A new genus and species of leptopodid bug, Grimaldinia pronotalis Popov & Heiss is described and illustrated from Burmese Middle Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) amber originating from the northern Myanmar's Kachin State. This is the second finding of Leptosaldinae (Leptopodidae), after Poinar published on Palaeoleptus burmanicus from Burmese amber in 2009.

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has been carried out to study dynamical stability of intra-protein hydrogen bonds based on two set of atomic charges, the standard AMBER charge and the polarized protein-specific charge (PPC). The latter is derived from quantum mechanical calculation for protein in solution using a recently developed molecular fractionation with conjugate caps-Poisson-Boltzman...

RDF is a standard for the conceptual description of knowledge, and SPARQL is the query language conceived to query RDF data. The RDF data is cherished and exploited by various domains such as life sciences, Semantic Web, social network, etc. Further, its integration at Web-scale compels RDF management engines to deal with complex queries in terms of both size and structure. In this paper, we pr...

Despite centuries of research addressing amber and its various inclusions, relatively little is known about the specific events having stimulated the production of geologically relevant volumes of plant resin, ultimately yielding amber deposits. Although numerous hypotheses have invoked the role of insects, to date these have proven difficult to test. Here, we use the current mountain pine beet...

Abstract Amber is a typical natural glass with very long aging time. Elastic properties of amber at high pressures have been studied using Brillouin scattering and diamond anvil cell. Both longitudinal transverse acoustic modes observed up to 12 GPa. The pressure dependences longitudinal, shear, Young’s, bulk moduli, compressibility, Poisson’s ratio were determined. moduli show the remarkable i...

Abstract. A new fungus weevil, Glaesotropis (Electranthribus) rohdendorfi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Anthribidae), is described from Priabonian Rovno amber. It similar to G. (E.) zherikhini (Legalov, 2013a) but differs in the transverse carina extending scutellum, shorter antennomere 2, wider antennal club, more convex eyes, and larger body size. first record of subgenus Electranthribus Legalov, 201...

Abstract A new species of drywood termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) is described from a nearly complete alate specimen preserved in early Miocene Ethiopian amber. Glyptotermes abyssinicus distinguished by its U-shaped head with 12-segmented antennae, the ocelli separated eye margin, right mandible an obtuse angle between apical and first marginal teeth, left + second wing venation. This report...

Two new species of Taphioporus Moseyko & Kirejtshuk are described and illustrated from Baltic amber: T. rufous sp. nov. and T. carsteni sp. nov. Members of this fossil genus are known from Baltic and Rovno amber. A key to species of Taphioporus is provided.

We report the discovery of a fossil agaricoid homobasidiomycete from Dominican amber (ca 15-20 Ma). Aureofungus yaniguaensis appears to be a member of the euagarics clade, but its precise taxonomic placement is obscure. This is the fourth known fossil agaric and the third from Dominican amber.

The ensign wasp genus Hyptia Illiger was previously known from 52 extant New World species and one fossil species from Lower Miocene to Upper Oligocene Mexican amber. Hyptia hennigi sp. nov., from Eocene Baltic amber, is the oldest known species and the first member of the genus from the Old World.