白垩纪缅甸琥珀中小型花蚤一新种(鞘翅目: 花蚤科) 及对花蚤科的分类学修订

根据产自缅甸北部白垩纪中期克钦琥珀中的一块小型花蚤化石标本,建立1新种——小多刺花蚤(Multispinus parvus sp. nov.),归于花蚤科(Mordellidae)。同时,对缅甸琥珀中已发现的花蚤和泛花蚤进行了重新观察和研究,重点分析了其形态学特征并认真考虑了相关分类学依据,将短尾花蚤科(Apotomouridae)修订为花蚤科之下的短尾花蚤亚科(Mordellidae:Apotomourinae)。短尾花蚤中普遍存在的臀锥完全不发育,不可作为区分于花蚤科的衍征。白垩纪中期琥珀中发现的花蚤化石类群体型均小,这也许与白垩纪中期生态环境和栖息地被子植物花朵形态有关。     

白垩纪中期克钦琥珀毛蚊科(双翅目:毛蚊总科)昆虫一新属新种

毛蚊科是双翅目长角亚目的一类昆虫,其种类丰富,广布世界各地.毛蚊化石记录较为丰富,但往往都是保存于湖相沉积地层中,琥珀中的化石较为罕见.本文根据缅甸北部克钦地区产出的白垩纪中期琥珀中保存的昆虫标本建立了 1新属新种——缅甸白垩叉毛蚊(Cretpenthetria burmensis gen.et sp.nov.),归入...     

白垩纪中期缅甸琥珀内真水龙骨类鳞片化石的发现及其意义

在白垩纪中期(～100 Ma)缅甸琥珀中首次报道了蕨类植物鳞片化石。该鳞片化石为基部着生,鳞片细胞壁均存在不同程度加厚,为筛孔状鳞片类型。根据最新的现代蕨类植物系统发育树,结合鳞片的演化趋势及鳞片化石的形态解剖特点分析,认为该鳞片化石来自真水龙骨类。这一发现表明真水龙骨类在白垩纪中期就已经出现了多样性分化。     

白垩纪中期缅甸琥珀昆虫行为生态学研究进展

缅甸琥珀生物群产自距今约98.8Ma的白垩纪中期,该生物群是世界上物种多样性很高的琥珀生物群之一,为了解白垩纪中期生物多样性和古生态提供了重要窗口。文中以近年来缅甸琥珀地层学、琥珀生物学研究为依据,总结缅甸琥珀形成环境,并对缅甸琥珀揭示的昆虫与植物的协同演化、昆虫的捕食、社会性证据、寄生、求偶和结构色等方面的研究结果进行总结,以期较全面地综述缅甸琥珀的古环境和昆虫行为生态学特征。     

缅甸白垩纪中期细腰亚目昆虫化石

琥珀是植物树脂经漫长的地质演变形成的化石,对研究中-新生代陆地生物的系统发育和生物学具有无可比拟的意义。近年来,产自白垩纪中期缅甸的琥珀尤其珍贵,其中包括众多精美的细腰亚目(膜翅目)昆虫标本。简要介绍缅甸琥珀的地质背景,详细阐述缅甸琥珀细腰亚目代表性类群冠蜂科(Stephanidae)、缅甸冠蜂科(Myanmarommatidae)、姬蜂科(Ichneumonidae)、长腹细蜂科(Pelecinidae)、旗腹蜂科(Evaniidae)和举腹蜂科(Aulacidae)的最新研究进展。     

膜翅目广腰亚目化石及其在缅甸琥珀中的研究现状及展望

白垩纪缅甸琥珀昆虫化石研究是当前古昆虫学研究的热点之一。广腰亚目是膜翅目中的一个重要类群,其研究不仅为探讨膜翅目起源、早期演化、系统发育、不同地质时期古地理、古生态等方面提供重要的科学证据,而且可为陆地生态系统中的生物多样性研究提供重要材料。文中综述缅甸琥珀的研究简史及研究现状,阐述广腰亚目在印痕化石与缅甸琥珀中的特点、分布情况及该亚目在印痕化石与缅甸琥珀间的研究差异,进而探讨膜翅目广腰亚目化石当前研究现状、存在的问题及未来前景,并期望广大研究者增加对缅甸琥珀广腰亚目类群的关注和研究。     

