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Fossil Insects in Amber

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Anthony W. Azevedo
University of Washington
2
Erik Tihelka
University of Cambridge
3
Marina Hakim
Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
Arianny P. Storari
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
5
Royce T. Cumming
American Museum of Natural History
6
Genta Okude
National Institute of Genetics
7
Thangalazhi Balakrishnan Suryanarayanan
University of Calicut
8
Manuela Sann
Natural History Museum of Bern
9
Jaime Joaquim Dias
Instituto de Geociencias
10
Yihang Zhou
Shanghai East Hospital

Rising Stars Papers

1
Connectomic reconstruction of a female Drosophila ventral nerve cord
Nature|2024
106 cit.
2
Causative genes of intrinsic hybrid incompatibility in animals and plants: what we have learned about speciation from the molecular perspective
Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society|2024
15 cit.
3
Paleometric approaches reveal striking differences in the insect fossilization of two Mesozoic Konservat-Lagerstätten
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution|2024
9 cit.
4
Genome-wide analysis of histone modifications can contribute to the identification of candidate cis-regulatory regions in the threespine stickleback fish
BMC Genomics|2024
8 cit.
5
Disc mower versus bar mower: Evaluation of the direct effects of two common mowing techniques on the grassland arthropod fauna
Journal of Applied Ecology|2024
6 cit.
6
Cretacetrocta, a new genus of barklice from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber
Palaeoentomology|2024
4 cit.
7
A DNA-barcoding-based approach to quantitatively investigate larval food resources of cavity-nesting wasps from trap nests
Journal of Hymenoptera Research|2024
3 cit.
8
Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Pseudoformicaleo van der Weele, 1909 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) and new records from India and Thailand
Journal of Insect Biodiversity|2024
3 cit.
9
Revision of the species of <i>Creoleon</i> Tillyard, 1918 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) known from India
Oriental Insects|2024
3 cit.
10
Taxonomic revision of the owlfly genus Glyptobasis McLachlan, 1873 (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from India and its adjacent countries
Zootaxa|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Taiping Gao
Capital Normal University
2
Jan Funke
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3
Yui Takahashi
Keio University
4
Chuantao Xiao
Yangtze University
5
Sean D. Schoville
University of Wisconsin–Madison
6
Corentin Jouault
Museum of the History of Science
7
Guilherme Cunha Ribeiro
Universidade Federal do ABC
8
Fabrizio Fanti
Oregon State University
9
Márcio Mendes
Universidade Federal do Ceará
10
Danilo Harms
Murdoch University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Neurotransmitter classification from electron microscopy images at synaptic sites in Drosophila melanogaster
Cell|2024
217 cit.
2
Local shape descriptors for neuron segmentation
Nature Methods|2022
57 cit.
3
Automated reconstruction of whole-embryo cell lineages by learning from sparse annotations
Nature Biotechnology|2022
43 cit.
4
Multiple drivers and lineage-specific insect extinctions during the Permo–Triassic
Nature Communications|2022
41 cit.
5
Molecular analyses of pseudoscorpions in a subterranean biodiversity hotspot reveal cryptic diversity and microendemism
Scientific Reports|2023
35 cit.
6
The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution buffered ants against extinction
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
34 cit.
7
Estimating the Drivers of Diversification of Stoneflies Through Time and the Limits of Their Fossil Record
Insect Systematics and Diversity|2022
21 cit.
8
Mesozoic insect fossils reveal the early evolution of twig mimicry
Science Bulletin|2022
20 cit.
9
Biogeographical and diversification analyses of Indian pseudoscorpions reveal the Western Ghats as museums of ancient biodiversity
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|2022
18 cit.
10
Evidence for niche conservatism in alpine beetles under a climate‐driven species pump model
Journal of Biogeography|2022
17 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Dong Ren
Capital Normal University
2
André Nel
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité
3
Michael S. Engel
American Museum of Natural History
4
David A. Grimaldi
American Museum of Natural History
5
Rolf G. Beutel
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
6
Xin Zhou
Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
7
Diying Huang
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology
8
Evgeny E. Perkovsky
Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak
9
Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn
Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak
10
Bó Wáng
China State Shipbuilding (China)

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution
Science|2014
2.8k cit.
2
A Total-Evidence Approach to Dating with Fossils, Applied to the Early Radiation of the Hymenoptera
Systematic Biology|2012
964 cit.
3
Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological Significance
American Museum Novitates|2002
800 cit.
4
The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2019
625 cit.
5
Ultrastructure of attachment specializations of hexapods (Arthropoda): evolutionary patterns inferred from a revised ordinal phylogeny
Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research|2001
461 cit.
6
A MONOGRAPH OF THE BALTIC AMBER BEES AND EVOLUTION OF THE APOIDEA (HYMENOPTERA)
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|2001
461 cit.
7
The Co-Radiations of Pollinating Insects and Angiosperms in the Cretaceous
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|1999
386 cit.
8
The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|2021
374 cit.
9
Termites (Isoptera): Their Phylogeny, Classification, and Rise to Ecological Dominance
American Museum Novitates|2009
304 cit.
10
Treatise on the Isoptera of the World
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|2013
303 cit.

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