Fossils X 3 - Programme, SANBI Education Centre (* = presenter)

Sunday 6 February

14:00 - 18:00

Registration (Hotel 224)

18:00 - 20:00

Welcoming cocktails (Hotel 224)

Monday 7 February

Session 7.1 - Chairperson: Denis Brothers

08:00 - 09:00

Registration (SANBI)

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome and opening -

09:15 - 10:00

B. Rubidge (Director, BPI). - Palaeontology in South Africa.

10:00 - 11:00

*Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D. - Evolutionary implications of insect radiations and extinctions in the Cretaceous. (KEYNOTE)

11:00 - 11:20

TEA

Session 7.2: Insect Phylogeny & Systematics 1 - Chairperson: Mike Mostovski

11:20 - 11:50

Rasnitsyn, A.P. - History of the orders of winged insects. (KEYNOTE)

11:50 - 12:10

Toms, R.B. Rooting the insect phylogenetic tree: independent adaptations to terrestrial life.

12:10 - 12:30

Shcherbakov, D.E. - Martynov and Handlirsch versus Rasnitsyn: are Palaeoptera primitive?

12:30 - 12:50

Zessin, W. - Remarkable steps of the origin of Odonata.

12:50 - 13:10

*Arillo, A. & Engel, M.S. - A third rock crawler in Baltic amber, with note on the Mantophasmatodea (Notoptera).

13:10 - 14:00

LUNCH and POSTERS

Session 7.3: Insect Phylogeny & Systematics 2 - Chairperson: Alex Rasnitsyn

14:00 - 14:20

Heads, S.W. - The phasmid wing-recurrence debate: a palaeobiological perspective.

14:20 - 14:40

*Wappler, T. & Gröning, E. - Antiquity of lice.

14:40 - 15:00

*Azar, D., Hajar, L. & Indary, C. - A new Mesozoic fossil family of Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocoptera: Psocomorpha).

15:00 - 15:20

Popov, Yu.A. - History of true bugs (Heteroptera).

15:20 - 15:40

Emeljanov, A.F. & *Shcherbakov, D.E. - Planthoppers: from the Permian to Cenozoic.

15:40 - 16:00

Szwedo, J. - Fossil Achilidae and their significance for the phylogeny and classification of the group (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha).

16:00 - 16:20

TEA

Session 7.4: Insect Phylogeny & Systematics 3 - Chairperson: David Grimaldi

16:20 - 16:40

Szwedo, J. - Lower Cretaceous Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera): their diversity and disparity.

16:40 - 17:00

Vilhelmsen, L.B. - The old wasp and the tree: estimating the size and age of the common ancestor of Orussidae (Hymenoptera).

17:00 - 17:20

*Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Brothers, D.J. - Extending ancestry: two new hymenopteran fossils from the mid-Cretaceous of southern Africa (Hymenoptera: ?Jurapriidae, Evaniidae).

17:20 - 17:40

Brothers, D.J. A new family of chrysidoid Hymenoptera from New Jersey Cretaceous amber.

17:40 - 18:00

*Petrulevičius, J.F., Huang, D-Y. & Ren, D. - A new hangingfly (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China.

Tuesday 8 February

Session 8.1: Insect Phylogeny & Systematics 4 - Chairperson: Dmitri Shcherbakov

08:40 - 09:00

*Blagoderov, V., Grimaldi, D. & Fraser, N. - Diverse Diptera from the Late Triassic of Virginia (USA) and the early radiation of the Diptera.

09:00 - 09:20

Veltz, I., *Azar, D. & Nel, A. - New chironomid flies from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Chironomidae).

09:20 - 09:40

Grund, M. Chironomids in Dominican amber: a fossil tropical fauna.

09:40 - 10:00

*Arillo, A. & Hippa, H. A new genus and species of sciaroid fly from Lower Cretaceous amber of Spain (Diptera: Sciaroidea).

10:00 - 10:20

*Azar, D., Adaymé, C. & Jreich, N. - The discovery of a new Cretaceous species of Paleopsychoda Azar et al. 1999 from Taimyr amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae).

