In Depth Electromyrmococcus is a genus of mealybug that lived in the Dominican Republic during the Miocene. At the time of writing there are three species assigned to the genus. Further Reading - Descriptions of a new genus and three new species of Rhizoecinae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with ants of the genus Acropyga Roger in … Read more
In Depth Protostephanus is a species of crown wasp that lived in North America during the late Eocene. The genus is based upon a partially preserved individual preserved in volcanic ash. This individual is speculated to be female to the presence of what seems to be a partially preserved ovipositor (egg laying organ). Further Reading … Read more
In Depth Eophyllium is a genus of leaf insect that is known to have lived in Europe, specifically Germany, during the Eocene. The holotype specimen is preserved flat on a slab of sedimentary rock and has allowed for a very interesting insight into how leaf insects evolved. Eophyllium differs from modern forms in that the … Read more
In Depth Proraphidia is a genus of snakefly that lived during the Mesozoic. The first specimen discovered in Kazakstan was determined to come from a deposit Mid Jurassic in age, but later discoveries in England and Spain have revealed that the Proraphidia genus survived all the way to the Early Cretaceous. As a snakefly Proraphidia … Read more