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History of Insects

This work aims to provide a history of insect fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period through to the present day with a focus on the period from 1758 to 1800.
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First record of Manota (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Manotinae) from southern Africa, with the description of two new species

The first finds of Manota in South Africa are documented, and two new species of this genus, natalensis sp. n. and whiteleyi sp. n., are described. The two species are not closely related, while…

On a putative Gondwanan relic Afroserphus bicornis Masner (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae), with a description of the hitherto unknown female

The male of Afroserphus bicornis Masner is redescribed, and female of this species is described for the first time. This extremely rare species is recorded from the Democratic Republic of Congo,…

Insect Diversity from the Carboniferous to Recent

Changes in insect biodiversity in terms of the number of families throughout the history of the class are described. The results are compared with those published recently by other researchers and…
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Permomerope natalensis sp. n. from the Lopingian of South Africa, and a redescription of the type species of Permomerope (Trichoptera: Protomeropidae)

The trichopteran family Protomeropidae is recorded in South African deposits for the first time. A new species, Permomerope natalensis Sukatsheva & Mostovski, sp. n., is described from the Lopingian…

Gryllolattids (Insecta, Grylloblattida) from the Upper Permian of South Africa

A Late Permian fauna of grylloblattid insects from the KwaZulu-Natal Province (South Africa) is considered and new taxa, Liomopterites ulterior sp.
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New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Late Permian of South Africa

The comparison of successions of beetle assemblages of Sub-Angaraland, AngarAland and Gondwana showed that these successions are homotaxal, and similar stages are most probably synchronous.

Revision of Proctotrupidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) described by Ch. T. Brues from Baltic amber

Re-examination of the type material of six species described by Brues from the Baltic amber in the genus Cryptoserphus revealed that none of them belong to this genus but represent four species…
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Late Holocene shoreface evolution of the wave dominated Durban Bight, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A mixed storm and current driven system

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Hematophagous Insects in the Fossil Record

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