# 2010 in arthropod paleontology

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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2010 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2010. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

## Dinocaridida

Newly named Dinocaridids :
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Amplectobelua stephenensis | Sp nov | Valid | Daley & Budd | Middle Cambrian | Burgess Shale Formation | Canada | A radiodont | Amplectobelua stephenensis (frontal appendage) |
| Caryosyntrips | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Daley & Budd | Middle Cambrian | Burgess Shale Formation | Canada | A radiodont, type species C. serratus | Caryosyntrips serratus (frontal appendage) |
| Tamisiocaris | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Daley & Peel | Cambrian | Buen Formation Kinzers Formation | Greenland  United States | A suspension-feeding radiodont. The type species is T. borealis | Tamisiocaris borealis (frontal appendage) |

## Newly named crustaceans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Aciculopoda | Fam, gen et Sp nov | Valid | Feldmann & Schweitzer | Devonian | | USA | Oldest known shrimp. | |
| Chenops | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Hegna & Ren | Barremian | Yixian Formation | China | A notostracan | Chenops yixianensis |
| Jeholops | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Hegna & Ren | Barremian | Yixian Formation | China | A notostracan | Jeholops (left) |
| Nasunaris | Gen et sp nov | Valid | Siveter, Briggs, Siveter, & Sutton | Silurian | | UK | An ostracod | |
| Pseudotealliocaris holthuisi | Sp nov | Jr synonym | Irham, Schram & Vonk | Mississippian | Leitchfield Formation | USA ( Kentucky) | Moved to the genus Tealliocaris in 2013 | |

