2018 in insect paleontology
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Type Location Notes
Anthoscytina daidaleos Sp . nov Valid Fu , Huang & Engel Middle or Late Jurassic Haifanggou Formation China A froghopper belonging to the family Procercopidae
Aphrastomedes Gen. et sp . nov Valid Yamada & Yamamoto in Yamada , Yamamoto & Takahashi Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A member of Cimicomorpha , probably belonging to the family Velocipedidae . Genus includes new species A. anthocoroides
Archetingis Gen. et sp . nov Valid Montagna et al Middle Triassic ( Ladinian ) Meride Limestone Switzerland A member of the family Tingidae . The type species is A. ladinica
Archipedionis Gen. et sp . nov Valid Dietrich & Thomas Eocene Baltic amber Europe ( Baltic Sea coast ) A leafhopper belonging to the subfamily Eurymelinae and the tribe Macropsini . The type species is A. obscurus
Burmacader lativentris Sp . nov Valid Heiss & Guilbert Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A member of Tingidae
Camuracicada Gen. et comb . nov Valid Moulds Miocene ( Serravallian ) Croatia A cicada ; a new genus for Cicada aichhorni Heer ( 1853 )
Chilamnestocoris Gen. et sp . nov Valid Lis , Lis & Heiss Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A member of the family Cydnidae . Genus includes new species C. mixtus
Criniverticillus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Lin , Yao & Ren Cretaceous ( Albian - Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A relative of scale insects belonging to the family Weitschatidae . Genus includes new species C. longicumulus
Cucullitingis Gen. et sp . nov Valid Du & Yao Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A member of Tingidae . The type species is C. biacantha
Dachibangus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Jiang , Szwedo & Wang Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae . Genus includes new species D. trimaculatus
Dorytocus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Emeljanov & Shcherbakov Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A planthopper belonging to the new family Dorytocidae . Genus includes new species D. ornithorhynchus
Eoidiocerus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Dietrich & Thomas Eocene Baltic amber Europe ( Baltic Sea coast ) A leafhopper belonging to the subfamily Eurymelinae and the tribe Idiocerini . The type species is E. emarginatus
Fangyuania Gen. et sp . nov Valid Chen , Szwedo & Wang in Chen et al Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae . Genus includes new species F. xiai
Hormatalis Gen. et sp . nov Valid Węgierek & Wang in Węgierek et al Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar An aphid belonging to the family Isolitaphidae . Genus includes new species H. lancigerens
Jaculistilus Gen. et sp . nov Valid Zhang , Ren & Yao Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian ) Burmese amber Myanmar A planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae . Genus includes new species J. oligotrichus
Leptopharsa antica Sp . nov Valid Golub & Heiss Eocene or Miocene Dominican amber Dominican Republic A species of Leptopharsa
Leptopharsa colombiana Sp . nov Valid Golub & Heiss Colombian copal Colombia A species of Leptopharsa
Luanpingia daohugouensis Sp . nov Valid Fu , Cai & Huang Middle or Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds China A froghopper belonging to the family Sinoalidae
Paleopsalta Gen. et comb . nov Valid Moulds Miocene ( Serravallian ) Croatia A cicada ; a new genus for Cicada ungeri Heer ( 1853 )
Phatnoma pulchra Sp . nov Valid Golub & Heiss Eocene or Miocene Dominican amber Dominican Republic A member of the family Tingidae
Newly named taxa -- Hemipterans
This list of fossil insects described in 2018 is a list of new taxa that were described during the year 2018, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to insect paleontology that are scheduled to occur in the year 2018.