10:20 - 10:40

Dikow, T. - Leptogastrinae in the fossil record (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) - evaluation of minimum age, biogeographical implications and morphological characteristics.

10:40 - 11:00

TEA

Session 8.2: Other Arthropods - Chairperson: Julián Petrulevičius

11:00 - 11:40

Penney, D. - Completeness and bias versus adequacy of the spider fossil record. (KEYNOTE)

11:40 - 12:20

Selden, P.A. - Fossils and phylogeny of spiders.

12:20 - 13:00

Kraus, O., *Brauckmann, C. & Gröning, E. - Extinct Late Palaeozoic Arthropleurida and extant relatives (Diplopoda, Penicillata): relationship, functional morphology and ecological aspects.

13:00 - 13:20

Pinto, I.D. - New data on Pygocephalus Huxley, 1857 and the correlate genera of the Pygocephalomorpha Order.

13:20 - 14:00

LUNCH and POSTERS

Session 8.3: Assemblages 1 - Chairperson: Conrad Labandeira

14:00 - 14:20

Jarzembowski, E.A. - Animal/animal interactions in the Late Carboniferous.

14:20 - 14:40

*Petrulevičius, J.F., Sallenave, S.A. & Nel, A. - Ambush-predator guild of backswimmers in the Cretaceous of Argentina.

14:40 - 15:00

*Krassilov, V. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. - Pollen eaters and pollen morphology in Paleozoic and Mesozoic plants.

15:00 - 15:20

*Andrade-Morraye, M. de & Genise, J.F. - An association of fossil larval tubes and head capsules of Chironomidae (Diptera) from the Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian) Cañadon Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina.

15:20 - 15:40

*Wedmann, S. & Richter, G. - Aquatic life in a Tertiary lake ecosystem.

15:40 - 16:00

TEA

Session 8.4: Assemblages 2 - Chairperson: Ed Jarzembowski

16:00 - 16:20

Soriano, C. & Delclòs, X. - Palaeoentomological associations in Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits from Spain: Las Hoyas and El Montsec fossil sites.

16:20 - 16:40

*Beckemeyer, R.J. & Hall, J. The Lower Permian fossil-insect beds of Kansas and Oklahoma, USA.

16:40 - 17:00

Beattie, R.G. A palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological reconstruction of the Upper Permian insect beds at Belmont, New South Wales, Australia.

17:00 - 17:20

Ponomarenko, A.G. & *Shcherbakov, D.E. Insects about the Permian/Triassic boundary.

17:20 - 17:40

*Azar, D., Ziadé, K. & Gèze, R. Fossil-insect outcrops in Lebanon.

17:40 - 18:00

POSTERS

Wednesday 9 February

09:00 - 17:00

Excursions

Thursday 10 February

Session 10.1: Biodiversity - Chairperson: Jorge Genise

08:40 - 09:00

Anderson, J.M. The insect contribution to the elucidation of Gondwana biodiversity trends.

09:00 - 09:20

Rust, J. Diversity changes in fossil insects from middle and northern Europe during the Paleogene.

09:20 - 09:40

Archibald, S.B. - A diverse new Eocene Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies) fauna from the Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA).

09:40 - 10:00

*Martins-Neto, R.G., Gallego, O.F. & Brauckmann, C.A. - A review of South American Palaeozoic entomofauna with description of three new genera, two new species and four new combinations, from Bajo De Véliz locality (Upper Carboniferous, Argentina).

10:00 - 10:20

Anderson, J.M. Towards a monograph on the insects of the Late Triassic Molteno Formation, South Africa.

10:20 - 10:40

Grachev, V.G. & *Mostovski, M.B. - Aptian (mid-Lower Cretaceous) weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of Asia and Brazil: a comparison.

10:40 - 11:00

TEA

Session 10.2: Miscellaneous - Chairperson: Jes Rust

11:00 - 11:20

Wappler, T. Outstanding fossil insects from the Middle Eocene Eckfeld maar.

