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2026 in paleoentomology

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This paleoentomology list records new fossil insect taxa that were announced or described during the year 2026, as well as notes other significant paleoentomology discoveries and events which occurred during the year.

Contents

Clade Amphiesmenoptera

Trichopterans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Archiphilopotamus sagulicus [1]

Sp. nov

Valid

Sukatsheva in Sukatsheva, Rasnitsyn & Vasilenko

Early Jurassic

Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan

A member of the family Philopotamidae. Published online in 2026, but the issue date is listed as December 2025.

Clade Antliophora

Dipterans

Brachycerans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Chaetosepsis [2]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Grimaldi, Lonsdale & Herhold

Miocene

Dominican amber

Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic

A member of the family Sepsidae. The type species is C. caribea.

Nematocerans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Cascoplecia gracilis [3]

Sp. nov

Valid

Skartveit

Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Bibionidae.

Cascoplecia tridens [3]

Sp. nov

Valid

Skartveit

Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Bibionidae.

Dipteran research

  • Revision of members of the genus Prohercostomus from the Baltic amber is published by Grichanov (2026). [4]
  • Grichanov (2026) reports the discovery of a male of Medeterites latipennis from the Baltic amber, and provides a key to species belonging to the genus Medeterites. [5]

Clade Archaeorthoptera

Orthoptera

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Argentoelcana [6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Schall et al.

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species A. intermedia.

Ensiferelcana [6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Schall et al.

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species E. brachyptera.

Gondwanelcana [6]

Gen. et sp. nov

Schall et al.

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

A member of the family Elcanidae. Genus includes new species G. brasiliensis.

Longioculus poinari [7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Schall & Husemann

Cretaceous

Hkamti amber or Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Elcanidae.

Mesembrelcana [6]

Gen. et comb. nov

Schall et al.

Early Cretaceous

Crato Formation

Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

A member of the family Elcanidae; a new genus for "Cratoelcana" rasnitsyni Nel & Jouault.

Monolophomastax [8]

Gen. et sp. nov

Schall, Bonino & Husemann

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of Eumastacoidea. Genus includes new species M. disantoi.

Panorpidium damianii [6]

Comb. nov

(Martins-Neto)

Early Cretaceous

Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

A member of the family Elcanidae; moved from Cratoelcana damianii Martins-Neto (1991).

Parelcana xena [7]

Sp. nov

Valid

Schall & Husemann

Cretaceous

Hkamti amber or Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Elcanidae.

Pseudopanorpidium inversa [9]

Sp. nov

Valid

Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann

Cretaceous

Hkamti amber or Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Elcanidae.

Sinagryllus huangi [10]

Sp. nov

Valid

Xu et al.

Middle Jurassic

Yanan Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A member of the family Baissogryllidae. First online in 2025, officially published in 2026.

Thagyaminana [9]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann

Cretaceous

Hkamti amber or Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Elcanidae. The type species is T. atawedeia.

Orthopteran research

Clade Coleopterida

Coleopterans

Adephaga

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Archaeodyschirius [12]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Molino-Olmedo

Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A ground beetle belonging to the subfamily Scaritinae and the tribe Dyschiriini. The type species is A. misiae. Published online in 2026, but the issue date is listed as December 2025.

Coptoclava spinosa [13]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lee, Nel & Nam

Early Cretaceous (Albian)

Jinju Formation

Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

A member of the family Coptoclavidae.

Hujia gongi [14]

Sp. nov

Valid

Xia et al.

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A tiger beetle.

Polyphaga

Cucujiformia
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Protokateretes ensifer [15]

Sp. nov

Zhao, Engel & Cai in Zhao et al.

Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Kateretidae.

Staphyliniformia
NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Cretobius [16]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Gerke, Yamamoto & Żyła

Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A rove beetle belonging to the subfamily Paederinae. The type species is C. fangornis.

