2010 in arthropod paleontology

none 2010 arthropod paleontology paleontology science reptile paleontology paleobotany paleoentomology paleomalacology archosaur paleontology mammal paleontology paleoichthyology Paleontology History of science This list of fossil arthropods described in 2010 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2010. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. Dinocaridida Newly named Dinocaridids Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAmplectobelua stephenensisAllison C. Daley Graham E. Budd 2010 New anomalocaridid appendages from the Burgess Shale, Canada Palaeontology 53 4 721–738 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00955.x 2010Palgy..53..721D free Sp novValidDaley & BuddMiddle Cambrian Burgess Shale FormationCanadaA radiodont150px|thumb|Amplectobelua stephenensis (frontal appendage)CaryosyntripsGen et sp novValidDaley & BuddMiddle Cambrian Burgess Shale FormationCanadaA radiodont, type species C. serratusthumb|center|150px|Caryosyntrips serratus (frontal appendage)TamisiocarisAllison C. Daley John S. Peel 2010 A possible anomalocaridid from the Cambrian Sirius Passet lagerstätte, North Greenland Journal of Paleontology 84 2 352–355 10.1666/09-136R1.1 2010JPal...84..352D 130637114 Jakob Vinther Martin Stein Nicholas R. Longrich David A. T. Harper 2014 A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian Nature 507 7493 496–499 10.1038/nature13010 2014Natur.507..496V 24670770 205237459 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/21270/1/21270.pdfGen et sp novValidDaley & PeelCambrianBuen Formation Kinzers FormationStephen Pates Allison C. Daley 2019 The Kinzers Formation (Pennsylvania, USA): the most diverse assemblage of Cambrian Stage 4 radiodonts Geological Magazine 156 7 1233–1246 10.1017/S0016756818000547 https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_CDF47BE6CBCB.P001/REF.pdf 2019GeoM..156.1233P 134299859 Greenland United StatesA suspension-feeding radiodont. The type species is T. borealis150px|thumb|Tamisiocaris borealis (frontal appendage) Newly named crustaceans Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAciculopodaRodney Feldmann Carrie Schweitzer 2010 The oldest shrimp (Devonian: Famennian) and remarkable preservation of soft tissue Journal of Crustacean Biology 30 4 629–635 10.1651/09-3268.1 free Fam, gen et Sp novValidFeldmann & SchweitzerDevonianUSAOldest known shrimp.Chenops2010 Two new "notostracans", Chenops gen. nov. and Jeholops gen. nov. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: ?Notostraca) from the Yixian Formation, Northeastern China Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 886–894 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00232.x Thomas A. Hegna Ren Dong 2010AcGlS..84..886H 85023596 Gen et sp nov ValidHegna & RenBarremianYixian FormationChinaA notostracanthumb|150px|center|Chenops yixianensis JeholopsGen et sp nov ValidHegna & RenBarremianYixian FormationChinaA notostracanthumb|150px|center|Jeholops (left) Nasunaris Siveter D. J. Briggs D. E. G. Siveter D. J. Sutton M. D. An exceptionally preserved myodocopid ostracod from the Silurian of Herefordshire, UK Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 1539–44 2010 10.1098/rspb.2009.2122 20106847 1687 2871837Gen et sp nov ValidSiveter, Briggs, Siveter, & SuttonSilurianUKAn ostracodPseudotealliocaris holthuisiIrham Mohammad Schram Frederick R. Vonk Ronald 2010-01-01 A new species of Pygocephalomorpha (Eumalacostraca, Peracarida) from the Leitchfield Formation, Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) of Grayson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254915362 Studies on Malacostraca 343–355 978-90-04-17429-0Sp novJr synonymIrham, Schram & VonkMississippianLeitchfield Formation USA (Kentucky)Moved to the genus Tealliocaris in 2013Clark Neil D.L. 2013-12-20 Tealliocaris: a decapod crustacean from the Carboniferous of Scotland https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259357821 Palaeodiversity 6 107–133 83091612 Newly named insects A new family of ceraphronoid Hymenopters, Radiophronidae, is published by Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, and Delclòs.Jaime Ortega-Blanco Alexander P. Rasnitsyn Xavier Delclòs 2010 A new family of