2009 in arthropod paleontology
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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 were described during the year 2009, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to arthropod paleontology that occurred that year.
Radiodonts
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Kühl, Briggs, & Rust |
Lower Devonian |
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Arachnids
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Selden & Penney |
Okanagan Highlands |
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Crustaceans
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Racheboeuf, Schram & Vidal |
A mantis shrimp, type species is C. spinosa |
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Sottyella[3] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Racheboeuf, Schram & Vidal |
A phreatoicidean isopod, type species is S. montcellensis |
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Insects
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
sp nov |
Valid |
Stewart Valley Group |
only described Neogene snakefly fossil |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Makarkin & Archibald |
Ypresian |
Tom Thumb Tuff member |
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| Apis (Cascapis) nearctica[6] |
sp nov |
Valid |
Engel, Hinojosa-Diaz, & Rasnitsyn |
Middle Miocene |
The first fossil Apis from North America. |
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| Aspidopleura[7] |
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Gibson |
Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Eupelmid wasp |
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gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Gibson |
Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Eupelmid wasp |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Archibald |
Ypresian |
Tom Thumb Tuff member |
A Cimbrophlebiid scorpionfly |
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sp nov |
Valid |
Archibald |
Ypresian |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Archibald |
Ypresian |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Archibald |
Ypresian |
Tom Thumb Tuff member |
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comb nov |
Jr synonym |
Fossil Dolichoderine ant. |
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gen et sp nov |
valid |
Chaboo & Engel |
Green River Formation |
An Imatidiini tribe Cassidine tortoise beetle. |
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|
gen et sp nov |
valid |
Chaboo & Engel |
Green River Formation |
An Imatidiini tribe Cassidine tortoise beetle. |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky, Wappler, & Wedmann |
Eckfeld Maar |
A Formicinae ant |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky, Wappler, & Wedmann |
A Formicinae ant |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A Pteromalid wasp |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Gibson |
Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Eupelmid wasp |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Gibson |
Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A Eupelmid wasp |
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|
gen et sp nov |
Valid |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A Halictid bee |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Archibald, Makarkin, & Ansorge |
Ypresian |
Tom Thumb Tuff member |
A Nymphid neuropteran |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A Halictid bee |
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Paleohabropoda[15] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Michez & Ramont |
An anthophorine bee |
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Comb nov |
Jr synonym |
(Mayr) |
Middle Eocene |
European amber |
A formicine ant, new combination for |
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|
sp nov |
valid |
Jepson, Makarkin, & Jarzembowski |
An Ithonidae lacewing, |
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Sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky |
Late Eocene |
Baltic amber |
A ponerine ant |
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|
Sp nov |
Valid |
Archibald, Makarkin, Ansorge |
Priabonian |
Baltic amber |
A Nymphid neuropteran |
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Protomyrmica[19] |
Gen et sp nov |
valid |
Dlussky & Radchenko |
Priabonian |
A myrmicine ant |
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|
sp nov |
Valid |
Burdigalian |
Dominican amber |
A termite bug |
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Tetraponera groehni[18] |
sp nov |
Valid |
Dlussky |
Pribonian |
A Pseudomyrmecine ant |
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Trilobites
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alperillaenus[21] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Pour, Popov & Vinogradova |
A member of the family Illaenidae. Genus includes new species A. intermedius. |
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Ammagnostus antarcticus[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bentley, Jago & Cooper |
Goyder Formation[23] |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Fortey |
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Bhargavia[25] |
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Ellipsocephalidae. The type species is B. prakritika; genus also includes "Syspacephalus" obscurus Palmer and Halley (1979). |
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Bienvillia chaya[26] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Waisfeld & Vaccari |
Suri Formation |
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Catillicephalina[22] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Bentley, Jago & Cooper |
Spurs Formation |
A new genus for "Catillicephala" glasgowensis Jago & Cooper (2005). |
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Damiraspis[21] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Pour, Popov & Vinogradova |
An asaphid trilobite. Genus includes new species D. margiana. |
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Degamella lingulata[27] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Zhou & Zhou |
Pagoda Formation |
A member of the family Cyclopygidae. |
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Dividuagnostus tortelloi[26] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Waisfeld & Vaccari |
Suri Formation |
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Doremataspis contracta[22] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Bentley, Jago & Cooper |
Spurs Formation |
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Farasaphus[21] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Pour, Popov & Vinogradova |
An asaphid trilobite. Genus includes new species F. singularis. |
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Gunnia smithi[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Ptychopariidae. |
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Haydenaspis[25] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Dinesidae. The type species is H. parvatya. |
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Himalisania[25] |
Gen. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Karsha Formation |
A member of the family Lisaniidae. The type species is "Eoshengia" sudani Jell & Hughes (1997). |
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Hypermecaspis edselbrussai[26] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Waisfeld & Vaccari |
Suri Formation |
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Jamrogia[22] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Bentley, Jago & Cooper |
Spurs Formation |
A member of the new family Jamrogiidae. Genus includes new species J. jamrogensis. |
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Kaotaia prachina[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Ptychopariidae. |
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Koldinia odelli[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Karsha Formation |
Possibly a member of the family Anomocaridae. |
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Litzicurus[28] |
Gen. et sp. et comb. nov |
Valid |
Adrain, McAdams & Westrop |
Early Ordovician |
Possibly a member of Hystricuridae. Genus includes new species L. shawi, as well as "Pseudohystricurus" orbus Ross (1953). |
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Microparia (Quadratapyge) obsoleta[27] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Zhou & Zhou |
Pagoda Formation |
A member of the family Cyclopygidae. |
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Monanocephalus liquani[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Hsuchuang Formation |
A member of the family Ptychopariidae. |
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Nileus jafari[29] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Pour & Turvey |
Ordovician (Dapingian to early Darriwilian) |
Shirgesht Formation |
A member of the family Nileidae. |
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Proasaphiscus simoni[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Proasaphiscidae. |
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Probowmania bhatti[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Ptychopariidae. |
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Prozacanthoides lahiri[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Zacanthoididae. |
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Psalikilus hestoni[28] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Adrain, McAdams & Westrop |
Early Ordovician |
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Sudanomocarina sinindica[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Proasaphiscidae. |
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Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Karsha Formation |
A member of the family Alsataspididae. |
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Warburtonella[30] |
Gen. et sp. nov |
Valid |
Sun & Jago |
Warburton Basin |
A polymerid trilobite. Genus includes new species W. coongiensis. |
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Xingrenaspis parthiva[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Ptychopariidae. |
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Xingrenaspis shyamalae[25] |
Sp. nov |
Valid |
Peng et al. |
Parahio Formation |
A member of the family Ptychopariidae. |
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