11:20 - 11:40

Martins-Neto, R.G. The Santana Formation palaeoentomofauna reviewed: Polyneoptera (Isoptera, Blattoptera, Dermaptera, Orthoptera) with description of six new species, one new genus and one new combination.

11:40 - 12:00

Ansorge, J. Mass occurrence of Oryctes nasicornis (Linné, 1758) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) in wasted tanbark in the medieval town hall of Stralsund (Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) - an example for archaeoentomological studies.

12:00 - 12:20

Beckemeyer, R.J. Three-dimensional geometry of the wing of Megatypus schucherti Tillyard (Odonatoptera: Meganeuridae).

12:20 - 12:40

Jarzembowski, E.A. & Mitchell, A.A. - The EDNA fossil-insect database - the first 20,000 species.

12:40 - 13:20

LUNCH and POSTERS

Session 10.3: Taphonomy - Chairperson: Val Krassilov

13:20 - 13:50

Delclòs, X. - Fossil-insect taphonomy: their preservation in carbonate rocks. (KEYNOTE)

13:50 - 14:10

*Petrulevičius, J.F. - Palaeobiology and taphonomy of amber and its inclusions: theoretical framework of their historical relationships.

14:10 - 14:30

Hasiotis, S.T. - Preservation of ichnofossils and body fossils in continental environments: understanding the depositional conditions, soil-forming processes and the taphonomic filter.

14:30 - 14:50

*Petrulevičius, J.F., Deploëg, G. & Nel, A. - Taphonomy of the Paris amber and its inclusions, early Eocene of France.

14:50 - 15:10

Nascimbene, P.C. - Taphonomic considerations in the preparation and conservation of arthropod specimens in Cretaceous ambers.

15:10 - 15:30

TEA

Session 10.4: Trace fossils - Chairperson: Xavier Delclos

15:30 - 16:00

Genise, J.F. - The palaeontological significance of insect trace fossils in palaeosols. (KEYNOTE)

16:00 - 16:20

Hasiotis, S.T. - Insect trace fossils - their use as proxies for biodiversity, and indicators of palaeoenvironment, palaeoecology, palaeohydrology and palaeoclimate.

16:20 - 16:40

*Labandeira, C., Anderson, J.M. & Dilcher, D.L. The early history of leaf mining on gymnospermous and angiospermous floras.

16:40 - 17:00

Krassilov, V. - Galls and mines on fossil leaves from the Late Cretaceous of southern Negev, Israel.

17:00 - 17:20

*Bordy, E.M., Bumby, A.J., Catuneanu, O. & Eriksson, P.G. Exceptional trace fossils from the Lower Jurassic, main Karoo Basin, southern Africa: termite nests vs. ???

17:20 - 17:40

Pickford, M. - Arthropod bioconstructions from the Miocene of Namibia and their palaeoclimatic implications.

Session 10.5: AGM and Dinner

17:50 - 19:00

International Palaeoentomological Society AGM - Rasnitsyn, A.P. (President)

19:00 - 22:00

Congress Dinner (at Congress venue)

Friday 11 February

Session 11.1: Amber - Chairperson: Dany Azar

08:40 - 09:10

Perkovsky, E.E., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Eskov, K.Yu. & Vlaskin, A.P. A comparative analysis of the Baltic and Rovno amber arthropod faunas: representative samples.

09:10 - 09:30

Solórzano Kraemer, M.M. - Arthropods in Mexican amber.

09:30 - 09:50

Prokop, J. & Nel, A. - Fossil resin with biological inclusions in early Paleogene deposits from the Bile Karpaty Mountains in eastern Moravia (Czech Republic).

09:50 - 10:10

Perrichot, V. The underestimated importance of the Cretaceous amber of France.

10:10 - 10:30

*Arillo, A. & Nel, A. The first Baltic amber dysagrionine damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera: Thaumatoneuridae: Dysagrioninae).

10:30 - 11:00

TEA and POSTERS

11:00 - 13:00

visits to SANBI

13:00 - 13:40

LUNCH

13:40 - 18:00

visits to BPI/SANBI