# 2025 in paleoentomology

This list of 2025 in paleoentomology records new fossil insect taxa that are to be described during the year, as well as documents significant paleoentomology discoveries and events which occurred during that year.

## Clade Amphiesmenoptera
### Lepidopterans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
| Eolimenitis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fischer & Hausmann | Eocene | Baltic amber | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) | Taxon established for fossil forms of the subfamily Limenitidinae within the family Nymphalidae. Includes E. baltica, described on the basis of an egg inclusion in amber. | |

### Trichopterans
#### Trichopteran research

* Shcherbakov (2025) reinterprets purported thysanuran Planocephalus aselloides from the Eocene Florissant Formation (Colorado, United States) as a hydropsychid caddisfly and a senior synonym of Hydropsyche scudderi.

## Clade Antliophora
### Dipterans
#### Brachycerans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Eodromyia rovnoensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Shamshev in Shamshev, Perkovsky & Legalov | Eocene | Rovno amber | Ukraine | A member of the family Hybotidae belonging to the subfamily Tachydromiinae. |
| Eoplatypalpus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Shamshev, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Sakhalin amber | Russia ( Sakhalin Oblast) | A member of the family Hybotidae. The type species is E. sachalinensis. |
| Guamaimengia | Gen. et sp. nov | | Zhang, Zhang & Zhang | Early Cretaceous | Laiyang Formation | China | A member of the family Eremochaetidae. The type species is G. laiyangensis. |

#### Nematocerans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Bryophaenocladius zealandiae | Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov in Baranov et al. | Oligocene (Chattian) | Pomahaka Formation | New Zealand | A species of Bryophaenocladius. |
| Ellipteroides (Jantares) hansi | Sp. nov | Valid | Kania-Kłosok et al. | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Ellipteroides. |
| Penthetria tenue | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A species of Penthetria. |
| Penthetria tipuloides | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A species of Penthetria. |
| Protopenthetria bicoloripes | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A member of the family Bibionidae. |
| Protopenthetria coronata | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A member of the family Bibionidae. |
| Protopenthetria crassitarsalis | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A member of the family Bibionidae. |
| Protopenthetria globistylus | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A member of the family Bibionidae. |
| Protopenthetria longicornis | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A member of the family Bibionidae. |
| Protopenthetria pallipes | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A member of the family Bibionidae. |
| Protopenthetria rectangula | Sp. nov | Valid | Skartveit et al. | Cretaceous | | Myanmar | A member of the family Bibionidae. |
| Pterosis extinctus | Sp. nov | Valid | Baranov in Baranov et al. | Oligocene (Chattian) | Pomahaka Formation | New Zealand | A member of the family Chironomidae. |
| Rhabdomastix rafali | Sp. nov | Valid | Jordan-Stasiło, Kania-Kłosok & Krzemiński | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Rhabdomastix. |
| Rhabdomastix setosa | Sp. nov | Valid | Jordan-Stasiło, Kania-Kłosok & Krzemiński | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Rhabdomastix. |
| Rhabdomastix woottoni | Sp. nov | Valid | Jordan-Stasiło, Kania-Kłosok & Krzemiński | Eocene | Cottbus Formation (Bitterfeld amber) | Germany | A species of Rhabdomastix. |

### Mecopterans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Ctenobittacus | Nom. nov | Valid | Villet | Middle Triassic | Tongchuan Formation | China | A hangingfly; a replacement name for Ctenophlebia Hong (2009). | |
| Petrulebittacus | Gen. et sp. nov | | Machado, Bueno & Ribeiro | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | Brazil | A hangingfly. The type species is P. martinsnetoi. | |

#### Mecopteran research

* Probable permochoristid forewing, representing the first Triassic insect from Antarctica reported to date, is described from the Section Peak Formation in Victoria Land by Lara et al. (2025).

## Clade Archaeorthoptera
### Orthopterans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Adelphellca | Gen. et sp. et comb. nov | Valid | Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann | Cretaceous | Hkamti amber or Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Elcanidae. The type species is A. simplicissima; genus also includes "Probaisselcana" zhengi Gu et al. (2022). |
| Kolymbelcana | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Schall, Kotthoff & Husemann | Cretaceous | Hkamti amber or Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Elcanidae. The type species is K. phantasma. |
| Protomogoplistes inflatus | Sp. nov | | Ji et al. | Cretaceous | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Mogoplistidae. |

## Clade Coleopterida
### Coleopterans
#### Adephaga

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
| Calosoma winnicaensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Nel et al. | Oligocene | Menilite Formation | Poland | A species of Calosoma. | |
| Copelatus chiapas | Sp. nov | Valid | Hájek et al. | Miocene | Mexican amber | Mexico | A species of Copelatus. | |

