beetle, a species of Heterelmis.IdgiaitesZhenhua Liu Adam Ślipiński Richard A. B. Leschen Dong Ren Hong Pang 2015 The Oldest Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China Annales Zoologici 65 1 41–52 10.3161/00034541ANZ2015.65.1.004 85113150 Gen. et sp. novValidLiu et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA member of Prionoceridae. The type species is Idgiaites jurassicus.IthyceroidesGen. et sp. novValidLegalovEoceneYpresianOkanagan HighlandsKlondike Mountain FormationUnited StatesWashingtonA weevil. The type species is I. klondikensis.JantarokramaA. G. Kirejtshuk A. V. Kovalev 2015 First fossil representative of the family Omalisidae (Coleoptera, Elateroidea sensu lato) from the Baltic amber Paleontological Journal 49 13 1413–1416 10.1134/S0031030115130031 2015PalJ...49.1413K 88040954 Gen. et sp. novValidKirejtshuk & KovalevLate EoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of Omalisidae found in Baltic amber. The type species is Jantarokrama utilis.JurorhizophagusChen-Yang Cai Adam Ślipiński Di-Ying Huang 2015 The oldest root-eating beetle from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera, Monotomidae) Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 4 488–493 10.1080/03115518.2015.1037173 2015Alch...39..488C 140656988 Gen. et sp. novValidCai, Ślipiński & HuangMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA member of Monotomidae. The type species is Jurorhizophagus alienus.LibanopsisAlexander G. Kirejtshuk Philipp E. Chetverikov Dany Azar 2015 Libanopsinae, new subfamily of the family Sphindidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with remarks on using confocal microscopy for the study of amber inclusions Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 461–479 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.008 2015CrRes..52..461K Gen. et 5 spp. novValidKirejtshuk, Chetverikov & AzarEarly CretaceousLebanonA member of Sphindidae. Genus contains five species: L. poinari, L. impexa, L. limosa, L. straminea and L. slipinskii.LimniattagenusGen. et sp. novJunior synonymPoinar & HávaEocene or MioceneDominican amberDominican RepublicOriginally described as a skin beetle belonging to the subfamily Attageninae; however, Háva & Poinar (2015) reinterpreted it as a junior synonym of the genus Litargus.Jiří Háva George Poinar 2021 The genus Limniattagenus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) is a new junior synonym of the genus Litargus (Coleoptera: Mycetophagidae) Munis Entomology & Zoology 16 2 864–866 The type species is Limniattagenus electron (subsequently recombined as Litargus electron).Limodromus hoffeinsorumJoachim Schmidt 2015 On the Eocene age of Limodromus Motschulsky, 1850, with description of L. hoffeinsorum sp. n. from Baltic Amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini) Zootaxa 3974 4 573–581 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.4.8 26249926 Sp. novValidSchmidtEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A ground beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Limodromus.LitholamprimaG. V. Nikolajev D. Ren 2015 A new fossil Lucanidae subfamily (Coleoptera) from the Mesozoic of China Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 1 15–18 http://www.zin.ru/animalia/COLEOPTERA/pdf/nikolaev_ren_2015_lucanidae_china.pdf 10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-15-18 4 July 2025 free Gen. et sp. novValidNikolajev & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA stag beetle. The type species is Litholamprima longimana.Melanapion gusakoviSp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber, a species of Melanapion.Melanapion poinariSp. novValidLegalovEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A weevil found in Baltic amber, a species of Melanapion.MesallotrochusChenyang Cai Diying Huang 2015 The oldest osoriine rove beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 495–500 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.020 2015CrRes..52..495C Gen. et sp. novValidCai & HuangLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarAn osoriine rove beetle found in Burmese amber. The type species is Mesallotrochus longiantennatus.MesalocerusFrancesco Vitali 2015 Mesalocerus tetropoides n. gen. n. sp. from Baltic amber: the first fossil member of the tribe Anisarthrini Mamaev & Danilevsky, 1973 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Les Cahiers Magellanes Nouvelle Série 18 65–69 Gen. et sp. novValidVitaliEarly OligoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Spondylidinae and the tribe Anisarthrini found in Baltic amber. The type species is Mesalocerus tetropoides.MesolpinusA. G. Kirejtshuk A. G. Moseyko Dong Ren 2015 Mesozoic leaf beetles of the tribe Mesolpinini trib. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Paleontological Journal 49 13 1424–1435 10.1134/S0031030115130043 2015PalJ...49.1424K 88128720 Gen. et 5 sp. novValidKirejtshuk, Moseyko & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Chrysomelinae. The type species is M. antenattus; genus also includes M. adapertilis, M. angusticollis, M. basicollis and M. trapezicollis.MesoschizopusChenyang Cai Adam Ślipiński Diying Huang 2015 First false jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Schizopodidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 490–494 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.028 2015CrRes..52..490C Gen. et sp. novValidCai, Ślipiński & HuangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA member of Schizopodidae. The type species is Mesoschizopus elegans.Microbregma waldwicoAndris Bukejs Vitalii I. Alekseev 2015 A second Eocene species of death-watch beetle belonging to the genus Microbregma Seidlitz (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) with a checklist of fossil Ptinidae Zootaxa 3947 4 553–562 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.6 25947754 Sp. novValidBukejs & AlekseevLate EoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A species of Microbregma known from Baltic amber.Microscapha andrzejiAndris Bukejs Vitalii I. Alekseev 43879570 2015 First record of Microscapha LeConte from Baltic amber with description of a new species and list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) Zootaxa 4012 2 351–360 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.5 26623859 Sp. novValidBukejs & AlekseevEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A false darkling beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Microscapha.MicroticusG.Yu. Lyubarsky E.E. Perkovsky 2015 New genus Microticus from Upper Cretaceous of Taymyr (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae), oldest silken fungus beetle with sexually dimorphic tarsal formula Russian Entomological Journal 24 1 61–66 http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/REJ/24/ent24_1_061_066_Lyubarsky_Perkovsky_for_Inet.pdf 10.15298/rusentj.24.1.05 free Gen. et sp. novValidLyubarsky & PerkovskyLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Kheta FormationRussiaA silken fungus beetle found in Taymyr amber. The type species is Microticus khatanga.MongoligenulaYali Yu Adam Ślipiński Hong Pang Dong Ren 2015 A new genus and two new species of Buprestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Liaoning, China Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 480–489 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.04.014 2015CrRes..52..480Y Gen. et 2 spp. novValidYu et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA member of Buprestidae. The type species is Mongoligenula altilabdominis; genus also contains Mongoligenula gracilis.NeosibiniaGen. et sp. novValidPoinar & LegalovCenozoic (Eocene or Miocene)Dominican RepublicA tychiine curculionine weevil found in Dominican amber. The type species is Neosibinia lepidosoma.Obrium damgaardiFrancesco Vitali 2015 Obrium damgaardi sp. n. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), the first fossil species of the genus Obrium Dejean from the Baltic amber Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 15 2 165–169 http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=29&artid=540 Sp. novValidVitaliEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A longhorn beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Obrium.Oodes kachinensisYe Liu Hongliang Shi Chenyang Cai Hongbin Liang Diying Huang 2015 The first record of Cretaceous ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Oodini) from Burmese amber Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 427–430 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.013 2015CrRes..52..427L Sp. novValidLiuCretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA ground beetle found in Burmese amber, a species of Oodes.Orchesia (Orchestera) canaliculataVitalii I. Alekseev Andris Bukejs 2015 A new species of the genus Orchesia Latreille (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Baltic amber with a key to species described from fossil resins Zootaxa 3947 4 590–596 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.10 25947758 Sp. novValidAlekseev & BukejsEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A false darkling beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Orchesia.PalaeocnopusGen. et 4 sp. novValidAlekseev & GrzymalaEoceneEuropeA member of Aderidae. Genus contains four species: P. densipunctatus, P. saeticornis, P. glabricornis and P. mara.PalaeonanophyesAndrei A. Legalov 2015 First Record of the Weevil Subfamily Nanophyinae (Coleoptera, Brentidae) from the Eocene of the Green River, United States Paleontological Journal 49 4 399–401 10.1134/S0031030115040115 2015PalJ...49..399L 86048060 Gen. et sp. novValidLegalovEoceneGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA member of Brentidae belonging to the subfamily Nanophyinae. The type species is P. zherikhini.PalaeotanaosA. G. Kirejtshuk A. A. Legalov A. Nel 2015 A new genus of the subfamily Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) from the Lower Eocene Oise amber Paleontological Journal 49 13 1436–1441 10.1134/S0031030115130055 2015PalJ...49.1436K 87667958 Gen. et sp. novValidKirejtshuk, Legalov & NelEarly EoceneFranceA member of Brentidae belonging to the subfamily Apioninae and the tribe Tanaini found in Oise amber. The type species is Palaeotanaos oisensis.PaleomolpusGen. et sp. novValidNadein in Nadein, Perkovsky & MoseykoEoceneDenmarkA leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Eumolpinae. The type species is Paleomolpus hirtus.ParacretocateresYali Yu Adam Ślipiński Richard A.B. Leschen Dong Ren Hong Pang 2015 New genera and species of bark-gnawing beetles (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Western Liaoning, China Cretaceous Research 53 89–97 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.11.003 2015CrRes..53...89Y Gen. et sp. novValidYu et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA lophocaterine trogossitid beetle. The type species is Paracretocateres bellus. Kirejtshuk (2017) considered the genus Paracretocateres to be a junior synonym of the genus Forticatinius Tan & Ren (2007).A.G. Kirejtshuk 2017 Taxonomic notes on fossil beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) Russian Entomological Journal 26 1 35–36 10.15298/rusentj.26.1.03 free ParaglaphyrusG. V. Nikolajev 2015 A new genus of the family Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Mesozoic of China Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 1 19–23 10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-19-23 4 July 2025 free Gen. et 4 sp. novValidNikolajevEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA member of Glaphyridae. The type species is Paraglaphyrus yixianensis; genus also contains Paraglaphyrus ovalis, Paraglaphyrus robustus and Paraglaphyrus subtilis.Picemelinus irinaeSp. novValidAlekseev & GrzymalaEoceneEuropeA member of Aderidae, a species of Picemelinus.ProterocupesGen. et comb. et 2 sp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA relative of reticulated beetles. A new genus for "Simmondsia" permiana Ponomarenko (2004); genus also contains new species Proterocupes nedubrovensis and Proterocupes major.ProtolisthaerusChenyang Cai Robert Beattie Diying Huang 2015 Jurassic olisthaerine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): 165 million years of morphological and probably behavioral stasis Gondwana Research 28 1 425–431 10.1016/j.gr.2014.03.007 2015GondR..28..425C Gen. et sp. novValidCai, Beattie & HuangMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaAn olisthaerine rove beetle. The type species is Protolisthaerus jurassicus.ProtoluciolaSergey V. Kazantsev 2015 Protoluciola albertalleni gen.n., sp.n., a new Luciolinae firefly (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Burmite amber Russian Entomological Journal 24 4 281–283 10.15298/rusentj.24.4.02 free Gen. et sp. novValidKazantsevCretaceous (approximately 100 million years ago)Burmese amberMyanmarA firefly. The type species is Protoluciola albertalleni.Pseudobothrideres criwecriwaytoVitalii I. Alekseev 2015 Two new cocoon-forming beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Bothrideridae) from Baltic amber Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 15 1 9–16 http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/arts/2015v15n1/02.pdf Sp. novValidAlekseevEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of Bothrideridae found in Baltic amber, a species of Pseudobothrideres.Pseudobothrideres rugiorumSp. novValidAlekseevEoceneGermanyA member of Bothrideridae found in Baltic amber, a species of Pseudobothrideres.Pseudochrysomelites circumflexusSp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA schizocoleid beetle, a species of Pseudochrysomelites.Pseudochrysomelites