## Newly named insects

* A new family of ceraphronoid Hymenopters, Radiophronidae, is published by Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, and Delclòs.
* A new family, Mendozachoristidae, is published by Brauckmann et al..
* A new family of Moths, Mesokristenseniidae, is published by Huang, Nel and Minet.
* A new order of holometabolous insects, Nakridletia, is published by Vršanský, Ren & Shih.
* A new family of holometabolous insects, Vosilidae, is published by Vršanský, Ren & Shih.
* A new family of Cockroaches, Socialidae, is published by Vršanský.
* A new family of fulgoroid hemipterans, Weiwoboidae, is published by Lin, Szwedo, Huang and Stroiński.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Bohemiatupus elegans | gen et sp nov | Valid | Prokop & Nel | Westphalian | Kladno Formation | Czech Republic | | |
| Camptoneurites soyanensis | gen et sp nov | Valid | Aristov, Storozhenko, & Cui | Kazanian | Soyana locality | Russia | A Notopteran |
| Cantabroraphidia | gen et sp nov | Valid | Pérez-de la Fuente, Nel, Peñalver, & Delclòs | Albian | Las Peñosas Formation, Cave of El Soplao | Spain | A mesoraphidiid snakefly; The type species is C. marcanoi | Cantabroraphidia marcanoi |
| Cascopleciidae | fam, gen et sp nov | Valid | Poinar | Early Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A flower-visiting Bibionomorpha fly. Type genus Cascoplecia, type species C. insolitis | Cascoplecia |
| Crepidodera decolorata | sp nov | Valid | Nadein & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | Ukraine | A flea beetle | |
| Deinodryinus? aptianus | sp nov | Valid | Olmi, Rasnitsyn, & Guglielmino | Aptian | Khurilt rock unit | Mongolia | A dryinid wasp. | Deinodryinus? aptianus |
| Ektatotricha | gen et sp nov | Valid | Chatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & Grimaldi | Middle Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | | |
| Electroatopos | gen et sp nov | Valid | Chatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & Grimaldi | Middle Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | | |
| Epiaeschna pseudoheros | Sp nov | valid | Nel & Petrulevicius | Chattian | Les Figons | France | An Aeshnid dragonfly | Epiaeschna pseudoheros |
| Holcorpa dillhoffi | sp nov | valid | Archibald | Ypresian | McAbee fossil site | Canada | A holcorpid scorpionfly | |
| Iberoevania | gen et sp nov | Valid | Peñalver, Ortega-Blanco, Nel, & Delclòs | Early Cretaceous | Amber | Spain | An evaniid | |
| Jerseyempheria | gen et sp nov | Valid | Azar, Nel, & Petrulevicius | Cretaceous | New Jersey amber | USA | A empheriid psocodean | |
| Kachinus | gen et sp nov | Valid | Chatzimanolis, Engel, Newton, & Grimaldi | Middle Cretaceous | Burmese amber | Myanmar | | |
| Lichnomesopsyche | gen et sp nov | Valid | Ren, Labandeira, & Shih | Middle Jurassic | Jiulongshan Formation | China | A mesopsychid mecopteran | |
| Limnoxenus olenus | Sp nov | Valid | Fikacek, Prokop, & Nel | Chattian | Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation | France | A water scavenger beetle | Limnoxenus olenus |
| Manobiomorpha | gen et sp nov | Valid | Nadein & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | Ukraine | A flea beetle | |
| Mendozachorista | fam, gen et sp nov | Valid | Brauckmann, Gallego, Hauschke, Martins-Neto, Groening, Ilger, & Lara | Late Triassic | Llantenes Formation | Argentina | The species is M. volkheimeri | |
| Mesokristensenia | fam, gen et sp nov | Valid | Huang, Nel, & Minet | Middle Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | China | | |
| Microcostaphron | gen et sp nov | Valid | Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, & Delclòs | Early Cretaceous | Álava amber | Spain | The species is M. parvus | |
| Nylanderia pygmaea | Comb nov | Valid | (Mayr) | Middle Eocene | European amber | Europe | A formicine ant, new combination for Paratrechina pygmaea | Nylanderia pygmaea |
| Paleophaedon | gen et sp nov | Valid | Nadein & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | Ukraine | A chrysomeline leaf beetle | |
| Parazila | gen et sp nov | Synonymized | Vršanský, Ren, & Shih | Late Jurassic | | Russia | A fly | |
| Psyllototus | gen et sp nov | Valid | Nadein & Perkovsky | Late Eocene | Rovno amber | Ukraine | A flea beetle | |
| Radiophron | fam, gen et sp nov | Valid | Ortega-Blanco, Rasnitsyn, & Delclòs | Early Cretaceous | Álava amber | Spain | The species is R. ibericus | |
| Raptorapax | gen et sp nov | Valid | Petrulevicius, Azar, & Nel | Early Cretaceous | Amber | Lebanon | A rhachiberothid lacewing | |
| Sociala | fam, gen et sp nov | Valid | Vršanský | Albian | Amber | France | A cockroach | |
| Sapho legrandi | Sp nov | valid | Nel & Petrulevicius | Chattian | Les Figons | France | A Calopterygid damselfly | Sapho legrandi |
| Tyulkinia | gen et sp nov | Valid | Aristov, Storozhenko, & Cui | Kungurian | Tyulkino locality | Russia | A Notopteran | |
| Vitimopsyche kozlovi | gen et sp nov | Valid | Ren, Labandeira, & Shih | Early Cretaceous | Jehol Biota | China | A mesopsychid mecopteran | |
| Vosila | fam, gen et sp nov | Valid | Vršanský, Ren, & Shih | Middle Jurassic | | China | A fly | |
| Weiwoboa | Fam, gen et sp nov | Valid | Lin, Szwedo, Huang, & Stroiński | Lower Eocene | | China | | |

## Newly named spiders

| Name | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Eoplectreurys | Valid | Selden Huang | Middle Jurassic | Daohugou Beds | China | The oldest known haplogyne spider. | |

## Trilobites

Newly named trilobites :
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
| Pseudocybele paranasuta | Sp nov | Valid | McAdams & Adrain | Early Ordovician | Fillmore Limestone | United States | A member of the family Pliomeridae. | |