ceraphronoid wasps from Early Cretaceous Álava Amber, Spain Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 2 265–276 10.4202/app.2009.0014 58934033 http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20090014.pdf 14 January 2011 A new family, Mendozachoristidae, is published by Brauckmann et al..Carsten Brauckmann Oscar F. Gallego Norbert Hauschke Rafael G. Martins-Neto Elke Groening Jan-M. Ilger María B. Lara 2010 First Late Triassic Record of a Paleoentomofauna from South America (Malargüe Basin, Mendoza Province, Argentina) Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 915–924 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00230.x 2010AcGlS..84..915B 11336/102089 128834962 free A new family of Moths, Mesokristenseniidae, is published by Huang, Nel and Minet.Huang Diying André Nel Joël Minet 2010 A New Family of Moths from the Middle Jurassic (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 874–885 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00233.x 2010AcGlS..84..874D 85206571 A new order of holometabolous insects, Nakridletia, is published by Vršanský, Ren & Shih.Peter Vršanský Ren Dong Shih ChungKun Nakridletia ord.n. – enigmatic insect parasites support sociality and endothermy of pterosaurs 2010 Amba Projekty 8 1 1–16 A new family of holometabolous insects, Vosilidae, is published by Vršanský, Ren & Shih. A new family of Cockroaches, Socialidae, is published by Vršanský.Peter Vršanský 2010 Cockroach as the Earliest Eusocial Animal Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 793–808 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00261.x 2010AcGlS..84..793V 85762425 A new family of fulgoroid hemipterans, Weiwoboidae, is published by Lin, Szwedo, Huang and Stroiński.Lin Qibin Jacek Szwedo Huang Diying Adam Stroiński 2010 Weiwoboidae fam. nov. of 'Higher' Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Eocene Deposits of Yunnan, China Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 751–755 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00263.x 2010AcGlS..84..751L 130439050 Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesBohemiatupus elegansProkop J. Nel A. New griffenfly, Bohemiatupus elegans from the Late Carboniferous of western Bohemia in the Czech Republic (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae) Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2010 46 1–2 183–188 http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5Cfull%5CProkop_et_Nel_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_183_188_full.pdf 26 August 2011 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697655 84698984 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050335/http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5Cfull%5CProkop_et_Nel_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_183_188_full.pdf dead gen et sp nov ValidProkop & NelWestphalianKladno FormationCzech RepublicCamptoneurites soyanensisDanil S. Aristov Sergey Yu. Storozhenko Cui Yingying 2010 Review of the Permian Camptoneuritidae (Insecta: Grylloblattida) Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 756–761 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00245.x 2010AcGlS..84..756A 130440552 free gen et sp nov ValidAristov, Storozhenko, & CuiKazanianSoyana localityRussiaA notopteran belonging to the family CamptoneuritidaeCantabroraphidiaPérez-de la Fuente R. Nel A. Peñalver E. Delclòs X. 2010 A new Early Cretaceous snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from El Soplao amber (Spain) Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46 1–2 108–115 http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CPerez_de_la_Fuente_et_al_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_108_115_compact.pdf 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697644 84967744 2014-05-03 2015-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20140503152041/http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CPerez_de_la_Fuente_et_al_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_108_115_compact.pdf dead gen et sp nov ValidPérez-de la Fuente, Nel, Peñalver, & DelclòsAlbianLas Peñosas Formation, Cave of El SoplaoSpainA mesoraphidiid snakefly; The type species is C. marcanoithumb|center|upright|Cantabroraphidia marcanoiCascopleciidaeGeorge Poinar Jr. Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber Cretaceous Research 2010 31 1 71–76 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.007 2010CrRes..31...71P fam, gen et sp nov ValidPoinarEarly CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarA flower-visiting Bibionomorpha fly. Type genus Cascoplecia, type species C. insolitisthumb|center|upright|CascopleciaCrepidodera decolorataKonstantin Nadein Evgeny Perkovsky 2010 New Taxa of Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Rovno Amber, Late Eocene Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 772–782 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00259.x 2010AcGlS..84..772N 85383059 sp nov ValidNadein & PerkovskyLate EoceneRovno amberUkraineA flea beetleDeinodryinus? aptianus Guglielmino A. Olmi M. 2011 Revision of fossil species of Deinodryinus, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3260777 ZooKeys 130 495–504 10.3897/zookeys.130.1326 22259295 3260777 2011ZooK..130..495G free sp nov ValidOlmi, Rasnitsyn, & GuglielminoAptianKhurilt rock unitMongoliaA dryinid wasp.thumb|center|upright|Deinodryinus? aptianusEktatotrichaStylianos Chatzimanolis Michael S. Engel Alfred F. Newton David A. Grimaldi New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) Cretaceous Research 2010 31 1 77–84 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009 2010CrRes..31...77C gen et sp nov ValidChatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & GrimaldiMiddle CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarElectroatoposgen et sp nov ValidChatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & GrimaldiMiddle CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarEpiaeschna pseudoherosNel A Petrulevicius J.F. 2010 Afrotropical and Nearctic genera of Odonata in the French Oligocene: biogeographic and paleoclimatic implications (Insecta: Calopterygidae, Aeshnidae) Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46 1–2 228–236 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697662 free Sp novvalidNel & PetruleviciusChattianLes FigonsFranceAn Aeshnid dragonfly thumb|center|upright|Epiaeschna pseudoherosHolcorpa dillhoffiArchibald SB 2010 Revision of the scorpionfly family Holcorpidae (Mecoptera), with description of a new species from Early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46 1–2 173–182 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697654 85039877 http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CArchibald_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_173_182_compact.pdf 2015-06-01 2014-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063942/http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/2010_46_01_02%5CCompact%5CArchibald_2010_ASEF_46_1_2_173_182_compact.pdf dead sp novvalidArchibaldYpresianMcAbee fossil siteCanadaA holcorpid scorpionfly IberoevaniaEnrique Peñalver Jaime Ortega-Blanco André Nel Xavier Delclòs 2010 Mesozoic Evaniidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in Spanish Amber: Reanalysis of the Phylogeny of the Evanioidea Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 809–827 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00257.x 2010AcGlS..84..809P 83716591 gen et sp nov ValidPeñalver, Ortega-Blanco, Nel, & DelclòsEarly CretaceousAmberSpainAn evaniidJerseyempheriaDany Azar André Nel Julian F. Petrulevicius 2010 First Psocodean (Psocodea, Empheriidae) from the Cretaceous Amber of New Jersey Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 762–767 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00255.x 2010AcGlS..84..762A 129505225 11336/242865 free gen et sp nov ValidAzar, Nel, & PetruleviciusCretaceousNew Jersey amberUSAA empheriid psocodeanKachinusgen et sp nov ValidChatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & GrimaldiMiddle CretaceousBurmese amberMyanmarLichnomesopsycheRen Dong Conrad C. Labandeira Shih ChungKun 2010 New Mesozoic Mesopsychidae (Mecoptera) from Northeastern China Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 720–731 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00244.x 2010AcGlS..84..720D 86743175 gen et sp novValidRen, Labandeira, & ShihMiddle JurassicJiulongshan FormationChinaA mesopsychid mecopteranLimnoxenus