convexusSp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA schizocoleid beetle, a species of Pseudochrysomelites.Pseudochrysomelites latissimusSp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA schizocoleid beetle, a species of Pseudochrysomelites.Pseudopilolabus othniusG. Poinar Jr. A. E. Brown A. A. Legalov 2015 First record of the genus Pseudopilolabus Legalov, 2003 (Coleoptera: Attelabidae) in Dominican amber Fossil Record 19 1 11–16 10.5194/fr-19-11-2016 2015FossR..19...11P free Sp. novValidPoinar, Brown & LegalovEocene or MioceneDominican RepublicA weevil belonging to the family Attelabidae found in Dominican amber, a species of Pseudopilolabus.Psyllototus VikingSp. novValidNadein in Nadein, Perkovsky & MoseykoEoceneDenmarkA leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Galerucinae, a species of Psyllototus.Pycnomerus simukoviSp. novValidAlekseevEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)An ironclad beetle found in Baltic amber, a species of Pycnomerus.QuasianisoxyaVitalii I. Alekseev 2015 A description of Quasianisoxya curonensis gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Baltic amber Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 15 2 171–174 http://www.bjc.sggw.pl/viewart.php?bookid=29&artid=541 Gen. et sp. novValidAlekseevEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A beetle found in Baltic amber; originally described as a false darkling beetle belonging to the tribe Dircaeini, but subsequently transferred to the family Scraptiidae and the tribe Scraptiini.Vitalii Alekseev Jiří Háva Andris Bukejs 2025 First adult of false flower beetle (Coleoptera: Scraptiidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar, with taxonomical notes and a checklist of fossil representatives of the family Zootaxa 5723 4 533–549 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.4 The type species is Quasianisoxya curonensis.Rhizophtoma longusSp. novValidPeris & DelclòsEarly Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA monotomid beetle, a species of Rhizophtoma.RhopalommaLauren G. Ashman Rolf G. Oberprieler Adam Ślipiński 2015 Rhopalomma stefaniae gen. et sp. n., the first ommatid beetle from the Upper Jurassic in Australia (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) Zootaxa 3980 1 136–142 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.8 26249943 Gen. et sp. novValidAshman, Oberprieler & ŚlipińskiLate JurassicTalbragar Fish BedAustraliaA member of Ommatidae. The type species is Rhopalomma stefaniae.thumb|center|150px|Rhopalomma stefaniaeRhynchitobius tanyrhinusGeorge Poinar Andrei A. Legalov 2015 Two new species of the genus Rhynchitobius Sharp, 1889 (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) in Dominican amber Annales de la Société Entomologique de France New Series 51 1 70–77 10.1080/00379271.2015.1059996 83621179 Sp. novValidPoinar & LegalovCenozoicDominican RepublicA tooth-nosed snout weevil found in Dominican amber, a species of Rhynchitobius.Rhynchitobius xuthocolusSp. novValidPoinar & LegalovCenozoicDominican RepublicA tooth-nosed snout weevil found in Dominican amber, a species of Rhynchitobius.Saperda caroliFrancesco Vitali 2015 Saperda caroli n. sp., a new fossil species from Early Eocene of Colorado, with taxonomic remarks on its extinct congeners (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Les Cahiers Magellanes Nouvele Série 17 20–28 Sp. novValidVitaliEoceneGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA Saperdini tribe lamiine long-horn beetle.SerecoleusEvgeny V. Yan Bo Wang Edmund A. Jarzembowski Haichun Zhang 2015 The earliest byrrhoids (Coleoptera, Elateriformia) from the Jurassic of China and their evolutionary implications Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 126 2 211–219 10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.01.009 2015PrGA..126..211Y Gen. et sp. novValidYan et al.Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA member of Byrrhoidea. The type species is Serecoleus nadbitovae.SinobrevipogonChen-Yang Cai John F. Lawrence Adam Ślipiński Di-Ying Huang 2015 Jurassic artematopodid beetles and their implications for the early evolution of Artematopodidae (Coleoptera) Systematic Entomology 40 4 779–788 10.1111/syen.12131 2015SysEn..40..779C 85744105 Gen. et sp. novValidCai et al.Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA member of Artematopodidae. The type species is Sinobrevipogon jurassicus.SinopraecipuusYali Yu Adam Ślipiński Chris Reid ChungKun Shih Hong Pang Dong Ren 2015 A new longhorn beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Western Liaoning in China Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 453–460 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.019 2015CrRes..52..453Y Gen. et sp. novValidYu et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA longhorn beetle. The type species is Sinopraecipuus bilobatus.Smicrips gorskiiA. Bukejs A. G. Kirejtshuk 2015 A new species of the genus Smicrips Le Conte (Coleoptera: Smicripidae) from Baltic amber Paleontological Journal 49 13 1417–1419 10.1134/S003103011513002X 2015PalJ...49.1417B 88031493 Sp. novValidBukejs & KirejtshukEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of Smicripidae found in Baltic amber, a species of Smicrips.StargelytronA. G. Ponomarenko A. A. Prokin A. S. Bashkuev 2015 Coptoclavid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Triassic of Lower Franconia, Germany Paleontological Journal 49 12 1334–1345 10.1134/S0031030115120096 2015PalJ...49.1334P 87975023 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidPonomarenko, Prokin & BashkuevMiddle to Late TriassicGermanyA member of Coptoclavidae. Genus includes Stargelytron larissae and Stargelytron altus.Stegobium raritanensisSp. novValidPeris, Philips & DelclòsLate Cretaceous (Turonian)New Jersey AmberUnited StatesA member of Anobiinae, a relative of the drugstore beetle.Stephanopachys ambericusPetr Zahradník Jiří Háva 2015 Two new Stephanopachys species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea: Bostrichidae) Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series 11 2 433–435 Sp. novValidZahradník & HávaEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A member of Bostrichidae found in Baltic amber, a species of Stephanopachys.Stephanopachys electronSp. novValidZahradník & HávaEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A member of Bostrichidae found in Baltic amber, a species of Stephanopachys.SuccinispaKonstantin S. Nadein Evgeny E. Perkovsky Alexey G. Moseyko 2015 New Late Eocene Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic, Rovno and Danish ambers Papers in Palaeontology 2 1 117–137 10.1002/spp2.1034 86059856 Gen. et sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/0019A3C3-3D0D-4983-9AC1-9598503B5E02 Archived copy 2020-05-30 2019-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20190808222045/http://zoobank.org/References/0019A3C3-3D0D-4983-9AC1-9598503B5E02 Nadein in Nadein, Perkovsky & MoseykoEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Cassidinae found in Baltic amber. The type species is Succinispa stainesi.SuccinoomorphusGen. et sp. novValidBukejs & NadeinEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A lamprosomatine leaf beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Succinoomorphus warchalowskii.SucinolivoliaAndris Bukejs Maurizio Biondi Vitalii I. Alekseev 2015 Sucinolivolia torpida—a new genus and species of flea-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Baltic amber Zootaxa 4058 1 119–126 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.7 26701511 Gen. et sp. novValidBukejs, Biondi & AlekseevLate EoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A flea beetle found in Baltic amber. The type species is Sucinolivolia torpida.Taphioporus carsteniAndris Bukejs Alexey G. Moseyko 2015 Two new species of the genus Taphioporus Moseyko & Kirejtshuk (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Baltic amber Zootaxa 4032 4 395–406 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.4.4 26624375Sp. novValidBukejs & MoseykoEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Eumolpinae found in Baltic amber, a species of Taphioporus.Taphioporus rovnoiSp. novValidMoseyko & Perkovsky in Nadein, Perkovsky & MoseykoEoceneUkraineA leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Eumolpinae found in Rovno amber, a species of Taphioporus.Taphioporus rufousSp. novValidBukejs & MoseykoEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A leaf beetle belonging to the subfamily Eumolpinae found in Baltic amber, a species of Taphioporus.Tesserocerus simojovelensisSp. novValidPeris & Solórzano Kraemer in Peris et al.MioceneMexicoA tesserocerine platypodine ambrosia beetle found in Chiapas amber, a species of Tesserocerus.Tetracoleus golubeviSp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaAn asiocoleid beetle, a species of Tetracoleus.Trechus balticusJoachim Schmidt Arnaud Faille 4567009 2015 Confirmation of occurrence of Trechus Clairville, 1806 in the Baltic amber forests, with description of a flightless edaphic species, and remarks on Trechoides Motschulsky, 1856 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini) Zootaxa 4028 4 539–550 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.5 26624326 Sp. novValidSchmidt & FailleEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A species of Trechus found in Baltic amber.Uskatocoleus artusSp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA schizocoleid beetle, a species of Uskatocoleus.Uskatocoleus hirsutusSp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA schizocoleid beetle, a species of Uskatocoleus.Uskatocoleus minorSp. novValidPonomarenkoLate PermianRussiaA schizocoleid beetle, a species of Uskatocoleus.VaboleVitalii I. Alekseev Maxim Nabozhenko 2015 A new fossil tenebrionid beetle of the tribe Palorini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Eocene Baltic Amber The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 mo4 127–130 10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.127 86080891 Gen. et sp. novValidAlekseev & NabozhenkoEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A darkling beetle belonging to the tribe Palorini found in Baltic amber. The type species is Vabole triplehorni.Vanonus aestiorumSp. novValidAlekseev & GrzymalaEoceneEuropeA member of Aderidae, a species of Vanonus.Vanonus ulmerigicusSp. novValidAlekseev & GrzymalaEoceneEuropeA member of Aderidae, a species of Vanonus.YixianochodaeusG.V. Nikolajev 2015 On the systematic position of the new scarab beetles genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, Ochodaeidae) from the Mesozoic of China Euroasian Entomological Journal 14 1 21–26 http://www.eco.nsc.ru/EEJ_contents/14/201514104.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidNikolajevEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA member of Ochodaeidae belonging to the subfamily Chaetocanthinae and the tribe Synochodaeini. The type species is Yixianochodaeus horridus.YixianscarabaeusG.V. Nikolajev 2015 About raising of the status of the subfamily Eremazinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) with description of new taxa from the Mesozoic in China Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 2 297–302 10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-2-297-302 free Gen. et 2 sp. novValidNikolajevEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA member of Scarabaeoidea belonging to the family Eremazidae. The type species is Yixianscarabaeus sulcatus; genus also includes Yixianscarabaeus tenuistriatus.YixianteresGen. et sp. novValidYu et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA lophocaterine trogossitid beetle. The type species is Yixianteres beipiaoensis.Zygadenia floodpageiEdmund A. Jarzembowski Bo Wang Haichun Zhang Yan Fang 2015 Boring beetles are not necessarily dull: New notocupedins (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Mesozoic of Eurasia and East Gondwana Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 431–439 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.006 2015CrRes..52..431J Sp. novValidJarzembowski et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Barremian)Weald Clay GroupUnited KingdomAn ommatine beetle, a species of Zygadenia.Zygadenia liuiSp. novValidJarzembowski et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Sinuiju Formation Yixian FormationChina North KoreaChol Guk Won Su Hyang Jon Kwang Sik So Li Jong Hyon 2019 First record of a beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Cretaceous Research 114 104276 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104276 210620160 An ommatine beetle, a species of Zygadenia.Zygadenia martinaeSp. novValidJarzembowski et al.Early Jurassic (Sinemurian to Toarcian)Cattamarra Coal MeasuresAustraliaAn ommatine beetle, a species of Zygadenia.Zygadenia simpsoniSp. novValidJarzembowski et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Barremian)Weald Clay GroupUnited KingdomAn ommatine beetle, a species of Zygadenia. Clade Dictyoptera Blattodea Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesLatiblattella avitaDale E. Greenwalt Ľubomír Vidlička 2015 Latiblattella avita sp. nov. (Blattaria: Ectobiidae) from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation, Montana, USA Palaeontologia Electronica 18 1 Article number 18.1.16A 10.26879/511 free Sp. novValidGreenwalt & VidličkaEocene (Lutetian)Kishenehn FormationUnited StatesA cockroach related to members of the genus Ectobius, a species of Latiblattella.ManipulatorPeter Vršanský Günter Bechly 2015 New predatory cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria: Manipulatoridae fam.n.) from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber Geologica Carpathica 66 2 133–138 10.1515/geoca-2015-0015 2015GCarp..66..133V 67850352 free Gen. et sp. novValidVršanský & BechlyLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA corydioid cockroach and/or a possible relative of the mantises. The type species is Manipulator modificaputis.thumb|center|150px|Manipulator modificaputisPhyloblatta? vrsanskyiDanil S. Aristov 2015 Insects from a New Ufimian Locality of Troitsa in the Perm Region, Russia Paleontological Journal 49 5 496–500 http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=5&year=15&page=496 10.1134/S0031030115050032 2015PalJ...49..496A 85813241 2015-10-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052807/http://www.maik.rssi.ru/cgi-perl/search.pl?type=abstract&name=paleng&number=5&year=15&page=496 2016-03-04 subscription Sp. novValidAristovEarly PermianRussiaA cockroach, possibly a species of Phyloblatta.RaptoblattaIsabel L. Dittmann Marie K. Hörnig Joachim T. Haug Carolin Haug 2015 Raptoblatta waddingtonae n. gen. et n. sp. – an Early Cretaceous roach-like insect with a mantodean-type raptorial foreleg Palaeodiversity 8 103–111 http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/08Palaeodiversity_8-15_Dittmann_2.