#### Polyphaga
##### Bostrichiformia

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Burmostrichus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Háva & Zahradník | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Bostrichidae. The type species is B. brunneus. |
| Granulobium perkovskyi | Sp. nov | Valid | Legalov in Legalov & Legalov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Ptinidae belonging to the subfamily Eucradinae and the tribe Hedobiini. |
| Toxesbium | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Philips & Cai in Li et al. | Cretaceous | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Ptinidae belonging to the subfamily Ernobiinae. The type species is T. kundratai. |

##### Cucujiformia

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Anomalocys | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Perkovsky in Legalov, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Danish amber | Denmark | A member of the family Ciidae. The type species is A. lawrencei. |
| Derinilipia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Huang & Cai | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Ripiphoridae belonging to the subfamily Ripidiinae and the tribe Ripidiini. The type species is D. alekseevi. |
| Olmia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov & Perkovsky in Legalov, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | Ukraine | A member of the family Mycetophagidae. The type species is O. drevlyanica. |
| Plesiogethes | Gen. et sp. nov | | Zaitsev, Vasilenko & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | Ukraine | A sap beetle. Genus includes new species P. mali. |
| Vetunitidula | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Zhao et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A sap beetle. The type species is V. mandibulata. |

##### Elateriformia

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Cretadystaxia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legalov | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Schizopodidae. The type species is C. burmanica. |
| Dostaliella | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Motyka, Kusy & Bocak | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Lycidae belonging to the subfamily Erotinae. The type species is D. filiformis. |
| Electromethes kazantsevi | Comb. nov | Valid | (Alekseev) | Eocene | Baltic amber | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of the family Omethidae; moved from Photinus kazantsevi Alekseev (2019). |
| Groehnionycha | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Eocene | Baltic amber | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle belonging to the subfamily Cantharinae and the tribe Cantharini. The type species is G. yantarnyca. |
| Malthodes camerinii | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Eocene | Baltic amber | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle, a species of Malthodes. |
| Phaenops gutowskii | Sp. nov | Valid | Kwast & Alekseev | Eocene | Baltic amber | Europe (Baltic Sea region) | A species of Phaenops. |
| Podistra carstengroehni | Sp. nov | Valid | Fanti | Eocene | Baltic amber | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) | A soldier beetle, a species of Podistra. |
| Sucinorhagonycha pugachensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Kazantsev & Perkovsky in Kazantsev, Legalov & Perkovsky | Eocene | Rovno amber | Ukraine | A soldier beetle. |

##### Other Polyphaga

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
| Benemerita | Gen. et sp. nov | Disputed | Molino-Olmedo | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | Originally described as a member of the family Ptinidae belonging to the subfamily Dryophilinae; subsequently argued by Legalov & Legalov (2025) to be a member of the family Cerophytidae and a junior synonym of Amberophytum. The type species is B. burmitica. Published online in 2025, but the issue date is listed as December 2024. | |

#### Coleopteran research

* Bao et al. (2025) redescribe Tigrivia baii.
* Sánchez et al. (2025) argue that purported brood balls of dung beetles from the Eocene La Meseta Formation (Antarctica) are not true trace fossils, and consider Patagonian trace fossils of Coprinisphaera to represent the southermost known record of this ichnotaxon.
* Click beetle larvae belonging to the subfamily Pityobiinae and likely to the tribe Tibionemini are identified in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kachin amber from Myanmar by Kundrata et al. (2025).

## Clade Dictyoptera

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Compostus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vršanský | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Liberiblattinidae. The type species is C. supremus. |
| Elisama kacerovae | Sp. nov | Valid | Sendi | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Blattulidae. |
| Etomylacris straeleni | Sp. nov | Valid | Santos et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Benxi Formation | China | A roachoid stem-dictyopteran belonging to the family Mylacridae. |
| Pseudaphtoromylacris | Fam. et gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Santos et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Benxi Formation | China | A roachoid stem-dictyopteran, the type genus of the new family Pseudaphtoromylacridae. The type species is P. paucinervis. |
| Pycnoblattina valeriea | Sp. nov | | Garrouste, Boderau & Nel | Permian (Wordian) | | France | A roachoid belonging to the family Spiloblattinidae. |
| Samaroblattella valmarensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Montagna et al. | Middle Triassic (Ladinian) | Meride Limestone | Switzerland | A roachoid belonging to the family Subioblattidae. |
| Sooblattella ater | Sp. nov | Valid | Santos et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Benxi Formation | China | A roachoid stem-dictyopteran belonging to the family Mylacridae. |
| Spilarchimylacris kaipingense | Sp. nov | Valid | Santos et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Benxi Formation | China | A roachoid stem-dictyopteran belonging to the family Archimylacridae. |
| Tangshanblatta | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Santos et al. | Carboniferous (Moscovian) | Benxi Formation | China | A roachoid stem-dictyopteran belonging to the family Phyloblattidae. The type species is T. inexpectata. |

### Dictyopteran research

* Evidence from the study of a specimen of Ambermantis wozniaki from the Turonian Raritan Formation (New Jersey, United States, interpreted as indicating that the studied mantis had large eyes with a high-resolution vision and a broad binocular visual field, is presented by Taniguchi et al. (2025).