白垩纪中期缅甸琥珀蜚蠊目昆虫一新种(蜚蠊目: 自由蜚蠊科)

文中根据产自白垩纪中期缅甸琥珀中的一块蜚蠊标本,建立一新种Stavba vrsanskyi sp. nov.,归入自由蜚蠊科(Liberiblattinidae)。新种与Stavba babkaeva Vr?anskáand Vr?ansky, 2019不同之处在于其头部近三角形,前翅R脉简单且无二级分支, M脉分支较少。新材料的发现进一步增加了白垩纪缅甸琥珀中蜚蠊的生物多样性。     

新时代琥珀的研究与利用

<正>从科研角度上看,近十年来琥珀相关科研成果,尤其是缅甸琥珀研究成果迅速增多,至今已在其中发现了上千个新化石种,这些化石种将成为复原白垩纪生态环境以及解开许多生物演化谜题的关键。作为唯一一种同时保存了表面细节和内部三维结构的化学化石,琥珀将会在今后的古生物学研究工作中发挥更加重要的作用,也将会有越来越多的史前谜题在琥珀化石中得到解答。     

缅甸北部克钦琥珀中的蜻蜓目化石

近五年,缅甸北部白垩纪中期克钦琥珀中相继发现了数百枚蜻蜓目化石,包含现生蜻蜓目三个亚目类群,目前已发表16科29属35种,在所有已知琥珀记录中数量和多样性最高。克钦琥珀中的蜻蜓目以均翅亚目(豆娘)为主,以Burmahemiphlebia zhangi最为常见,不少现生豆娘的化石记录也首次在克钦琥珀中发现,包括Perilestidae,Platycnemididae和Platystictidae等。此外,克钦琥珀中发现了一些中生代沉积岩中常见的蜻蜓目类群,如Araripegomphidae, Gomphaeschnidae和Stenophlebiidae等,指示克钦琥珀的时代可能为早白垩世晚期。这些发现为探讨蜻蜓目部分类群的起源、演化和揭示生物古地理提供了有力证据。     

皮蠹科昆虫化石研究进展

皮蠹科化石主要发现于新生代波罗的海和多米尼加琥珀,以及中生代和新生代欧洲、北美等地的湖相遗迹化石中,近期在白垩纪缅甸琥珀中发现了大量皮蠹科化石。本文回顾了世界皮蠹科昆虫化石研究进展,统计了已发表的化石属种,探讨了皮蠹科昆虫化石分布的地质年代及地层,简要介绍了皮蠹科昆虫的分类系统,并提出了目前皮蠹科化石研究中有待解决的问题。     

A new fossil record of Thyrsopteridaceae (Cyatheales) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar

Paleopalynology evidence and megafossil records indicated that tree fern order Cyatheales, played an important role in Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystem. Few fossil records of the family Thyrsopteridaceae have been reported so far. In the present study, we describe a distinctive fertile pinnule segment of a fern plant preserved in a mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. The well-preserved fertile pinnule is identified as a new species of the extant tree fern genus Thyrsopteris (Thyrsopteridaceae): Thyrsopteris cyathindusia n. sp. It represents the second fossil species of Thyrsopteridaceae found in the mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. The new species shows distinctive characteristics of the sporophyll that are considered paleoecologically/paleobiogeographically significant for evolution of the Thyrsopteridaceae.     