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidDittmann et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Crato FormationBrazilA Mesoblattinidae Dictyoptera. The type species is Raptoblatta waddingtonae. "Isoptera" Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesGyatermes naganoensisMichael S. Engel Toshiaki Tanaka 2015 A giant termite of the genus Gyatermes from the late Miocene of Nagano Prefecture, Japan (Isoptera) Novitates Paleoentomologicae 10 10 1–10 10.17161/np.v0i10.4900 free 1808/20577 free Sp. novValidEngel & TanakaLate Miocene (late Messinian)Ogawa FormationJapanAn archotermopsid termite, a species of Gyatermes.HuguenotermesMichael S. Engel André Nel 2015 A new fossil drywood termite species from the Late Eocene of France allied to Cryptotermes and Procryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) Novitates Paleoentomologicae 11 11 1–7 10.17161/np.v0i11.4953 free 1808/20614 free Gen. et sp. novValidEngel & NelEocene (early Priabonian)FranceA kalotermitid termite. The type species is Huguenotermes septimaniensis. Clade Hymenopterida Hymenopterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAcephialtitiaLongfeng Li Chungkun Shih Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn Dong Ren 2015 New fossil ephialtitids elucidating the origin and transformation of the propodeal-metasomal articulation in Apocrita (Hymenoptera) BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 1 45 10.1186/s12862-015-0317-1 25887291 4372304 2015BMCEE..15...45L free Gen. et sp. novValidLi et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn ephialtitid wasp. The type species is Acephialtitia colossa.AgastomyrmaDlussky G.M. Rasnitsyn A.P. Perfilieva K.S. 2015 The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East) Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 1 131–152 10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-131-152 free Gen. et sp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaA myrmicine ant. The type species is A. laticeps.Amplicella exquisitissimaDmitry S. Kopylov Haichun Zhang 2015 New ichneumonids (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of north China Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 591–604 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.012 2015CrRes..52..591K Sp. novValidKopylov & ZhangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn ichneumonid, a species of Amplicella.Amplicella flagellataSp. novValidKopylov & ZhangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn ichneumonid, a species of Amplicella.Amplicella townesiSp. novValidKopylov & ZhangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn ichneumonid, a species of Amplicella.ArchaeogryonS. V. Kononova S. A. Simutnik S. N. Lazarenko 2015 New Genus and Species of Egg Parasitic Wasps (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) from the Rovno Amber Paleontological Journal 49 4 394–398 10.1134/S0031030115040097 2015PalJ...49..394K 86173694 Gen. et sp. novValidKononova & Simutnik in Kononova, Simutnik & LazarenkoEoceneRovno amberUkraineA Scelionidae wasp. The type species is A. floridus.ArchaeoserphitesMichael S. Engel 2015 A new family of primitive serphitoid wasps in Lebanese amber (Hymenoptera: Serphitoidea) Novitates Paleoentomologicae 13 13 1–22 10.17161/np.v0i13.5064 free 1808/20608 free Gen. et sp. novValidEngelEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)Lebanese amberLebanonA wasp related to the family Serphitidae. The type species is A. melqarti.ArchigonatocerusJohn T. Huber 9998258 2015 World reclassification of the Gonatocerus group of genera (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) Zootaxa 3967 1 1–184 10.11646/zootaxa.3967.1.1 26249475 free Gen. et 2 sp. novValidHuberEoceneBaltic amberRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A fairyfly with two species: A. balticus and A. longivena.Austroponera schneideriKaulfuss U. Dlussky G. M. 2015 Early Miocene Formicidae (Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, ?Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, and Ponerinae) from the Foulden Maar fossil Lagerstätte, New Zealand, and their biogeographic relevance Journal of Paleontology 89 6 1043–1055 10.1017/jpa.2015.62 2015JPal...89.1043K 131165094 Sp novValidKaulfuss & DlusskyAquitanianFoulden MaarNew ZealandA ponerine antthumb|center|upright|Austroponera schneideriBaikuris maximusPerrichot V. 2015 A new species of Baikuris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Sphecomyrminae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from France Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 585–590 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.005 2015CrRes..52..585P 140675379 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01112039/file/Perrichot-cret-res-HAL.pdf Sp. novValidPerrichotAlbian-CenomanianCharentese amberFranceA sphecomyrmine antthumb|center|150px|Baikuris maximusBiamomyrmaGen. et 3 sp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae. The type species is B. zherikhini; genus also contains B. lata and B. rugosa.Brachyscelio grandiculusSp. novValidKononova & Simutnik in Kononova, Simutnik & LazarenkoEoceneUkraineA member of Scelionidae found in Rovno amber, a species of Brachyscelio.BrevisiriciusMei Wang Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn Chungkun Shih Michael J. Sharkey Dong Ren 2015 New fossils from China elucidating the phylogeny of Praesiricidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) Systematic Entomology 41 1 41–55 10.1111/syen.12142 83182878 Gen. et sp. novValidWang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly. The type species is Brevisiricius distortus.Casaleia orientalisSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Amblyoponinae.Centrodora brevispinaeSp. novValidBurks & Heraty in Burks et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Europe (Baltic Sea coast)An aphelinid chalcid wasp found in Baltic amber, a species of Centrodora.Clystopsenella mirabilisMichael S. Engel 2015 The wasp genus Clystopsenella in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Scolebythidae) Novitates Paleoentomologicae 12 12 1–14 10.17161/np.v0i12.4958 free 1808/20609 free Sp. novValidEngelEarly MioceneDominican RepublicA scolebythid wasp found in Dominican amber, a species of Clystopsenella.ColemanusJ. Fisher Erika Tucker Michael Sharkey 2015 Colemanus keeleyorum (Braconidae, Ichneutinae s. l.): a new genus and species of Eocene wasp from the Green River Formation of western North America Journal of Hymenoptera Research 44 57–67 10.3897/JHR.44.4727 free Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidFisher in Fisher, Tucker & SharkeyEoceneGreen River FormationUnited StatesA Proteropini tribe ichneutine braconid wasp. The type species is C. keeleyorum Also includes Ichneutes contortus (1933) from Baltic amber.Crematogaster auroraJohn S. Lapolla Dale E. Greenwalt 2015 Fossil Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation Sociobiology 62 2 163–174 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.163-174 4 July 2025 free https://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/717 Sp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA myrmicine ant. Originally described as a species of Crematogaster, subsequently transferred to the genus Incertogaster.Brendon E. Boudinot Bernhard L. Bock Michael Weingardt Daniel Tröger Jan Batelka Di Li Adrian Richter Hans Pohl Olivia T. D. Moosdorf Kenny Jandausch Jörg U. Hammel Rolf G. Beutel Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany 2024 Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 71 1 111–176 10.3897/dez.71.112433 free thumb|center|upright|Crematogaster auroraCuspilongusArchibald S.B. Rasnitsyn A.P. 2015 New early Eocene Siricomorpha (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae, Siricidae, Cephidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America The Canadian Entomologist 148 2 209–228 10.4039/tce.2015.55 85743832 Gen. et sp. novValidArchibald & RasnitsynEocene (Ypresian)CanadaA stem sawfly. The type species is Cuspilongus cachecreekensis.DecorisiriciusGen. et 2 sp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly. The type species is Decorisiricius patulus; genus also contains Decorisiricius longus.DiaspathionMichael S. Engel Diying Huang Dany Azar André Nel Steven R. Davis Mabel Alvarado Laura C.V. Breitkreuz 2015 The wasp family Spathiopterygidae in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea) Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 2 95–100 10.1016/j.crpv.2014.11.002 2015CRPal..14...95E Gen. et sp. novValidEngel & Huang in Engel et al.CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA spathiopterygid wasp. The type species is Diaspathion ortegai.Dolichoderus dlusskyiSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA dolichoderine ant.thumb|center|upright|Dolichoderus dlusskyiDolichoderus pinguisSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Dolichoderinae.Emplastus biamoensisK.S. Perfilieva Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn 2015 Emplastus biamoensis nom. n., a replacement name for ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Bol'shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East) Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 2 405–406 10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-2-405-406 free Sp. novValidPerfilieva & RasnitsynLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Dolichoderinae.Emplastus elongatusSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Dolichoderinae.Emplastus macropsSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Dolichoderinae.EochrysisAlexander B. Doweld 2015 Eochrysis, a new replacement name for the fossil Protochrysis Bischoff, 1916 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) nec Pascher, 1911 (Protista: Cryptomonada) Zootaxa 4058 4 589–590 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.4.9 26701548 Nom. novValidDoweldEocene (Lutetian)Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A cuckoo wasp found in Baltic amber; a replacement name for Protochrysis Bischoff (1916) and its first replacement name Protochrysidis Carpenter (1985) (both preoccupied).Eoformica brevipetiolaSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesAn ant of uncertain phylogenetic placement.thumb|center|upright|Eoformica brevipetiolaEoformica latimediaSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesAn ant of uncertain phylogenetic placement'.thumb|center|upright|Eoformica latimediaFerganolyda eucallaMei Wang Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn Chungkun Shih Dong Ren 2015 New fossil records of bizarre Ferganolyda (Hymenoptera: Xyelydidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 1 99–108 10.1080/03115518.2015.958286 2015Alch...39...99W 84219389 Sp. novValidWang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA xyelydid sawfly, a species of Ferganolyda.Ferganolyda insolitaSp. novValidWang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA xyelydid sawfly, a species of Ferganolyda.FissilydaMei Wang Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn Chungkun Shih Dong Ren 2015 New xyelydid sawflies from the Lower Cretaceous of China Cretaceous Research 54 169–178 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.12.008 2015CrRes..54..169W Gen. et 3 sp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA xyelydid sawfly. Genus contains three species: Fissilyda compta, F. alba and F. parilis.FonsecadaliaMárcio Mendes Francisco Irineudo Bezerra de Oliveira Saulo Limaverde 2015 Um novo gênero e duas novas espécies de Pergidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) na Formação Fonseca (Bacia de Fonseca, Paleógeno) Minas Gerais, Brasil Revista de Geologia 28 2 27–36 http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/index.php/geologia/article/view/2566 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidMendes, de Oliveira & LimaverdeEocene–OligoceneFonseca FormationBrazilA member of Pergidae belonging to the subfamily Euryinae. The type species is F. perfectus; genus also includes F. propinquus.Formica annosaSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA formicine ant.thumb|center|upright|Formica annosaFormica biamoensisSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Formicinae.Formica paleosibiricaSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Formicinae.Gesomyrmex incertusSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Formicinae.Gesomyrmex macropsSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Formicinae.Gesomyrmex magnusSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Formicinae.GlaesaphytisRoger A. Burks John M. Heraty John D. Pinto David Grimaldi 2015 Small but not ephemeral: newly discovered species of Aphelinidae and Trichogrammatidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Eocene amber Systematic Entomology 40 3 592–605 10.1111/syen.12124 2015SysEn..40..592B 83423319 Gen. et sp. novValidBurks & Heraty in Burks et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Europe (Baltic Sea coast)An aphelinid chalcid wasp found in Baltic amber. The type species is Glaesaphytis interregni.Gonatocerus janzeniSp. novValidHuberEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A fairyfly found in Baltic amber, a species of Gonatocerus.HabraulacusLongfeng Li Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn Chungkun Shih Dong Ren 2015 A new genus and species of Praeaulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber Cretaceous Research 55 19–24 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.01.007 2015CrRes..55...19L Gen. et sp. novValidLi et al.CenomanianBurmese amberMyanmarA praeaulacid evanioid wasp. The type species is Habraulacus zhaoi.Khasurtella zhangiSp. novValidKopylov & ZhangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn ichneumonid, a species of Khasurtella.KotenkiaS. A. Simutnik 2015 Description of two new monotypical genera of encyrtid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), based on males from the Middle Eocene Sakhalin amber Entomological Review 95 7 937–940 10.1134/S0013873815070118 41555847 Gen. et sp. novValidSimutnikEoceneRussiaA member of Encyrtidae. The type species is Kotenkia platycera.KtunaxiaGen. et sp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA dolichoderine ant. The type species is Ktunaxia jucunda.Lasius glomSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA formicine ant, a species of Lasius.LimbisiriciusGen. et 2 sp. novValidWang et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly. The type species is Decorisiricius aequalis; genus also contains Limbisiricius complanatus.Liometopum incognitumSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Dolichoderinae, a species of Liometopum.Mirufens illusionisSp. novValidBurks, Pinto & Heraty in Burks et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Europe (Baltic Sea coast)A trichogrammatid chalcid wasp found in Baltic amber, a species of Mirufens.Myrmecites dubiusSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae, a species of Myrmecites.Myrmecites majorSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae, a species of Myrmecites.Myrmecites sibiricusSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae, a species of Myrmecites.Novalyda decoraSp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA xyelydid sawfly, a species of Novalyda.Pachycondyla aberransSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae, a species of Pachycondyla.Pachycondyla oligocenicaSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae, a species of Pachycondyla.Pachycondyla parvulaNom. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaMiddle EoceneMessel pitGermanyAn ant belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae, a species of Pachycondyla. A replacement name for Pachycondyla minuta Dlussky & Wedmann (2012) (preoccupied).thumb|center|upright|Pachycondyla parvulaPalaeogrammaGen. et sp. novValidBurks, Pinto & Heraty in Burks et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Europe (Baltic Sea coast)A trichogrammatid chalcid wasp found in Baltic amber. The type species is Palaeogramma eos.Paraneuretus dubovikoffiSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Aneuretinae, a species of Paraneuretus.Paridris yumaiElijah Talamas Matthew Buffington 2015 Fossil Platygastroidea in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Journal of Hymenoptera Research 47 1–52 10.3897/JHR.47.5730 free Sp. novValidTalamas in Talamas & BuffingtonMioceneDominican RepublicA member of Scelioninae found in Dominican amber, a species of Paridris.Paxylommites groehniV.I. Tolkanits E.E. Perkovsky 2015 A New Species of the Genus Paxylommites (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Hybrizoninae) from Baltic Amber Paleontological Journal 49 4 391–393 10.1134/S0031030115040164 2015PalJ...49..391T 87565262 Sp. novValidTolkanits & PerkovskyEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)An ichneumonid found in Baltic amber, a species of Paxylommites.PhtuariaGen. et sp. novValidBurks & Heraty in Burks et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Europe (Baltic Sea coast)An aphelinid chalcid wasp found in Baltic amber. The type species is Phtuaria fimbriae.Plaumannion fistulosumSp. novValidTalamas in Talamas & BuffingtonMioceneDominican RepublicA member of Scelioninae found in Dominican amber, a species of Plaumannion.Ponerites kishenehneSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA ponerine ant, a species of Ponerites.Praeaulacus byssinusMenglun Wang Longfeng Li Chungkun Shih 2015 New fossil wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) from the Middle Jurassic of China Insect Systematics & Evolution 46 5 471–484 10.1163/1876312X-45032127 Sp. novValidWang, Li & ShihMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA praeaulacid wasp, a species of Praeaulacus.Proceratium petrosumSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Proceratiinae, a species of Proceratium.ProephialtitiaGen. et 2 sp. novValidLi et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaAn ephialtitid wasp. Genus contains two species: Proephialtitia acantha and Proephialtitia tenuata.Proiridomyrmex rotundatusSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA dolichoderine ant, a species of Proiridomyrmex.Protazteca eocenicaSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA dolichoderine ant, a species of Protazteca.Pseudomyrmex saxulumSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA pseudomyrmecine ant, a species of Pseudomyrmex.Pterandrophysalis plasmansSp. novValidBurks, Pinto & Heraty in Burks et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Europe (Baltic Sea coast)A trichogrammatid chalcid wasp found in Baltic amber, a species of Pterandrophysalis.PteropilosaMarcel Bläser Lars Krogmann Ralph S. Peters 2015 Two new fossil genera and species of Cerocephalinae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), including the first record from the Eocene ZooKeys 545 89–100 10.3897/zookeys.545.6470 26798296 4714369 2015ZooK..545...89B free Gen. et sp. novValidBläser, Krogmann & PetersEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of Pteromalidae belonging to the subfamily Cerocephalinae found in Baltic amber. The type species is Pteropilosa lailarabanorum.RovnosomaS. A. Simutnik E. E. Perkovsky 2015 Rovnosoma gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from the Late Eocene Rovno amber Paleontological Journal 49 1 36–38 10.1134/S0031030115010116 2015PalJ...49...36S 84404074 Gen. et sp. novValidSimutnik & PerkovskyLate EoceneUkraineAn encyrtid wasp found in Rovno amber. The type species is Rovnosoma gracile.Rudisiricius aterMei Wang Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn Chungkun Shih Dong Ren 2015 Revision of the Genus Rudisiricius (Hymenoptera, Praesiricidae) with six new species from Jehol Biota, China Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 570–578 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.013 2015CrRes..52..570W Sp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly, a species of Rudisiricius.Rudisiricius feroxSp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly, a species of Rudisiricius.Rudisiricius membranaceousSp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly, a species of Rudisiricius.Rudisiricius parvusSp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly, a species of Rudisiricius.Rudisiricius tenellusSp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly, a species of Rudisiricius.Rudisiricius validusSp. novValidWang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA praesiricid sawfly, a species of Rudisiricius.SinochoraGen. et sp. novValidKopylov & ZhangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn ichneumonid. The type species is Sinochora distorta.SinoproscoliaQi Zhang Haichun Zhang Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn Edmund A. Jarzembowski 2015 A new genus of Scoliidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeast China Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 579–584 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.013 2015CrRes..52..579Z Gen. et sp. novValidZhang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA scoliid wasp. The type species is Sinoproscolia yangshuwanziensis.Solenopsites abditaSp. novValidLapolla & GreenwaltEoceneKishenehn FormationUnited StatesA myrmicine ant, a species of Solenopsites.thumb|center|upright|Solenopsites abditaSugonjaeviaGen. et sp. novValidSimutnikEoceneRussiaA member of Encyrtidae. The type species is Sugonjaevia sakhalinica.SuliaS.A. Simutnik 2015 A new fossil genus of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Late Eocene Danish amber Russian Entomological Journal 24 1 73–75 http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/REJ/24/ent24_1_073_075_Simutnik_for_Inet.pdf 10.15298/rusentj.24.1.07 free Gen. et sp. novValidSimutnikLate EoceneDenmarkA member of Encyrtidae. The type species is Sulia glaesaria.Symphytopterus gracilerSp. novValidWang, Li & ShihMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaAn ephialtitid wasp, a species of Symphytopterus.Szelenyia terebraeSp. novValidBurks, Pinto & Heraty in Burks et al.Eocene (Lutetian)Europe (Baltic Sea coast)A trichogrammatid chalcid wasp found in Baltic amber, a species of Szelenyia.Tanychora liaoningensisSp. novValidKopylov & ZhangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn ichneumonid, a species of Tanychora.Tanychora rasnitsyniSp. novValidKopylov & ZhangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn ichneumonid, a species of Tanychora.TenuicornusGen. et sp. novValidBläser, Krogmann & PetersEarly MioceneDominican RepublicA member of Pteromalidae belonging to the subfamily Cerocephalinae found in Dominican amber. The type species is Tenuicornus dominicus.Tetramorium kulickaeA. G. Radchenko G. M. Dlussky 2015 First Record Of Fossil Species Of The Genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Vestnik Zoologii 49 4 311–316 10.1515/vzoo-2015-0033 free Sp. novValidRadchenko & DlusskyLate EocenePolandAn ant found in Baltic amber, a species of Tetramorium.Tetramorium paraarmatumSp. novValidRadchenko & DlusskyLate EocenePolandAn ant found in Baltic amber, a species of Tetramorium.UlteramusGen. et sp. novValidArchibald & RasnitsynEocene (Ypresian)Klondike Mountain FormationUnited StatesA pamphiliid sawfly. The type species is Ulteramus republicensis.Ypresiomyrma orientalisSp. novValidDlussky, Rasnitsyn & PerfilievaLate EoceneBol'shaya Svetlovodnaya siteRussiaAn ant belonging to the subfamily Myrmeciinae, a species of Ypresiomyrma.YpresiosirexGen. et sp. novValidArchibald & RasnitsynEocene (Ypresian)CanadaA horntail. The type species is Ypresiosirex orthosemos. Clade Neuropterida Neuroptera Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAetheogramma bistriatumQiang Yang Vladimir N. Makarkin Chungkun Shih Dong Ren 2015 New Aetheogrammatidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China Cretaceous Research 55 25–31 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.01.005 2015CrRes..55...25Y Sp. novValidYang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn aetheogrammatid neuropteran.Archaeochrysa sanikwaS. Bruce Archibald Vladimir N. Makarkin 2015 A new species of Archaeochrysa Adams (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene of Driftwood Canyon, British Columbia, Canada The Canadian Entomologist 147 4 359–369 10.4039/tce.2014.53 86209088 Sp. novValidArchibald & MakarkinYpresianDriftwood Canyon shalesCanadaA chrysopid neuropteran.Baisochrysa pumilaAlexander V. Khramov Qing Liu Haichun Zhang Edmund A. Jarzembowski 2015 Early green lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the Jurassic of China and Kazakhstan Papers in Palaeontology 2 1 25–39 10.1002/spp2.1024 86522876 Sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/11137CD0-D24F-40AC-B628-70CFD01439EB Archived copy 2020-05-30 2019-09-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20190911175144/http://zoobank.org/References/11137CD0-D24F-40AC-B628-70CFD01439EB Khramov et al.Late JurassicKarabastau SvitaKazakhstanA green lacewing.Baissoleon similisChaofan Shi Shaun L. Winterton Dong Ren 2015 Phylogeny of split-footed lacewings (Neuroptera, Nymphidae), with descriptions of new Cretaceous fossil species from China Cladistics 31 5 455–490 10.1111/cla.12104 34753272 free Sp. novValidShi, Winterton & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA nymphid neuropteran.BerothoneA. V. Khramov 2015 Jurassic beaded lacewings (Insecta: Neuroptera: Berothidae) from Kazakhstan and Mongolia Paleontological Journal 49 1 26–35 10.1134/S0031030115010062 2015PalJ...49...26K 85347351 Gen. et comb. novValidKhramovLate JurassicKazakhstanA beaded lacewing. A new genus for "Mesithone" protea Panfilov (1980); genus also contains "Mesithone" gracilis Panfilov (1980).CratosmylusJustine Myskowiak François Escuillié André Nel 2015 A new Osmylidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation in Brazil Cretaceous Research 54 27–33 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.11.012 2015CrRes..54...27M Gen. et sp. novValidMyskowiak, Escuillié & NelEarly CretaceousCrato FormationBrazilA neuropteran of uncertain phylogenetic placement; originally described as an osmylid, but Winterton et al. (2019) transferred it to the family Nymphidae.Shaun L. Winterton Caleb Califre Martins Vladimir Makarkin Adrian Ardila-Camacho Yongjie Wang 2019 Lance lacewings of the world (Neuroptera: Archeosmylidae, Osmylidae, Saucrosmylidae): review of living and fossil genera Zootaxa 4581 1 1–99 10.11646/zootaxa.4581.1.1 31715703 145935155 The type species is C. magnificus.CreagroparaberothaVladimir N. Makarkin 2015 A new genus of the mantispid-like Paraberothinae (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from Burmese amber, with special consideration of its probasitarsus spine-like setation Zootaxa 4007 3 327–342 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.2 26623814 Gen. et sp. novValidMakarkinLate Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA Paraberothinae beaded lacewing. The type species is C. groehni.CretanallachiusDiying Huang Dany Azar Chenyang Cai Romain Garrouste André Nel 2015 The first Mesozoic pleasing lacewing (Neuroptera: Dilaridae) Cretaceous Research 56 274–277 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.001 2015CrRes..56..274H Gen. et sp. novValidHuang et al.Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarOriginally classified as a pleasing lacewing; subsequently considered to be a member of the superfamily Psychopsoidea of uncertain phylogenetic placement by Lu, Zhang & Liu (2016),Xiu-Mei Lu Wei-Wei Zhang Xing-Yue Liu 2016 New long-proboscid lacewings of the mid-Cretaceous provide insights into ancient plant-pollinator interactions Scientific Reports 6 25382 10.1038/srep25382 free 27149436 4857652 2016NatSR...625382L while Liu et al. (2018) considered it to be a member of the family Kalligrammatidae.Qing Liu Xiumei Lu Qingqing Zhang Jun Chen Xiaoting Zheng Weiwei Zhang Xingyue Liu Bo Wang 2018 High niche diversity in Mesozoic pollinating lacewings Nature Communications 9 1 3793 10.1038/s41467-018-06120-5 free 30224679 6141599 2018NatCo...9.3793L The type species is C. magnificus.thumb|center|upright|Cretanallachius magnificusCurtogrammaGen. et sp. novValidYang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn aetheogrammatid neuropteran. The type species is C. ovatum.CyclicogrammaGen. et sp. novValidYang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaAn aetheogrammatid neuropteran. The type species is C. rotundum.DaopsychopsYuanyuan Peng Vladimir N. Makarkin Dong Ren 2015 Diverse new Middle Jurassic Osmylopsychopidae (Neuroptera) from China shed light on the classification of psychopsoids Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 4 261–295 10.1080/14772019.2015.1042080 82816017 Gen. et 5 sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/E3E3F401-747F-427B-A46C-51B4148A5D0D Archived copy 2020-05-30 2021-02-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20210225154443/http://zoobank.org/References/E3E3F401-747F-427B-A46C-51B4148A5D0D Peng, Makarkin & RenMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. Five species: D. dissectus, D. clausus, D. inanis, D. bifasciatus and D. cubitalis.ElektroberothaVladimir N. Makarkin Michael Ohl 2015 An important new fossil genus of Berothinae (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from Baltic amber Zootaxa 3946 3 401–415 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.7 25947700 Gen. et sp. novValidMakarkin & OhlEoceneBaltic amberEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A berothine berothid neuropteran. The type species is E. groehni.EupypsychopsGen. et 2 sp. novValidPeng, Makarkin & RenMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. Two species: E. ferox and E. confini.GigantopsychopsGen. et sp. novValidPeng, Makarkin & RenMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA psychopid neuropteran. The type species is G. reticulatus.Kalligramma delicatumQing Liu Aleksandr V. Khramov Haichun Zhang 2015 A new species of Kalligramma Walther, 1904 (Insecta, Neuroptera, Kalligrammatidae) from the Middle–Upper Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 3 438–442 10.1080/03115518.2015.1021564 2015Alch...39..438L 129928002 Sp. novValidLiu, Khramov & ZhangMiddle or Late JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA kalligrammatid neuropteranKalligrammula karatensisQing Liu Aleksandr V. Khramov Haichun Zhang Edmund A. Jarzembowski 2015 Two new species of Kalligrammula Handlirsch, 1919 (Insecta, Neuroptera, Kalligrammatidae) from the Jurassic of China and Kazakhstan Journal of Paleontology 89 3 405–410 10.1017/jpa.2015.25 2015JPal...89..405L 130457192 Sp. novValidLiu et al.Late JurassicKarabastau SvitaKazakhstanA kalligrammatid neuropteranKalligrammula lataSp. novValidLiu et al.Middle–Late JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA kalligrammatid neuropteranKarataumantispaJames E. Jepson 2015 A review of the current state of knowledge of fossil Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) Zootaxa 3964 4 419–432 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.4.2 26249453Gen. et comb. novValidJepsonLate JurassicKazakhstanA mantispid neuropteran; a new genus for "Mesithone" carnaria Khramov (2013) and "Mesithone" monstruosa Khramov (2013). Jepson, Khramov & Ohl (2018) transferred "Mesithone" monstruosa to the genus Ovalofemora.James E. Jepson Alexander V. Khramov Michael Ohl 2018 New Mesomantispinae (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan Zootaxa 4402 3 563–574 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.9 29690261KrokhathoneGen. et 2 sp. novValidKhramovLate JurassicKarabastau FormationKazakhstanA beaded lacewing. The type species is K. parva; genus also contains K. tristis.LodevosisyraJakub Prokop Flávia Rodrigues Fernandes Jean Lapeyrie André Nel 2015 Discovery of the first lacewings (Neuroptera: Permithonidae) from the Guadalupian of the Lodève Basin (Southern France) Geobios 48 3 263–270 10.1016/j.geobios.2015.03.001 2015Geobi..48..263P Gen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA permithonid neuropteran. The type species is L. reducta.LodevothoneGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA permithonid neuropteran. The type species is L. pectinata.Mesypochrysa sinicaSp. novJunior homonymKhramov et al.Middle–Late Jurassic boundary intervalDaohugou BedsChinaA green lacewing. Makarkin, Simonsen & Perkovsky (2025) transferred the species "Drakochrysa" sinica Yang & Hong (1990) to the genus Mesypochrysa, making the species named by Khramov et al. a homonym of the species named by Yang & Hong, and established a replacement name Mesypochrysa khramovi for the species named by Khramov et al..Vladimir N. Makarkin Thomas J. Simonsen Evgeny E. Perkovsky 2025 Diversity of the mostly Mesozoic genus Mesypochrysa Martynov, 1927 (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Limaiinae) in the lowermost Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark Palaeoworld 201059 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201059 MicromantispaChaofan Shi Michael Ohl Jörg Wunderlich Dong Ren 2015 A remarkable new genus of Mantispidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar and its implications on raptorial foreleg evolution in Mantispidae Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 416–422 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.04.003 2015CrRes..52..416S Gen. et sp. novValidShi et al.CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA mantispid or a paraberothineVladimir N. Makarkin 2015 A remarkable new genus of Mantispidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar and its implications on raptorial foreleg evolution in Mantispidae: A comment Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 423–424 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.06.012 2015CrRes..52..423M neuropteran. The type species is M. cristata.NematopsychopsGen. et sp. novValidPeng, Makarkin & RenMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. The type species is N. unicus.OchropsychopsGen. et sp. novValidPeng, Makarkin & RenMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. The type species is O. multus.OligophlebiopsisAlexander V. Khramov Vladimir N. Makarkin 8935175 2015 New fossil Osmylopsychopidae (Neuroptera) from the Early/Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia Zootaxa 4059 1 115–132 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.6 26701556 Gen. et sp. novValidKhramov & MakarkinEarly JurassicKyrgyzstanAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. The type species is O. biramosa.OsmylopsychoidesGen. et sp. novValidKhramov & MakarkinLate Early to early Middle JurassicKyrgyzstanAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. The type species is O. anteromedialis.OsmylopsychostoechusGen. et sp. novValidKhramov & MakarkinLate Early to early Middle JurassicKyrgyzstanAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. The type species is O. sogulensis.ProsisyrinaPerkovsky E.E. Makarkin V.N. 2015 First confirmation of spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from the Cretaceous Cretaceous Research 56 363–371 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.003 2015CrRes..56..363P Gen. et sp. novValidPerkovsky & MakarkinLate Cretaceous (Santonian)Taimyr amberRussiaA spongillafly. The type species is P. sukachevae.PsychostoechotesGen. et sp. novValidKhramov & MakarkinLate Early to early Middle JurassicKyrgyzstanAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. The type species is P. undulatus.Sialium minorSp. novValidShi, Winterton & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA nymphid neuropteran. Originally described as a species of Sialium; Archibald & Makarkin (2020) transferred it to the genus Spilonymphes.S. Bruce Archibald Vladimir N. Makarkin 2020 A new genus and species of split-footed lacewings (Neuroptera) from the early Eocene of western Canada and revision of the subfamily affinities of Mesozoic Nymphidae The Canadian Entomologist 152 3 269–287 10.4039/tce.2020.10 216238397 Sialium sinicusSp. novValidShi, Winterton & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA nymphid neuropteran.Sinosmylites auliensisSp. novValidKhramovLate JurassicKarabastau FormationKazakhstanA beaded lacewing, a species of Sinosmylites.Sinosmylites hotgoricusSp. novValidKhramovLate JurassicUlan-Ereg FormationMongoliaA beaded lacewing.Sinosmylites karatavicusSp. novValidKhramovLate JurassicKarabastau FormationKazakhstanA beaded lacewing.SpilonymphesGen. et sp. novValidShi, Winterton & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA nymphid neuropteran. The type species is S. major.StenopteropsychopsGen. et sp. novValidPeng, Makarkin & RenMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaAn osmylopsychopid neuropteran. The type species is S. trifasciatus.UlrikezzaHui Fang Dong Ren Yongjie Wang 2015 Familial Clarification of Saucrosmylidae stat. nov. and New Saucrosmylids from Daohugou, China (Insecta, Neuroptera) PLOS ONE 10 10 e0141048 10.1371/journal.pone.0141048 26485027 4616384 2015PLoSO..1041048F free Gen. et sp. novValidFang, Ren & WangMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA saucrosmylid neuropteran. The type species is U. aspoeckae.YpresioneuraArchibald S. B. Makarkin V. N. 2015 The second genus and species of the extinct neuropteroid family Corydasialidae, from early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada: do they belong to Megaloptera? Zootaxa 4040 5 569–575 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.5 26624691 2034844 free Gen. et sp. novValidArchibald & MakarkinEoceneYpresianEocene Okanagan Highlands Tranquille FormationCanadaA corydasialid lacewing The type species is Y. obscura.First suggested to be a megalopterans, later deemed a neuropteran. Raphidiopterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlloraphidia kyzylzharicaVladimir N. Makarkin Alexander V. Khramov 2015 A new fossil species of snakeflies (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan, with notes on Turonian Neuropterida Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 407–415 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.010 2015CrRes..52..407M Sp. novValidMakarkin & KhramovLate Cretaceous (early Turonian)KazakhstanA snakefly, a species of Alloraphidia.Mesoraphidia daohugouensisYa-nan Lü Xingyue Liu Ren Dong 2015 First record of the fossil snakefly genus Mesoraphidia (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species Zootaxa 3999 4 560–570 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.4.6 26623595 Sp. novValidLü, Liu & DongMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA mesoraphidiid snakefly, a species of Mesoraphidia. Clade †Palaeodictyopteroidea Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBizarreaJakub Prokop André Nel Michael S. Engel Martina Pecharová Thomas Hörnschemeyer 2015 New Carboniferous fossils of Spilapteridae enlighten postembryonic wing development in Palaeodictyoptera Systematic Entomology 41 1 178–190 10.1111/syen.12148 85700150 Gen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Carboniferous (Moscovian)Mazon Creek fossil bedsUnited StatesA spilapterid palaeodictyopteran. The type species is Bizarrea obscura.Brodioptera sinensisMartina Pecharová Dong Ren Jakub Prokop 2015 A new palaeodictyopteroid (Megasecoptera: Brodiopteridae) from the Early Pennsylvanian of northern China reveals unique morphological traits and intra-specific variability Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 2 236–249 10.1080/03115518.2015.993299 2015Alch...39..236P 84297746 Sp. novValidPecharová, Ren & ProkopCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian)Tupo FormationChinaA brodiopterid megasecopteran, a species of Brodioptera.NamuropteraMartina Pecharová Jakub Prokop Dong Ren 2015 Early