## Hymenopterans
### Symphyta

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Cretovelona | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Vilhelmsen, Nakamine & Yamamoto in Vilhelmsen et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of Orussoidea. The type species is C. orussopteryx. |
| Deresyntexis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Oyama, Jouault & Mita | Cretaceous | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Anaxyelidae. The type species is D. bethouxi. |
| Madygella fujiyama | Sp. nov | Valid | Oyama et al. | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Momonoki Formation | Japan | A member of the family Xyelidae. |
| Ominexyela | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Oyama et al. | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Momonoki Formation | Japan | A member of the family Xyelidae. The type species is O. ishidai. |
| Samarkandykia haradai | Sp. nov | Valid | Oyama et al. | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Momonoki Formation | Japan | A member of the family Xyelidae. |
| Samarkandykia noharai | Sp. nov | Valid | Oyama et al. | Late Triassic (Carnian) | Momonoki Formation | Japan | A member of the family Xyelidae. |

### Apocrita
#### Apoidea

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Leioproctus (Otagocolletes) barrydonovani | Sp. nov | Valid | Engel & Kaulfuss | Miocene (Langhian) | Hindon Maar Lagerstätte | New Zealand | A species of Leioproctus. |
| Panurgus (Chronopanurgus) tribacus | Sp. nov | Valid | Engel | Miocene | Öhningen site | Germany | A species of Panurgus. |
| Promeliphron | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Engel | Eocene | Baltic amber | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) | A melikertine bee. The type species is "Succinapis" micheneri Engel (2001). |

#### Ceraphronoidea

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Crucimaimetsha | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kopylov & Rasnitsyn in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Maimetshidae. The type species is C. nigra. |
| Guyotemaimetsha ortegablancoi | Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kopylov & Rasnitsyn in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Maimetshidae. |
| Guyotemaimetsha perrichoti | Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kopylov & Rasnitsyn in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Maimetshidae. |
| Maimetshasia engeli | Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kopylov & Rasnitsyn in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Maimetshidae. |
| Maimetshasia nova | Sp. nov | Valid | Li, Kopylov & Rasnitsyn in Li et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Maimetshidae. |

#### Chalcidoidea

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
| Waninka | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Simutnik in Simutnik, Pankowski & Perkovsky | Probably Eocene | | Germany | A member of the family Encyrtidae. The type species is W. haikowielandi. | |

#### Formicoidea

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
| Gerontoformica priapos | Sp. nov | Valid | Zhuang, Boudinot & Perrichot in Zhuang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | An ant belonging to the subfamily Sphecomyrminae. | |

#### Ichneumonoidea

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
| Aulosaphes fumipennis | Sp. nov | Valid | Belokobylskij in Belokobylskij & Manukyan | Eocene | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) | A species of Aulosaphes. | |
| Prochremylus museumoceanus | Sp. nov | Valid | Belokobylskij in Belokobylskij & Manukyan | Eocene | Prussian Formation (Baltic amber) | Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast) | A member of the family Braconidae belonging to the tribe Chremylini. | |

#### Megalyroidea

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Megacoxa brazideci | Sp. nov | Valid | Vilhelmsen et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Megalyridae. |
| Megacoxa gungner | Sp. nov | Valid | Vilhelmsen et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Megalyridae. |
| Megacoxa mjoelner | Sp. nov | Valid | Vilhelmsen et al. | Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Megalyridae. |

#### Vespoidea

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes | Images |
| Siccibythus aristovi | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Rasnitsyn, Perkovsky & Vilhelmsen in Wang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Falsiformicidae. | |
| Siccibythus robustus | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Rasnitsyn, Perkovsky & Vilhelmsen in Wang et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Falsiformicidae. | |