中国的琥珀研究新进展——序 言

文中简述了中国的琥珀研究历史,并简要介绍了本专辑的内容。本专辑呈现了近年来我国学者对克钦琥珀内含物研究的部分新进展,包括了来自14个研究单位的26位作者的13篇论文,涵盖了植物、脊椎动物、腹足类和昆虫等类群。     

SCHIZOPTERID BUGS (INSECTA: HETEROPTERA) IN MID-CRETACEOUS AMBERS FROM FRANCE and MYANMAR (BURMA)

Abstract:  Bugs of two new genera and species are described as Buzinia couillardi and Tanaia burmitica . They are preserved in mid-Cretaceous amber from south-west France and northern Myanmar (Burma), respectively ( c . 100 Ma). These are the first formally described fossils of the heteropteran family Schizopteridae. Both belong to the subfamily Hypselosomatinae and are very similar to the extant genus Hypselosoma Reuter, providing evidence for the antiquity and morphological stability of this small bug family and the infraorder Dipsocoromorpha. Given the putative ecology of the fossils, a discussion is provided on the French and Burmese amber forest ecosystems. The geological setting of La Buzinie, a new amber deposit in south-west France that yielded the two specimens of Buzinia couillardi , is outlined.     

缅甸北部克钦白垩纪中期琥珀中的蜡蝉化石一新属新种: Ayaimatum trilobatum gen. et sp. nov.(半翅目: 蜡蝉总科: 拟蛛蜡蝉科)

根据缅甸北部克钦地区产出的白垩纪中期琥珀中保存的蜡蝉,建立了1新属1新种——三瓣残缺蜡蝉(Ayaimatum trilobatum gen. et sp. nov.),该新属新种属于白垩纪的拟蛛蜡蝉科(Mimarachnidae)。本文对拟蛛蜡蝉科的属种记录进行了综述,同时探讨了这一灭绝科属种的多样性和形态分异。     

A catalogue of Burmite inclusions

Burmite (Burmese amber) from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar is a remarkable valuable and obviously the most important amber for studying terrestrial diversity in the mid-Cretaceous.The diversity of Burmite inclusions is very high and many new taxa were found,including new order,new family/subfamily,and new genus.Till the end of 2016,14 phyla,21 classes,65 orders,279 families,515 genera and 643 species of organisms are recorded,which are summized and complied in this catalogue.Among them,587 species are arthropods.In addtion,the specimens which can not be identified into species are also listed in the paper.The information on type specimens,other materials,host and deposition of types are provided.     

Protist-like inclusions in amber, as evidenced by Charentes amber

The mid-Cretaceous amber of France contains thousands of protist-like inclusions similar in shape to some ciliates, flagellates and amoebae. The sheer abundance of these inclusions and their size variation within a single amber piece are not concordant with true fossil protists. French amber is coniferous in origin, which generally does not preserve well protists without cell walls. Thus, it would be surprising if French Cretaceous amber had preserved millions of protists. Here, we present a survey of the protist-like inclusions from French amber and attempt to elucidate their origins.Diverse Cretaceous ambers (from Spain, Germany and Lebanon), also derived from conifer resins, contain thousands of protist-like inclusions. In contrast, Tertiary ambers and modern resins are poor in protist-like fossils. This suggests these inclusions originated from early Cretaceous plant resins, probably secreted with the resin by trees that did not survive after the Cretaceous (such as the Cheirolepidiaceae). A review of the recent literature on amber microfossils indicates several protist-like inclusions that are unlikely to have a biological origin have already been described as real fossil protists. This is problematic in that it will bias our understanding of protist evolution.     

Naegleria-Like Cysts In Cretaceous Amber From Central Kansas

ABSTRACT. Fossil protist cysts are reported from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Ellsworth County, Kansas, which is rich in terrestrial microfossils but contains no known macrofossils. On the basis of their distinctive morphology, the cysts can be referred to the genus Naegleria (Schizopyrenida); they most closely resemble cysts of the living species Naegleria gruberi. This is the first known fossil record for this group of amoebas. the current phylogenetic position and paleoecological role of Naegleria are discussed in relation to this find; it provides direct confirmation of morphological stasis in this group, which had previously been inferred from rRNA sequence divergence data.,