Coleopteran research

  • Liu et al. (2026) report the discovery of a specialized Pachyteles -like beetle larva from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with a morphology interpreted by the authors as suggestive of adaptations to ambush predation strategy and to phragmotic defense. [17]
  • Ferreira et al. (2026) provide new divergence time estimates for bark beetles, and find that different dating methodologies all indicate that the group diversified before the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. [18]
  • Rosas et al. (2026) report the discovery of a diverse assemblage of beetle fossils of probable Neogene age from a new site near the town of Penrose in the Southern Highlands (New South Wales, Australia). [19]

Clade Dictyoptera

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Anthracoblattina macucai [20]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lara & Cariglino

Permian (Cisuralian)

Arroyo Totoral Formation

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

A member of the family Phyloblattidae.

Cupidoblatta [21]

Gen. et sp. nov

Sendi et al.

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species C. elegans.

Pinniblatta [21]

Gen. et 2 sp. nov

Sendi et al.

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A cockroach belonging to the family Corydiidae. Genus includes new species P. sylvana and P. horvathovae.

Dictyopteran research

Hymenopterans

Apocrita

Apoidea

Apoid research

Chrysidoidea

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Chlorepyris mesocurvus [26]

Sp. nov

Jouault, Huang & Azevedo

Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Bethylidae belonging to the subfamily Epyrinae.

Gwesped piastrii [26]

Sp. nov

Jouault, Huang & Azevedo

Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Bethylidae belonging to the subfamily Lancepyrinae.

Evanioidea

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Tichostephanus qinshubao [27]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ge & Tan in Ge, Ren & Tan

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Gasteruptiidae.

Tichostephanus yuchijingde [27]

Sp. nov

Valid

Ge & Tan in Ge, Ren & Tan

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Gasteruptiidae.

Formicoidea

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Hypoponera electrocacica [28]

Sp. nov

Valid

Fiorentino et al.

Miocene

Dominican amber

Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic

A species of Hypoponera .

Paraphaenogaster tanemurai [29]

Sp. nov

Valid

Aiba & Inose

Miocene

Fuzawa Formation

Flag of Japan.svg Japan

A member of the subfamily Myrmicinae and the tribe Stenammini.

Siinikaponera balana [30]

Sp. nov

Valid

Varela-Hernández & Guerrero

Oligocene-Miocene

Mexican amber

Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico

An ant belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae.

Formicoidea research
  • Boudinot et al. (2026) redescribe an ant in Eocene Baltic amber from the collection of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe which was identified as specimen of Ctenobethylus C by Mayr 1868. Boudinot et al. interpret the species as a senior synonym of Eldermyrmex exsectus Dubovikoff & Dlussky, 2019, and extrapolate the ants to have been the dominant arborial ant species for Temperate coniferous Eocene forests. [31]

Ichneumonoidea

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Xanthopimpla zherikhini [32]

Sp. nov

Valid

Manukyan, Dubovikoff & Smirnova

Eocene

Baltic amber

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

A species of Xanthopimpla . Published online in 2026, but the issue date is listed as December 2025.

Stephanoidea

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Myanmarina grandis [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Zheng in Wang et al.

Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Myanmarinidae.

Myanmarina simplex [33]

Sp. nov

Valid

Zheng in Wang et al.

Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Myanmarinidae.

Other Apocrita

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Sinosymphytopterus [34]

Gen. et sp. nov

Jia, Zhang & Zhang

Middle Jurassic

Daohugou Beds

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A member of the family Ephialtitidae. Genus includes new species S. ningchengensis.

Symphytopterus rasnitsyni [34]

Sp. nov

Jia, Zhang & Zhang

Middle Jurassic

Daohugou Beds

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A member of the family Ephialtitidae.

Clade Neuropterida

Neuropterans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Carentosymphrasites [35]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Jouault, Liu & Perrichot

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Charentese amber

Flag of France.svg France

A member of the family Mantispidae belonging to the subfamily Symphrasinae. The type species is C. zhengi.

Cherasisyra [36]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Engel & Peretti

Cretaceous

Hkamti amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Sisyridae. Genus includes new species C. elegans.

Quadraticaput [37]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Kong et al.

Jurassic

Daohugou Beds

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A larval representative of the lacewing superfamily Osmyloidea. The type species is Q. scleroticum.

Yongling [37]

Nom. nov

Valid

Kong et al.

Jurassic

Daohugou Beds

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A member of the lacewing superfamily Osmyloidea; a replacement name for Natator Kong et al. (2024).