Pennsylvanian aykhalids from Xiaheyan, northern China and their palaeogeographical significance (Insecta: Megasecoptera) Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 8 613–624 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.06.006 2015CRPal..14..613P free Gen. et sp. novValidPecharová, Prokop & RenCarboniferous (early Pennsylvanian)Tupo FormationChinaAn aykhalid megasecopteran. The type species is Namuroptera minuta.SinopalaeopteryxGen. et 2 sp. novValidPecharová, Prokop & RenCarboniferous (early Pennsylvanian)Tupo FormationChinaAn aykhalid megasecopteran. Genus contains Sinopalaeopteryx olivieri and Sinopalaeopteryx splendens.TytthospilapteraXin Liu Olivier Béthoux Xiangchu Yin Dong Ren 2015 The smallest Palaeodictyoptera (Insecta) discovered at Xiaheyan (Late Carboniferous, China) Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 5 346–352 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.05.013 2015CRPal..14..346L free Gen. et sp. novValidLiu et al.Late CarboniferousChinaA palaeodictyopteran. The type species is Tytthospilaptera wangae.XiaheyanellaYing Fu Olivier Béthoux Qiang Yang Dong Ren 2016 The earliest and most oriental Calvertiellidae unearthed (Palaeodictyoptera; Late Carboniferous; China) Insect Systematics & Evolution 46 5 485–492 10.1163/1876312X-46052128 Gen. et sp. novValidFu et al.Carboniferous (Namurian)Tupo FormationChinaA calvertiellid palaeodictyopteran. The type species is Xiaheyanella orta. Clade Palaeoptera Ephemeropterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPalegonymphaNina D. Sinitshenkova Daniil S. Aristov Piotr Węgierek Dagmara Żyła 2015 New mayfly genera from the Middle Triassic of Poland and their evolutionary and paleogeographic implications (Ephemerida: Litophlebiidae, Vogesonymphidae) Zootaxa 3949 2 281–288 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.2.8 25947807 Gen. et sp. novValidSinitshenkova et al.Middle TriassicPolandA vogesonymphid mayfly. The type species is Palegonympha triassica.TriassolitophlebiaGen. et sp. novValidSinitshenkova et al.Middle TriassicPolandA litophlebiid mayfly. The type species is Triassolitophlebia palegica. Odonatopterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesCretadisparoneuraDiying Huang Dany Azar Chenyang Cai André Nel 2015 New damselfly genera in the Cretaceous Burmese amber attributable to the Platystictidae and Platycnemididae Disparoneurinae (Odonata: Zygoptera) Cretaceous Research 56 237–243 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.004 2015CrRes..56..237H Gen. et sp. novValidHuang et al.CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA damselfly, possibly a disparoneurine platycnemidid. The type species is Cretadisparoneura hongi.DaohugoulibellulaAndré Nel Diying Huang 2016 A new family of 'libelluloid' dragonflies from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, northeastern China (Odonata: Anisoptera: Cavilabiata) Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 39 4 525–529 10.1080/03115518.2015.1050316 129052144 Gen. et sp. novValidNel & HuangMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA dragonfly belonging to the group Cavilabiata. The type species is Daohugoulibellula lini.GalloliupanshaniaAndré Nel Günther Fleck Géraldine Garcia Bernard Gomez Patrice Ferchaud Xavier Valentin 2015 New dragonflies from the lower Cenomanian of France enlighten the timing of the odonatan turnover at the Early – Late Cretaceous boundary Cretaceous Research 52, Part A 108–117 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.08.005 2015CrRes..52..108N Gen. et sp. novValidNel et al.Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)FranceA liupanshaniid aeshnoid dragonfly. The type species is Galloliupanshania incompleta.GallophlebiaGen. et sp. novValidNel et al.Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)FranceA gallophlebiid libelluloid dragonfly. The type species is Gallophlebia magnifica.GallostenophlebiaGen. et sp. novValidNel et al.Late Cretaceous (early Cenomanian)FranceA stenophlebiid dragonfly. The type species is Gallostenophlebia incompleta.HuangiopterumGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Odonatoptera. The type species is Huangiopterum lodevense.InacayalestesJulián F. Petrulevičius 2015 A new Synlestidae damselfly (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera) from the early Eocene of Nahuel Huapi Este, Patagonia, Argentina Arquivos Entomolóxicos 14 287–294 http://www.aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos/vol_14_2015.htm Gen. et sp. novValidPetrulevičiusEocene (Ypresian)ArgentinaA damselfly belonging to the family Synlestidae. The type species is Inacayalestes aikunhuapi.MesostictaGen. et sp. novValidHuang et al.CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA damselfly, possibly a member of Platystictidae. The type species is Mesosticta burmatica.Petrolestes messelensisRomain Garrouste André Nel 2015 New Eocene damselflies and first Cenozoic damsel-dragonfly of the isophlebiopteran lineage (Insecta: Odonata) Zootaxa 4028 3 354–366 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.2 26624314 Sp. novValidGarrouste & NelEoceneMessel pitGermanyA damselfly, a species of Petrolestes.PseudostenolestesGen. et sp. novValidGarrouste & NelEoceneMessel pitGermanyA damsel-dragonfly belonging to the clade Isophlebioptera. The type species is Pseudostenolestes bechlyi.UrolibellulaAsma Zeiri Andre Nel Romain Garrouste 29373690 2015 A new libelluloid family from the Eocene Green River Formation (Colorado, USA) (Odonata, Anisoptera) Zootaxa 4032 3 290–296 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.4 26624363 Gen. et sp. novValidZeiri, Nel & GarrousteEoceneGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoAn Urolibellulidae libelluloid dragonfly.The type species is Urolibellula eocenica.YixianstenophlebiaAndré Nel Diying Huang 2015 A new genus and species of damsel-dragonfly (Odonata: Stenophlebiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China Cretaceous Research 56 421–425 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.008 2015CrRes..56..421N Gen. et sp. novValidNel & HuangEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA stenophlebiid odonatan. The type species is Yixianstenophlebia magnifica. Clade Paraneoptera Hemipterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlacrenaGen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiCretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary)Burmese amberMyanmarA scale insect found in Burmese amber. The type species is Alacrena peculiaris.Aneurus? incertusTorsten Wappler Ernst Heiss Sonja Wedmann 2015 New flatbug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) records from the Middle Eocene Messel Maar, Germany Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89 3 653–660 10.1007/s12542-014-0237-1 2015PalZ...89..653W 83668045 Sp. novValidHeiss, Wappler & WedmannMiddle EoceneThe Messel pitGermanyAn aradid heteropteran, possibly a species of Aneurus.Anthoscytina brevineuraJun Chen Bo Wang Haichun Zhang Xiaoli Wang Xiaoting Zheng 2015 New fossil Procercopidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China European Journal of Entomology 112 2 373–380 10.14411/eje.2015.044 free Sp. novValidChen, Wang & Zhang in Chen et al.Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA procercopid cicadomorph, a relative of froghoppers; a species of Anthoscytina.Anthoscytina elegansSp. novValidChen, Wang & Zhang in Chen et al.Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA procercopid cicadomorph, a relative of froghoppers; a species of Anthoscytina.Anthoscytina hongiNom. novValidChen, Wang & Zhang in Chen et al.Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA procercopid cicadomorph, a relative of froghoppers; a replacement name for Sinotettegarcta longa Hong (1986).Apticoccus fortisSp. novValidVea & GrimaldiEarly CretaceousLebanonA scale insect, a species of Apticoccus.Apticoccus longitenuisSp. novValidVea & GrimaldiEarly CretaceousLebanonA scale insect, a species of Apticoccus.ArcheoviparosiphumDagmara Żyła Agnieszka Homan Barbara Franielczyk Piotr Węgierek 2015 Revised concept of the fossil genus Oviparosiphum Shaposhnikov, 1979 with the description of a new genus (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphidomorpha) ZooKeys 483 9–22 10.3897/zookeys.483.8902 25755622 4351445 2015ZooK..483....9Z free Gen. et comb. novValidŻyła et al.Early CretaceousChina RussiaAn oviparosiphid aphidomorph. A new genus for "Oviparosiphum" baissense Shaposhnikov & Węgierek (1989); genus also contains "Paroviparosiphum" camptotropum Zhang, Zhang, Hou & Ma (1989), "Oviparosiphum" latum Hong & Wang (1990), "Mesoviparosiphum" malacum Zhang, Zhang, Hou & Ma (1989), "Paroviparosiphum" opimum Zhang, Zhang, Hou & Ma (1989) and "Mesoviparosiphum" tuanwangense Zhang, Zhang, Hou & Ma (1989).AretsayaJowita Drohojowska Jacek Szwedo 2015 Early Cretaceous Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) from the Lebanese amber Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 368–389 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.015 2015CrRes..52..368D Gen. et sp. novValidDrohojowska & SzwedoEarly CretaceousLebanonA whitefly found in Lebanese amber. The type species is Aretsaya therina.BaissoteaO. V. Ryzhkova 2015 New Saldidae-Enicocorinae (Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Siberia and Mongolia Paleontological Journal 49 2 153–161 10.1134/S0031030115020094 2015PalJ...49..153R 129324629 Gen. et 3 sp. novValidRyzhkovaEarly CretaceousMongolia RussiaA member of Saldidae. The type species is Baissotea infanta; genus also contains Baissotea peregrina and Baissotea popovi.Bajsaphis abbreviataAgnieszka Homan Dagmara Żyła Piotr Węgierek 2015 Bajsaphididae fam. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous of Baissa, Russia: A new family of aphids and its evolutionary significance Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 357–367 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.017 2015CrRes..52..357H Sp. novValidHoman, Żyła & WęgierekEarly CretaceousRussiaA bajsaphidid aphid, a species of Bajsaphis.Bajsaphis cuspidataSp. novValidHoman, Żyła & WęgierekEarly CretaceousRussiaA bajsaphidid aphid, a species of Bajsaphis.Bajsaphis eridmataSp. novValidHoman, Żyła & WęgierekEarly CretaceousRussiaA bajsaphidid aphid, a species of Bajsaphis.Bajsaphis pulchraSp. novValidHoman, Żyła & WęgierekEarly CretaceousRussiaA bajsaphidid aphid, a species of Bajsaphis.BurmametraDi-ying Huang Romain Garrouste Dany Azar Michael S. Engel André Nel 2015 The fourth Mesozoic water measurer discovered in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Heteroptera: Hydrometridae: Hydrometrinae) Cretaceous Research 52, Part A 118–126 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.001 2015CrRes..52..118H Gen. et sp. novValidHuang et al.Cretaceous (Albian or Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA water measurer. The type species is Burmametra macrocarinata.CarsburgiaKevin J. Lambkin 2015 Revision of the Dysmorphoptilidae with emarginate tegmina (Hemiptera: Auchenorryncha: Cicadomorpha: Prosboloidea) of the Queensland Triassic Zootaxa 3936 3 357–374 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.3 25947441 Gen. et sp. novValidLambkinLate Triassic (Norian)Blackstone FormationAustraliaA dysmorphoptilid cicadomorph. The type species is Carsburgia knezouri.ChalicoridulumJacek Szwedo Jörg Ansorge 2015 The first Mimarachnidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Lower Cretaceous lithographic limestones of the Sierra del Montsec in Spain Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 390–401 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.001 2015CrRes..52..390S Gen. et sp. novValidSzwedo & AnsorgeEarly CretaceousSpainA mimarachnid planthopper. The type species is Chalicoridulum montsecensis.Curvicaudus spinosusDi Tang Yunzhi Yao Dong Ren 2015 New fossil flower bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Cimicoidea: Vetanthocoridae) with uniquely long ovipositor from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous), China Cretaceous Research 56 504–509 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.011 2015CrRes..56..504T Sp. novValidTang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA vetanthocorid cimicoid, a species of Curvicaudus.DaoaphisDiying Huang Piotr Węgierek Dagmara Żyła André Nel 2015 The oldest aphid of the family Oviparosiphidae (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China European Journal of Entomology 112 1 187–192 10.14411/eje.2015.013 free Gen. et sp. novValidHuang et al.Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaAn oviparosiphid aphidoid. The type species is Daoaphis magnalata.Dysmorphoptiloides ellisiSp. novValidLambkinMiddle Triassic (Anisian)Gayndah FormationAustraliaA dysmorphoptilid cicadomorph, a species of Dysmorphoptiloides.Emesopsis putshkoviYuri A. Popov Dominik Chłond 2015 The first fossil record of the Emesinae genus Emesopsis Uhler (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from Eocene Baltic amber Zootaxa 4039 4 566–574 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.6 26624642 Sp. novValidPopov & ChłondLate EoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A thread-legged bug found in Baltic amber, a species of Emesopsis.Emesopsis similisSp. novValidPopov & ChłondLate EoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A thread-legged bug found in Baltic amber, a species of Emesopsis.EuroscytinaJakub Prokop Jacek Szwedo Jean Lapeyrie Romain Garrouste André Nel 2015 New Middle Permian insects from Salagou Formation of the Lodève Basin in southern France (Insecta: Pterygota) Annales de la Société Entomologique de France New Series 51 1 14–51 10.1080/00379271.2015.1054645 87501340 Gen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Cicadomorpha belonging to the family Scytinopteridae. The type species is Euroscytina lutevanorum.GesarisJacek Szwedo Adam Stroiński Qibin Lin 2015 Tip of the clade on the top of the World—the first fossil Lophopidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Palaeocene of Tibet The Science of Nature 102 5–6 28 10.1007/s00114-015-1277-4 25917379 4412278 2015SciNa.102...28S free Gen. et sp. novValidSzwedo, Stroiński & LinPaleoceneNiubao FormationChinaA lophopid planthopper. The type species is Gesaris gnapo.GilderiusGen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiCretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary)Burmese amberMyanmarA mealybug. The type species is Gilderius eukrinops.GyaclavatorWappler T. Guilbert E. Labandeira C.C. Hörnschemeyer T. Wedmann S. 2015 Morphological and Behavioral Convergence in Extinct and Extant Bugs: The Systematics and Biology of a New Unusual Fossil Lace Bug from the Eocene PLOS ONE 10 8 1–17 10.1371/journal.pone.0133330 26267108 4534043 2015PLoSO..1033330W free Gen. et sp. novValidWappler et al.EoceneLatest YpresianGreen River FormationUnited StatesColoradoA lacebug of uncertain family affiliation.The type species is G. kohlsi.thumb|center|150px|Gyaclavator kohlsiHallodapomimus antennatusAleksander Herczek Yuri Popov 2015 An unusual new species of Hallodapomimus Herczek, 2000 from the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae) ZooKeys 489 25–32 10.3897/zookeys.489.8886 25878530 4395837 2015ZooK..489...25H free Sp. novValidHerczek & PopovEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A phyline mirid found in Baltic amber, a species of Hallodapomimus.Heteromargarodes hukamsinghiSp. novValidVea & GrimaldiPaleocene-EoceneCambay FormationIndiaA member of Margarodidae found in Cambay amber, a species of Heteromargarodes.HodgsonicoccusGen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiEarly CretaceousLebanonA scale insect. The type species is Hodgsonicoccus patefactus.KozariusGen. et 2 sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiCretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary)Burmese amberMyanmarA scale insect. The type species is Kozarius perpetuus; genus also contains Kozarius achronus.LongilanceolatusGen. et sp. novValidTang et al.Early CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA vetanthocorid cimicoid. The type species is Longilanceolatus tenellus.LutevanaphisJacek Szwedo Jean Lapeyrie Andre Nel 2015 Rooting down the aphid's tree – the oldest record of the Aphidomorpha lineage from Palaeozoic (Insecta: Hemiptera) Systematic Entomology 40 1 207–213 10.1111/syen.12099 2015SysEn..40..207S 82001482 Gen. et sp. novValidSzwedo, Lapeyrie & NelPermian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA lutevanaphidid aphidomorph. The type species is Lutevanaphis permiana.MagnilensGen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiCretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary)Burmese amberMyanmarA scale insect. The type species is Magnilens glaesaria.Mezira parapetrificataSp. novValidHeiss, Wappler & WedmannMiddle EoceneThe Messel pitGermanyA mezirine aradid heteropteran, a species of Mezira.Mezira petrificataSp. novValidHeiss, Wappler & WedmannMiddle EoceneThe Messel pitGermanyA mezirine aradid heteropteran, a species of Mezira.MilqartisGen. et sp. novValidDrohojowska & SzwedoEarly CretaceousLebanonA whitefly found in Lebanese amber. The type species is Milqartis azari.MimamontseciaGen. et sp. novValidSzwedo & AnsorgeEarly CretaceousSpainA mimarachnid planthopper. The type species is Mimamontsecia cretacea.NormarkicoccusVea IM Grimaldi DA 2015 Diverse New Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Amber from the Cretaceous and Eocene with a Phylogenetic Framework for Fossil Coccoidea American Museum Novitates 3823 1–80 10.1206/3823.1 2246/6575 73702369 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/263340 Gen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiEarly Eocene (Ypresian)Cambay Shale FormationIndiaA member of Diaspididae found in Cambay amber. The type species is Normarkicoccus cambayae.PalaeophlebusEwa Simon Dagmara Żyła 2015 New fossil taxa of Monophlebidae (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) from Baltic amber European Journal of Entomology 112 2 381–388 10.14411/eje.2015.038 free Gen. et 2 sp. novValidSimon & ŻyłaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A monophlebid scale insect found in Baltic amber. Genus contains two species: P. hoffeinorum and P. kotejai.ParatettigarctaUwe Kaulfuss Max Moulds 2015 A new genus and species of tettigarctid cicada from the early Miocene of New Zealand: Paratettigarcta zealandica (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Tettigarctidae) ZooKeys 484 83–94 10.3897/zookeys.484.8883 25829843 4361785 2015ZooK..484...83K free Gen. et sp. novValidKaulfuss & MouldsEarly MioceneNew ZealandA hairy cicada. The type species is Paratettigarcta zealandica.PedicellicoccusGen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiCretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary)Burmese amberMyanmarA scale insect. The type species is Pedicellicoccus marginatus.Permopsyllidium lesclansisSp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Sternorrhyncha belonging to the superfamily Psylloidea and the family Protopsyllidiidae, a species of Permopsyllidium.Pityococcus moniliformalisSp. novValidVea & GrimaldiEoceneRussia (Kaliningrad Oblast)A pityococcid scale insect found in Baltic amber, a species of Pityococcus.Prosbole dioSp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Cicadomorpha belonging to the family Prosbolidae, a species of Prosbole.Prosbole garriciSp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Cicadomorpha belonging to the family Prosbolidae, a species of Prosbole.Psallops bitterfeldiA. Herczek Yu.A. Popov J. Gorczyca 2015 First new fossil plant bugs of the genus Psallops Usinger, 1946 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae, Psallopinae) from the Eocene Baltic amber Zootaxa 4052 4 495–500 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.10 26701449 Sp. novValidHerczek, Popov & GorczycaEoceneBitterfeld amberGermanyA member of Miridae belonging to the subfamily Psallopinae, a species of Psallops.Psallops eocenicusSp. novValidHerczek, Popov & GorczycaEoceneBaltic amberEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of Miridae belonging to the subfamily Psallopinae, a species of Psallops.PseudoweitschatusGen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiCretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary)Burmese amberMyanmarA weitschatid scale insect. The type species is Pseudoweitschatus audebertis.QuizqueiplanaThierry Bourgoin Rong-Rong Wang Vladimir M. Gnezdilov 2015 First fossil record of Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea): a new Early Miocene Dominican amber genus extends the distribution of Augilini to the Neotropics Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14 3 211–218 10.1080/14772019.2015.1032376 85338751 Gen. et sp. novValidhttp://zoobank.org/References/A5307860-2947-4EBA-BD12-E71E78CC535E Archived copy 2020-05-30 2019-09-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20190904170730/http://zoobank.org/References/A5307860-2947-4EBA-BD12-E71E78CC535E Bourgoin, Wang & GnezdilovEarly MioceneDominican RepublicAn augiline caliscelid planthopper found in Dominican amber. The type species is Quizqueiplana alexbrowni.RosahendersoniaGen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiCretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary)Burmese amberMyanmarA Coccidae scale insect. The type species is Rosahendersonia prisca.RovnodicusJowita Drohojowska Evgeny E. Perkovsky Jacek Szwedo 2015 New genus and species of Aleyrodidae from Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodomorpha) Polish Journal of Entomology 84 4 259–269 10.1515/pjen-2015-0022 free Gen. et sp. novValidDrohojowska & Szwedo in Drohojowska, Perkovsky & SzwedoEocene (Lutetian-Priabonian)UkraineA whitefly found in Rovno amber. The type species is Rovnodicus wojciechowskii.SecusellinaphisDagmara Żyła Piotr Węgierek 2015 The oldest representatives of the aphid family Ellinaphididae and phylogenetic relationships within the family Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 348–356 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.017 2015CrRes..52..348Z Gen. et sp. novValidŻyła & WęgierekLate Jurassic/Early CretaceousMongoliaAn ellinaphidid aphid. The type species is Secusellinaphis khotontensis.Sehirus carpathiensisPeter Vršanský Jerzy A. Lis Ján Schlögl Martin Guldan Tomáš Mlynský Peter Barna Pavel Štys 2015 Partially disarticulated new Miocene burrower bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) from Cerová (Slovakia) documents occasional preservation of terrestrial arthropods in deep-marine sediments European Journal of Entomology 112 4 844–854 10.14411/eje.2015.090 free Sp. novValidLis, Vršanský & Schlögl in Vršanský et al.MioceneLakšárska Nová Ves FormationSlovakiaA member of Cydnidae, a species of Sehirus.ShapasheGen. et sp. novValidDrohojowska & SzwedoEarly CretaceousLebanonA whitefly found in Lebanese amber. The type species is Shapashe aithiopa.StellularisDong Chen Yunzhi Yao Dong Ren 2015 A new species of fossil Procercopidae (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern China Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 402–406 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.005 2015CrRes..52..402C Gen. et sp. et comb. novValidChen, Yao & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA procercopid cicadomorph. The type species is Stellularis longirostris; genus also contains "Anthoscytina" aphthosa Ren, Yin & Dou (1998) and "Anthoscytina" macula Hu, Yao & Ren (2014).Tennentsia evansiSp. novValidLambkinMiddle Triassic (Anisian)Gayndah FormationAustraliaA dysmorphoptilid cicadomorph, a species of Tennentsia.Tennentsia princepsSp. novValidLambkinLate Triassic (Norian)Mount Crosby FormationAustraliaA dysmorphoptilid cicadomorph, a species of Tennentsia.ThaumastotingisErnst Heiss Viktor B. Golub 2015 Thaumastotingis areolatus nov.gen., nov.sp. a conspicuous new Thaumastocoridae from Baltic Amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 1 529–537 http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/LBB_0047_1_0529-0537.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidHeiss & GolubEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A cimicomorph, probably a member of Thaumastocoridae, found in Baltic amber. The type species is Thaumastotingis areolatus.TingiometraErnst Heiss Viktor B. Golub Yuri A. Popov 2015 A new subfamily, genus and species of Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Burmese amber Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 67 1–9 Gen. et sp. novValidHeiss, Golub & PopovLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA member of Tingidae. The type species is Tingiometra burmanica.TitanocercopisJun Chen Haichun Zhang Bo Wang Xiaoting Zheng Xiaoli Wang 2015 High variability in tegminal venation of primitive cercopoids (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha), as implied by the new discovery of fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China Entomological Science 18 2 147–152 10.1111/ens.12103 82382781 Gen. et sp. novValidChen, Zhang & Wang in Chen et al.Middle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA procercopid cicadomorph, a relative of froghoppers. The type species is Titanocercopis borealis.VescisalignusXiaotong Chen Yunzhi Yao Dong Ren 4355501 2015 A new genus and species of Rhopalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China Zootaxa 4058 1 135–140 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.9 26701513 Gen. et sp. novValidChen, Yao & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA member of Rhopalidae. The type species is Vescisalignus indecorus.VetellinaphisGen. et 2 sp. novValidŻyła & WęgierekLate Jurassic/Early CretaceousMongoliaAn ellinaphidid aphid. Genus contains two species: Vetellinaphis cracens and Vetellinaphis longalata.WathondaraBo Wang Fangyuan Xia Torsten Wappler Ewa Simon Haichun Zhang Edmund A. Jarzembowski Jacek Szwedo 2015 Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect eLife 4 e05447 10.7554/eLife.05447 25824055 4378507 free Gen. et sp. novValidSimon, Szwedo & Xia in Wang et al.Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarAn ensign scale. The type species is Wathondara kotejai.thumb|center|upright|Wathondara kotejaiWilliamsicoccusGen. et sp. novValidVea & GrimaldiEarly CretaceousLebanonA mealybug. The type species is Williamsicoccus megalops.WojciechaphisPiotr Węgierek Iwona Kania Marzena Zmarzły 2015 Wojciechaphis andrei gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha, Drepanosiphidae, Phyllaphidinae), a new aphid genus from Baltic amber Polish Journal of Entomology 84 4 351–360 10.1515/pjen-2015-0030 free Gen. et sp. novValidWęgierek & Kania in Węgierek, Kania & ZmarzłyEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A member of Drepanosiphidae found in Baltic amber. The type species is Wojciechaphis andrei.XiphosSp. novValidVea & GrimaldiEarly CretaceousLebanonA scale insect. The type species is Xiphos vani.YamisGen. et sp. novValidDrohojowska & SzwedoEarly CretaceousLebanonA whitefly found in Lebanese amber. The type species is Yamis libanotos. Psocodea Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAtapinellaDany Azar Diying Huang Chenyang Cai André Nel 2015 The earliest records of pachytroctid booklice from Lebanese and Burmese Cretaceous ambers (Psocodea, Troctomorpha, Nanopsocetae, Pachytroctidae) Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 336–347 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.04.005 2015CrRes..52..336A Gen. et sp. novValidAzar et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberMyanmarA pachytroctid booklice. Type species is Atapinella garroustei.BurmipachytroctaGen. et sp. novValidAzar et al.Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian) Burmese amberMyanmarA pachytroctid booklice. Type species is Burmipachytrocta singularis.LibaneuphorisGen. et sp. novValidAzar et al.Early Cretaceous (late Barremian/earliest Aptian) LebanonA pachytroctid booklice. Type species is Libaneuphoris jantopi. Thysanoptera Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesMerothrips balticusManfred R. Ulitzka 2015 Praemerothrips hoodi Priesner, 1929 and Merothrips balticus sp. nov. - two new fossils of thrips from Baltic Tertiary amber (Thysanoptera: Merothripidae) Entomologische Zeitschrift 125 4 213–216 Sp. novValidUlitzkaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)A thrips belonging to the family Merothripidae.Mymarothrips groehniManfred R. Ulitzka 2015 Two new species of Aeolothripidae from Baltic Tertiary amber (Insecta: Thysanoptera) Palaeodiversity 8 89–94 http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/08/06Palaeodiversity_8-15_Ulitzka_2-1.pdf Sp. novValidUlitzkaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)An aeolothripid thrips, a species of Mymarothrips.Rhipidothripoides juttaeSp. novValidUlitzkaEoceneEurope (Baltic Sea coast)An aeolothripid thrips, a species of Rhipidothripoides. Clade †Paoliidea †Paoliida Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAfrocladusAndre Nel Romain Garrouste Jakub Prokop 26824243 2015 The first African Anthracoptilidae (Insecta: Paoliida) near the Permian—Triassic boundary in Kenya Zootaxa 3925 1 145–150 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.1.10 25781736 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidNel, Garrouste & ProkopPermian—Triassic boundaryMaji ya Chumvi FormationKenyaA member of Anthracoptilidae . Genus contains two species: A. pumilio and A. kenyaensis.Graticladus apiatusSp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA member of Hypoperlida belonging to the family Ischnoneuridae, a species of Graticladus.LodevocladusGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Anthracoptilidae. The type species is Lodevocladus subtilis.Strephocladus gandiSp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Anthracoptilidae, a species of Strephocladus.Strephocladus mouralensisSp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Anthracoptilidae, a species of Strephocladus.TshekardocladusGen. et sp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA member of Hypoperlida belonging to the family Tococladidae. The type species is Tshekardocladus sparsus. Clade Perlidea Dermapterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAutrigonoforcepsMichael S. Engel David Peris Stylianos Chatzimanolis Xavier Delclòs 2015 An earwig (Insecta: Dermaptera) in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain Insect Systematics & Evolution 46 3 291–300 10.1163/1876312X-45032121 Gen. et sp. novValidEngel & Peris in Engel et al.Early CretaceousSpainAn earwig of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Type species is Autrigonoforceps iberica.CylindopygiaDan Yang Chungkun Shih Dong Ren 2015 The earliest pygidicranid (Insecta: Dermaptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of China Cretaceous Research 52, Part B 329–335 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.008 2015CrRes..52..329Y Gen. et sp. novValidYang, Shih & RenEarly CretaceousYixian FormationChinaA pygidicranid earwig. Type species is Cylindopygia falcata. Embiopterans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesNestorembiaGen. et sp. novValidShcherbakovTriassic (Ladinian-Carnian)Madygen FormationKyrgyzstanA webspinner belonging to the family Alexarasniidae. The type species is Nestorembia novojilovi.NikolembiaGen. et sp. novValidShcherbakovLatest Permian or earliest TriassicMal'tsevo FormationRussiaA webspinner belonging to the family Alexarasniidae. The type species is Nikolembia kusnezovi. Phasmatodeans Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArachnophasmaDanil S. Aristov Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn 2015 New insects from the Kungurian of Tshekarda fossil site in Permian Territory of Russia Russian Entomological Journal 24 1 17–35 http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/REJ/24/ent24_1_017_035_Aristov_Rasnitsyn.pdf 10.15298/rusentj.24.1.03 free Gen. et sp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA relative of stick insects belonging to the family Permophasmatidae. The type species is Arachnephasma scurra.EoprephasmaArchibald SB Bradler S 2015 Stem-group stick insects (Phasmatodea) in the early Eocene at McAbee, British Columbia, Canada, and Republic, Washington, United States of America The Canadian Entomologist 147 6 744–753 10.4039/tce.2015.2 86608533 Gen. et sp. novValidArchibald & BradlerYpresianKlondike Mountain FormationUnited StatesA Susumanioidea stem group Phasmatodean Clade †Reculida NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImagesArkhangelopteraGen. et sp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculida and the family Chaulioditidae. The type species is Arkhangeloptera sokica.Artinska novellaSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Belebeevo FormationRussiaA Reculidan and the family Lemmatophoridae; a species of Artinska.Chauliodites incanusSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Urzhumian)Amanak FormationRussiaA Reculidan of the family Chaulioditidae a species of Chauliodites.Chelopterum ultimumSp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA ReculidanD. S. Aristov 2015 Classification of the order Eoblattida (Insecta: Blattidea) with description of new taxa Far Eastern Entomologist 301 1–56 http://www.biosoil.ru/Files/FEE/00000478.pdf 2020-05-30 2018-08-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20180825180153/http://www.biosoil.ru/Files/FEE/00000478.pdf and the family Chelopteridae, a species of Chelopterum.Geinitzia imaSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculidan and the family Geinitziidae; a species of Geinitzia.IdelopterumGen. et sp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculidan of the family Pinideliidae. The type species is Idelopterum samoedum.Permoshurabia komiSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Ufimian)Lek-Vorkuta FormationRussiaA Reculidan of the family Geinitziidae a species of Permoshurabia.Permoshurabia kunguricaSp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA Reculidan of the family Geinitziidae a species of Permoshurabia.PermovaliaGen. et sp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Belebeevo FormationRussiaA Reculidan of the family Geinitziidae. The type species is Permovalia abortiva.Shurabia inferiorSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculidan of the family Geinitziidae a species of Shurabia.Stegopterum primusSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculidan of the family Geinitziidae a species of Stegopterum.Sylvaella martynoviSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculida of the family Liomopteridae a species of Sylvaella.Sylvaphlebia gunderseniSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculida of the family Sylvaphlebiidae a species of Sylvaphlebia.Sylviodes martynovaeSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculidan of the family Sylvaphlebiidae a species of Sylviodes.Uraloprisca tortaSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA Reculidan of the family Lemmatophoridae a species of Uraloprisca. Other insects Name Novelty Status Authorship of new name Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBatkentakGen. et sp. novValidAristovTriassic (Ladinian or Carnian)Madygen FormationKyrgyzstanA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Daldubidae. The type species is Batkentak intactus.BelebeyGen. et sp. novJunior homonymAristovPermian (Kazanian)Belebeevo FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Permotermopsidae. The type species is Belebey mutilus. The generic name is a junior homonym of Belebey Ivakhnenko (1973); Aristov (2019) coined a replacement name Belebeus.D. S. Aristov 2019 New substitute name Belebeus nom. n. for the genus Belebey Aristov, 2015 (Insecta: Eoblattida) Far Eastern Entomologist 378 11 10.25221/fee.378.2 free CavalarvaGen. et sp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA member of Holometabola of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Cavalarva caudata.Idelina malaSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Belebeevo FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Permotermopsidae, a species of Idelina.IssadophlebiaGen. et sp. novValidAristovLate Permian (Severodvinian)Poldarsa FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Atactophlebiidae. The type species is Issadophlebia fusa.IvaGen. et sp. novJunior homonymAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Doubraviidae. The type species is Iva permiana. The generic name is a junior homonym of the pontellid Iva Lubbock (1853).JubalaGen. et comb. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Euryptilonidae; a new genus for "Sylvardembia" pectinata Novokshonov, (2000).KoshelevkaGen. et comb. novValidAristovEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Doubraviidae. The type species is "Cerasopterum" megakhosaroides Aristov (2004).LodevophlebiaGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Grylloblattida (an extinct group of insect containing putative relatives of extant grylloblattids) belonging to the family Sylvaphlebiidae. The type species is Lodevophlebia reticulata.LomovatkaGen. et sp. novValidAristovLate CarboniferousIsaeva FormationUkraineA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Eoblattidae. The type species is Lomovatka udovichenkoi.MagniscapaDmitry E. Shcherbakov 2015 Permian and Triassic ancestors of webspinners (Embiodea) Russian Entomological Journal 24 3 187–200 10.15298/rusentj.24.3.01 free Gen. et comb. novValidShcherbakovPermian (early Kazanian)Iva-Gora BedsRussiaA member of Protorthoptera, possibly a member of the family Sheimiidae; a new genus for "Pseudosheimia" alligans Aristov & Rasnitsyn (2009).MalmyzhiaGen. et sp. novValidAristovPermian (Kazanian)Belebeevo FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Atactophlebiidae. The type species is Malmyzhia kazanica.Megakhosarella paulaSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Iva-Gora bedsRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Megakhosaridae, a species of Megakhosarella.MontceaupterumJustine Myskowiak Jean-Marc Pouillon André Nel 2015 The oldest record of the grylloblattodean family Euryptilonidae discovered in the Late Carboniferous of France Comptes Rendus Palevol 14 1 1–4 10.1016/j.crpv.2014.08.002 2015CRPal..14....1M Gen. et sp. novValidMyskowiak, Pouillon & NelLate Carboniferous (Gzhelian)FranceA euryptilonid grylloblattodean. The type species is Montceaupterum baillyi.NovokshonovusGen. et 2 sp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly and middle Permian (Kungurian to Ufimian)Koshelevka Formation Pechora GroupRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Atactophlebiidae. The type species is Novokshonovus ignoratus Aristov & Rasnitsyn; genus also includes Novokshonovus boreus Aristov.D. S. Aristov 2015 New Gryllones (Insecta) from the Permian of Russia Paleontological Journal 49 12 1310–1333 10.1134/S0031030115120023 2015PalJ...49.1310A 87272085 Oborella lodevensisSp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Grylloblattida (an extinct group of insect containing putative relative of extant grylloblattids) belonging to the family Euryptilonidae, a species of Oborella.Parastenaropodites stirpsSp. novValidAristov & RasnitsynEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Mesorthopteridae, a species of Parastenaropodites.PermobaharellusGen. et sp. novValidProkop et al.Permian (Guadalupian)Salagou FormationFranceA member of Grylloblattida (an extinct group of insect containing putative relative of extant grylloblattids). The type species is Permobaharellus salagousensis.Permopectina sibiricaSp. novValidAristovMiddle Permian (Kazanian)Usyatka FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Permopectinidae, a species of Permopectina.PintopinnaGen. et comb. novValidAristovEarly Permian (Sakmarian)Boituva FormationBrazilA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Protophasmatidae; a new genus for "Paranarkemina" martinsnetoi Pinto (1999).SinoneleYingying Cui Olivier Béthoux Klaus-Dieter Klass Dong Ren 2015 The Jurassic Bajanzhargalanidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida?): New genera and species, and data on postabdominal morphology Arthropod Structure & Development 44 6, Part B 688–716 10.1016/j.asd.2015.04.008 25979677 Gen. et 4 sp. novValidCui et al.Middle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaA member of the family Bajanzhargalanidae, a possible relative of ice crawlers. Genus contains four species: Sinonele fangi, Sinonele hei, Sinonele phasmoides and Sinonele mini.SuksunusGen. et sp. novValidAristovEarly Permian (Kungurian)Koshelevka FormationRussiaA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Cacurgidae. The type species is Suksunus bicodex.TaskanatusGen. et comb. novValidAristovPermian (Urzhumian)Maichat FormationKazakhstanA member of Grylloblattida/Eoblattida belonging to the family Mesorthopteridae. The type species is "Alicula" asiatica Storozhenko (1997). References 30em Category:2015 in paleontology Category:Paleoentomology