2009 in arthropod paleontology
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes
Agulla mineralensis sp nov Valid Engel Late Barstovian Stewart Valley Group USA only described Neogene snakefly fossil
Allorapisma gen et sp nov Valid Makarkin & Archibald Ypresian Tom Thumb Tuff member Klondike Mountain Formation USA
Apis ( Cascapis ) nearctica sp nov Valid Engel , Hinojosa-Diaz , & Rasnitsyn Middle Miocene USA The first fossil Apis from North America
Aspidopleura gen et sp nov Valid Gibson Eocene Baltic amber Europe An Eupelmid wasp
Brevivulva gen et sp nov Valid Gibson Eocene Baltic amber Europe An Eupelmid wasp
Cimbrophlebia brooksi sp nov Valid Archibald Ypresian Tom Thumb Tuff member Klondike Mountain Formation USA A Cimbrophlebiid scorpionfly
Cimbrophlebia flabelliformis sp nov Valid Archibald Ypresian McAbee Fossil Beds Canada A mecopteran
Cimbrophlebia leahyi sp nov Valid Archibald Ypresian McAbee Fossil Beds Canada A mecopteran
Cimbrophlebia westae sp nov Valid Archibald Ypresian Tom Thumb Tuff member Klondike Mountain Formation USA A mecopteran
Ctenobethylus oblongiceps comb nov Jr synonym ( Wheeler , 1915 ) Lutetian Baltic amber Russia Fossil Dolichoderine ant . Moved from Iridomyrmex oblongiceps to Eldermyrmex oblongiceps in 2011
Denaeaspis gen et sp nov valid Chaboo & Engel Lutetian Parachute Member , Green River Formation USA One of the oldest tortoise beetles
Eosacantha gen et sp nov valid Chaboo & Engel Lutetian Parachute Member , Green River Formation USA One of the oldest tortoise beetles
Gesomyrmex germanicus sp nov Valid Dlussky , Wappler , & Wedmann Lutetian Eckfeld Maar Germany A Formicinae ant
Gesomyrmex pulcher sp nov Valid Dlussky , Wappler , & Wedmann Lutetian Messel Formation Germany A Formicinae ant
Leptofoenus pittfieldae sp nov Valid Engel Burdigalian Dominican amber Dominican Republic A Pteromalid wasp
Metapelma archetypon sp nov Valid Gibson Eocene Baltic amber Europe An Eupelmid wasp
Neanaperiallus gen et sp nov Valid Gibson Eocene Baltic amber Europe An Eupelmid wasp
Nesagapostemon gen et sp nov Valid Engel Burdigalian Dominican amber Dominican Republic A Halictid bee
Nymphes georgei sp nov Valid Archibald , Makarkin , & Ansorge Ypresian Tom Thumb Tuff member Klondike Mountain Formation USA A Nymphid neuropteran
Oligochlora semirugosa sp nov Valid Engel Burdigalian Dominican amber Dominican Republic A Halictid bee
Insects
This list of fossil arthropods described in 2009 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods that have been described during the year 2009, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to arthropod paleontology that occurred.