Neuropteran research

Clade Palaeoptera

Ephemeropterans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Venusdemilo [40]

Fam. et gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Chen & Zheng

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A mayfly, the type genus of the new family Venusdemiloidae. The type species is V. venusae. Published online in 2026, but the issue date is listed as December 2025.

Odonatopterans

Odonatopteran research

Clade Paraneoptera

Hemipterans

Auchenorrhyncha

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Dongningus [42]

Gen. et comb. nov

Zhang, Ning & Zhang in Zhang et al.

Late Triassic

Luoquanzhan Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A member of Cicadomorpha belonging to the family Dysmorphoptilidae. The type species is "Prosbolopsites" granulatus Hong & Chang (1993).

Dysmorphoptiloides brunneum [43]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lara & Cariglino

Late Triassic

Potrerillos Formation

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

A member of the family Dysmorphoptilidae.

Dysmorphoptiloides devincenziae [43]

Sp. nov

Valid

Lara & Cariglino

Late Triassic

Potrerillos Formation

Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

A member of the family Dysmorphoptilidae.

Myanmala [44]

Fam. et gen. et sp. nov

Chen et al.

Cretaceous

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of Cicadomorpha belonging to the superfamily Cercopoidea, the type genus of the new family Myanmalidae. Genus includes new species M. zireni.

Heteroptera

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Cretispongiosus [45]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Zhang, Yao & Liu in Zhang et al.

Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Pachynomidae. The type species is C. conservatus.

Daohugoucoris [46]

Gen. et sp. nov

Dai et al.

Middle Jurassic

Jiulongshan Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A member of Pachymeridiidae. The type species is D. punctatus.

Mecocollaris membranosus [47]

Sp. nov

Ma, Ren & Yao

Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of the family Nabidae.

Subtilicoris [46]

Gen. et sp. nov

Dai et al.

Middle Jurassic

Jiulongshan Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A member of Pachymeridiidae. The type species is S. actuarius.

Hemipteran research

  • Haug et al. (2026) report the discovery of a group of wax-bearing (likely for defensive purposes) immatures of scale insects in a piece of Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar) that also preserved an adult rove beetle and an aphidlion-like larva which might have been predators of scale insects. [48]
  • A specimen of Auritibicen cf. flammatus representing the largest well-preserved cicadid fossil reported to date is described from the Pleistocene (Chibanian) Miyajima Formation (Japan) by Aiba & Hayashi (2026). [49]

Permopsocida

Plecopterans

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityLocationNotesImages

Heminemoura [51]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Chen

Eocene

Baltic amber

Europe (Baltic Sea region)

A member of the family Nemouridae. Genus includes new species H. triloba. Published online in 2026, but the issue date is listed as December 2025.

Other insects

NameNoveltyStatusAuthorsAgeType localityCountryNotesImages

Burmazoros [52]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Kočárek, Kočárková & Kundrata

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of Zoraptera belonging to the family Zorotypidae; a new genus for "Zorotypus" denticulatus Yin, Cai & Huang (2018).

Chauliodites qujingensis [53]

Sp. nov

Hu, Zheng & Zhang in Hu et al.

Early Triassic

Kayitou Formation

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

A winged relative of ice crawlers belonging to the family Chaulioditidae.

Cretembia [54]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Liu et al.

Late Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of Embioptera belonging to the family Scelembiidae. Genus includes new species C. longimandibula.

Cretozoros [52]

Gen. et comb. nov

Valid

Kočárek, Kočárková & Kundrata

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Kachin amber

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of Zoraptera belonging to the family Spiralizoridae. The type species is "Zorotypus" acanthothorax Engel & Grimaldi (2002); genus also includes "Zorotypus" pusillus Chen & Su (2019).

Electroclothoda [54]

Gen. et sp. nov

Valid

Liu et al.

Late Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of Embioptera belonging to the family Clothodidae. Genus includes new species E. aroliata.

Parasorellembia grandiocula [54]

Sp. nov

Valid

Liu et al.

Late Cretaceous

Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

A member of Embioptera belonging to the family Scelembiidae.

Other insect research

General research

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