Confocal laser scanning microscopy is an essential analytical tool in biological, biomedical,
and material sciences, integrating microscope manufacturing technology, optical-electronic …

With 35 Cretaceous outcrops yielding fossil insects, either in amber or as rock (marls,
limestones, cinerite, or dysodile) impressions-compressions (adpressions), Lebanon has …

The intense study of coleopteran inclusions from Spanish (Albian in age) and French (Albian–
Santonian in age) Cretaceous ambers, both of Laurasian origin, has revealed that the …

 Abstract More than 4700 nominal family-group names (including names for fossils and
ichnotaxa) are nomenclaturally available in the order Coleoptera. Since each family-group …

Arthropods include a high diversity of lineages adapted for silk production. Several species
of microscopic phytophagous mites of the hyperdiverse superfamily Eriophyoidea spin web; …

Phytoptidae s. str. is a lineage of eriophyoid mites associated with angiosperms. Based on
representative taxon sampling and four gene markers (COI, HSP70, 18S, and 28S), we …

Spiders are the most diverse and important terrestrial predators in modern ecosystems.
Therefore, fossil spiders are fundamental to understanding past terrestrial ecosystems …

Comparative study of eriophyoid mite gnathosomata using different microscopic techniques
shows presence of new dorsoproximal structures (here described as “interlocking …

The staphylinid subfamily Micropeplinae includes small strongly sclerotized beetles with
truncate elytra leaving the most part of abdomen exposed. Fossil micropeplines are rare and …

A new mackielline mite, Mackiella reclinata n. sp., from a South African indigenous palm-
tree, Phoenix reclinata, is described in detail using different microscopy techniques. A CSLM …