Examination of a fossil from a Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte (c. 11–16 Mya) from Australia
shows it to be an astioid jumping spider that is here described as Simaetha sp. indet …

The aridification of the Australian continent led to the diversification of mygalomorph spiders
in the Miocene, but a depauperate fossil record has made it difficult to investigate evolution …

Abstract Extant cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) includes widely distributed Cicadidae and
relictual Tettigarctidae, with fossils ascribed to these two groups based on several distinct …

Not all fossil sites preserve microfossils that can be extracted using acid digestion, which
may leave knowledge gaps regarding a site's age or environmental characteristics. Here we …

There are few well-documented members of the Gleicheniaceae from the Cenozoic. Most
records are confined to Australia and New Zealand and of sterile material. Gleichenia …

Trichoptera (caddisflies) are insects with terrestrial adults and aquatic larvae. Although
caddisflies spend most of their lives as larvae and pupate in the water, fossils of these …

This paper examines the role of tacit knowledge and embodied sonic skills involved in
catching cicadas (Cicadoidea Latreille in the order Hemiptera) for scientific study in …

Mantispidae is a cosmopolitan family of neuropteran insects, with approximately 395 extant
species (Ohl et al., 2004; Jepson, 2015; Engel et al., 2018; Li et al., 2023). The family …