## Clade Neuropterida
### Neuropterans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Blittersdorffia evanescens | Sp. nov | Valid | Bueno et al. | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | Brazil | An antlion. |
| Danomantispa | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Makarkin, Perkovsky & Nielsen | Eocene | Fur Formation | Denmark | A member of the family Mantispidae belonging to the subfamily Drepanicinae. The type species is D. frandseni. |
| Diegopteryx cearensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Bueno et al. | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | Brazil | An antlion. |
| Diegopteryx pulcherrima | Comb. nov | Valid | (Martins-Neto & Vulcano) | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | Brazil | An antlion. Moved from Blittersdorffia pulcherrima Martins-Neto & Vulcano (1997); senior synonym of Diegopteryx raptoria Martins-Neto & Rodrigues (2010). |
| Diegopteryx rafaeli | Sp. nov | Valid | Bueno et al. | Early Cretaceous | Crato Formation | Brazil | An antlion. |
| Fiaponeura maculipennis | Sp. nov | Valid | Assmar et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of Psychopsoidea of uncertain affinities. |
| Phyllithone | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Liu et al. | Cretaceous | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the family Ithonidae. The type species is P. dongshengi. |
| Stygioberotha groehni | Sp. nov | Valid | Makarkin | Cretaceous | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of the subfamily Paraberothinae. |

#### Neuropteran research

* Evidence from the study of larvae preserved in the Cretaceous Kachin amber from Myanmar, interpreted as indicative of greater morphological diversity of nymphid larvae compared to the present, is presented by Buchner et al. (2025).

## Clade †Palaeodictyopteroidea
### †Megasecoptera

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Aspidothorax hispanicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Santos et al. | Carboniferous (Gzhelian) | | Spain | A member of the family Aspidothoracidae. | |

## Clade Palaeoptera
### Odonatopterans

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Country | Notes |
| Abrohemeroscopus yuanjiawaensis | Sp. nov | | Fang, Liu & Zheng | Early Cretaceous | Jiufotang Formation | China | A hemeroscopid dragonfly. |
| Koreapodagrion | Gen. et sp. nov | | Nel, Nam & Jouault | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Jinju Formation | South Korea | A "megapodagrionid" damselfly. The type species is K. coloratus. |
| Lestes polonicus | Sp. nov | Valid | Nel et al. | Oligocene | Menilite Formation | Poland | A species of Lestes. |
| Stenolestes oeningenensis | Sp. nov | | Boderau et al. | Miocene | Öhningen site | Germany | A sieblosiid damselfly. |

#### Odonatopteran research

* Boderau et al. (2025) describe new fossil material of Saxonagrion minutum from the Permian Salagou Formation (France), and interpret is morphology as supporting the placement of the family Saxonagrionidae within Panodonata.

## Clade †Paoliidea
### †Paoliida

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Permotermopsis gallica | Sp. nov | | Boderau et al. | Permian (late Kungurian) | Salagou Formation | France | A member of the family Paoliidae. | |

## Clade Paraneoptera
### Hemipterans
#### Auchenorrhyncha

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Trichotomus | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Wang, Zhuo, Luo & Chen in Wang et al. | Cretaceous | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A planthopper belonging to the family Mimarachnidae. The type species is T. zhuoyuanshengi; genus also includes T. zhuowenxii. | |

#### Heteroptera

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Iwakia | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Aiba, Souma & Inose | Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) | Tamayama Formation (Iwaki amber) | Japan | A possible member of the family Microphysidae. The type species is I. longilabiata. | |
| Maculocris | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dai, Yao & Ren in Dai et al. | Early Cretaceous (Aptian) | Yixian Formation | China | A member of Pentatomomorpha belonging to the family Kobdocoridae. The type species is M. yixiani. | |

#### Sternorrhyncha

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Amecephala micra | Sp. nov | Valid | Drohojowska et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A member of Psyllodea belonging to the family Liadopsyllidae. | |
| Karaovisiphum | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Węgierek in Węgierek et al. | Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) | Karabastau Formation | Kazakhstan | An aphid belonging to the family Oviparosiphidae. The type species is K. inventum. | |

#### Hemipteran research

* A study on the past diversity dynamics of hemipterans is published by Boderau, Nel & Jouault (2025).

### Psocodea

| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Type locality | Location | Notes | Images |
| Archipsocus palaeosinicus | Sp. nov | | Jouault & Zhuang | Miocene | Zhangpu amber | China | A species of Archipsocus. | |
| Psyllipsocus mili | Sp. nov | Valid | Weingardt, Liang & Yoshizawa in Weingardt et al. | Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | Kachin amber | Myanmar | A species of Psyllipsocus. | |

#### Psocodean research

* Cai et al. (2025) report the discovery of the oldest louse eggs known to date, found on feathers of a bird belonging to the group Enantiornithes preserved in the Cretaceous Kachin amber from Myanmar.

## General research

* Evidence from the study of fossil record damage of plants caused by insects, indicating that modern patterns of insect herbivory originated by late Middle Jurassic (60 million years before the beginning of angiosperm dominance in plant assemblages), is presented by Xiao et al. (2025).