olenusFikacek M. Prokop J. Nel A. 2010 Fossil water scavenger beetles of the subtribe Hydrobiusina (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Late Oligocene locality of Aix-en-Provence (France) Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 445–458Sp novValidFikacek, Prokop, & NelChattianNiveau du gypse d'Aix FormationFranceA water scavenger beetlethumb|center|upright|Limnoxenus olenusManobiomorpha gen et sp novValidNadein & PerkovskyLate EoceneRovno amberUkraineA flea beetleMendozachoristafam, gen et sp nov ValidBrauckmann, Gallego, Hauschke, Martins-Neto, Groening, Ilger, & LaraLate TriassicLlantenes FormationArgentinaThe species is M. volkheimeriMesokristenseniafam, gen et sp nov ValidHuang, Nel, & MinetMiddle JurassicDaohugou BedsChinaMicrocostaphrongen et sp nov ValidOrtega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, & DelclòsEarly CretaceousÁlava amberSpainThe species is M. parvusNylanderia pygmaeaLaPolla J.S. Dlussky G.M. 2010 Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112 2 258–273 10.4289/0013-8797-112.2.258 86102815 Comb novValid (Mayr)Middle EoceneEuropean amberEuropeA formicine ant, new combination for Paratrechina pygmaea thumb|center|upright|Nylanderia pygmaeaPaleophaedongen et sp nov ValidNadein & PerkovskyLate EoceneRovno amberUkraineA chrysomeline leaf beetleParazilagen et sp nov SynonymizedVršanský, Ren, & ShihLate JurassicRussiaA flyPsyllototusgen et sp nov ValidNadein & PerkovskyLate EoceneRovno amberUkraineA flea beetleRadiophronfam, gen et sp nov ValidOrtega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, & DelclòsEarly CretaceousÁlava amberSpainThe species is R. ibericusRaptorapaxJulian F. Petrulevicius Dany Azar André Nel 2010 A New Thorny Lacewing (Insecta: Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) from the Early Cretaceous Amber of Lebanon Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 84 4 828–833 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00242.x 2010AcGlS..84..828P 129372839 11336/242792 free gen et sp nov ValidPetrulevicius, Azar, & NelEarly CretaceousAmberLebanonA rhachiberothid lacewingSinaktassiaLin Q.-B. Nel A. Huang D.-Y. 2010 Sinaktassia tangi, a new Chinese Mesozoic genus and species of Aktassiidae (Odonata: Petaluroidea) Zootaxa 2359 1 61–64 10.11646/zootaxa.2359.1.5 Gen. et sp. nov. Valid Lin, Nel & Huang Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation China A dragonfly belonging to the group Petaluroidea and the family Aktassiidae. The type species is S. tangi.Socialafam, gen et sp nov ValidVršanskýAlbianAmberFranceA cockroachSapho legrandiSp novvalidNel & PetruleviciusChattianLes FigonsFranceA Calopterygid damselfly thumb|center|upright|Sapho legrandiTyulkiniagen et sp nov ValidAristov, Storozhenko, & CuiKungurianTyulkino localityRussiaA notopteran belonging to the family CamptoneuritidaeVitimopsyche kozlovigen et sp nov ValidRen, Labandeira, & ShihEarly CretaceousJehol BiotaChinaA mesopsychid mecopteranVosilafam, gen et sp nov ValidVršanský, Ren, & ShihMiddle JurassicChina A flyWeiwoboaFam, gen et sp nov ValidLin, Szwedo, Huang, & StroińskiLower EoceneChina Newly named spiders Name Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesEoplectreurysSelden, Paul A. Huang Diying 2010 The oldest haplogyne spider (Araneae: Plectreuridae), from the Middle Jurassic of China Naturwissenschaften 97 5 449–459 10.1007/s00114-010-0649-z 20140419 2010NW.....97..449S 24576304 Valid Selden HuangMiddle JurassicDaohugou Beds ChinaThe oldest known haplogyne spider. Trilobites Newly named trilobites Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesPseudocybele paranasutaNeo E. B. McAdams Jonathan M. Adrain 2010 A new species of the Lower Ordovician pliomerid trilobite Pseudocybele and its biostratigraphic significance Zootaxa 2550 21–38 10.5281/zenodo.196803 http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/McAdamsAdrain2010.pdf 2018-02-17 2018-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20180218024153/http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jadrain/resources/Publications/McAdamsAdrain2010.pdf dead Sp novValidMcAdams & AdrainEarly Ordovician Fillmore LimestoneUnited StatesA member of the family Pliomeridae. 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