Alexander Georgievich Ponomarenko

Alexander (Alexandr) Georgievich Ponomarenko (born January 16, 1938), Russian coleopterologist and palaeontologist.

• Author abbreviation: A.G. Ponomarenko
• Taxonomic specialisation: Archostemata, Adephaga, Coleoptera
• Doctor of Science, Leading research assistant Laboratory of most ancient organisms, Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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• 247 taxon names authored by Alexander Georgievich Ponomarenko

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• 5 eponyms of Alexander Georgievich Ponomarenko

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• 1961. О систематическом положении Coptoclava longipoda Ping (Insecta, Coleoptera) [About the systematic position of Coptoclava longipoda Ping (Insecta, Coleoptera)]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1961(3): 67–72. (in Russian). PDF. Reference page. 

• 1963. Палеозойские жуки Cupedidea европейской части СССР [Paleozoic Cupedidea beetles from the European part of the USSR]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1963(1): 70–85. (in Russian). Reference page. 

• 1964. [New beetles of the family Cupedidae from the Jurassic of Karatau]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1964(2): 49–62. (in Russian).

• 1966. New beetles of the family Cupedidae (Coleoptera) from Mesozoic deposits of Transbaikalia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 45: 138–143.
• 1966. Zhuki semeystva Cupedidae iz nizhnego triasa Sredney Azii [Beetles of the family Cupedidae, Lower Triassic of Soviet Central Asia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1966(4): 47–68. (in Russian). [English translation: 1967. International Geology Review 9(7): 957–973. DOI: 10.1080/00206816709474531 .]

• 1968. Жуки-Архостематы юры Каратау (Coleoptera, Archostemata) [Archostematan beetles from the Jurassic of Karatau (Coleoptera, Archostemata)]. Pp. 118–138, pls. 13–16. In: Rohdendorf, B.B. (ed.) Юрской Насекомые Каратау [Jurassic insects of Karatau]. Izdatelstvo “Nauka”, Moscow, 252 pp., 25 pls. (in Russian). Google Books. PDF (Full book). Reference page. 

• 1969. Историческое развитие жесткокрылых-архостемат [Historical development of Coleoptera-Archostemata.] Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 125: 1–240. (in Russian). PDF. Reference page. 
• 1969. Cretaceous insects from Labrador. 4. A new family of beetles (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Psyche 76(3): 306–310. DOI: 10.1155/1969/85918 .

• 1971. [Systematic position of some beetles from the Solenhofen shales of Bavaria]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1971(1): 67–81. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 5(1): 62–75.]

• 1973. Erster Fund eines Cupediden im Neogen Europas (Coleoptera: Cupedidae). Věstník Československé Společnosti Zoologické 37(2): 101–103. PDF.

• 1977. [Suborder Adephaga, Polyphaga Incertae Sedis, Infraorder Staphyliniformia]. In: Arnol'di, L.V., Zherikhin, V.V., Nikritin, L.M. & Ponomarenko, A.G.: Мезозойские жесткокрылые [Mesozoic Coleoptera]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 161: 17–119. (in Russian) Full volume (DjVu). Reference page. 

• 1980. The new Coleoptera species from the Manlay locality. Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy, (13): 52–56, 82.

• 1985. Жесткокрылые из Юры Сибири и западной Монголии [Coleoptera from the Jurassic of Siberia and western Mongolia]. In: Юрские насекомые Сибири и Монголии [The Jurassic Insects of Siberia and Mongolia]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 211: 47–87. (in Russian). Full volume (PDF). Reference page. 
• 1985. Fossil insects from the Tithonian "Solnhofener Plattenkalke" in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (A) 87: 135–144. PDF.

• 1986. Scarabaeida (=Coleoptera). Pp. 84–105. In: Rasnitsyn, A.P. (ed.) Насекомые в раннемеловых экосистемах Западной Монголии [Insects in the Early Cretaceous ecosystems of the West Mongolia]. Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya, Trudy 28: 1–214. (in Russian). PDF.

• 1987. New Mesozoic Water Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) From Asia. Paleontological Journal 21(2): 79–92.

• 1989. Hовые жужелицы (Insecta, Coleoptera, Caraboidea) из юры и мела Азии [New Jurassic and Cretaceous ground beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Caraboidea) from Asia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1989(2): 52–63. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 23(2): 47–59. PDF.] Reference page. 

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & 1990. Ископаемые жуки семейств Peltidae и Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). [Fossil beetles of the Peltidae and Nitidulidae families (Coleoptera).] Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1990(2): 78–88. (in Russian). PDF. [English translation: Paleontological Journal 24: 79–90.] Reference page. 
• 1990. [Beetles. Scarabaeida]. In: Позднемезозойские насекомые Восточного Забайкалья [Late Mesozoic insects of Eastern Transbaikalia]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 239: 39–87. (in Russian). Full volume (PDF).

• 1992. Upper Liassic beetles (Coleoptera) from Lower Saxony, Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea 72: 179–188. PDF.

• 1994. Two new species of Mesozoic dytiscoid beetles from Asia. Paleontological Journal 27(1A): 182–191. PDF. [Jan 1994 (wrapper); 1993 (in paper)]
• 1994. [New beetles of the family Cupedidae (Brochocoleini and Notocupedini) from the Mesozoic of Mongolia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1994(3): 83–93. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 28(3): 102–115. PDF.]

• 1997. [New beetles of the family Cupedidae from the Mesozoic of Mongolia. Ommatini, Mesocupedini, Priacmini.] Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1997(4): 45–55. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological Journal 31(4): 389–399. PDF.]

• 1999. Hовый вид жука рода Brochocoleus (Cupedidae) из турона Казахстана [A new beetle species of the genus Brochocoleus (Coleoptera, Cupedidae) from the Turonian of Kazakhstan]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1999(3): 60–61. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 33(3): 272–273. PDF.]

• 2000. New beetles from the Permian of European Russia. Paleontological Journal 34(supplementary issue 3): S312–S316. PDF.
• 2000. Beetles of the family Cupedidae from the Lower Cretaceous locality of Semen, Transbaikalia. Paleontological Journal 34(supplementary issue 3): S317–S322. PDF.
• & Martínez-Delclòs, X. 2000. New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35(1–2): 47–52. Online (with PDF download). PDF (zin.ru). Reference page. 

• 2002. 2.2.1.3.2. Superorder Scarabaeidea Laicharting, 1781. Order Coleoptera Linné, 1758. The beetles. Pp. 164–176. In: Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Quicke, D.L.J. (eds.) History of Insects. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 1-4020-0026-X (print), ISBN 0-306-47577-4 (e-book). DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47577-4 . Reference page. 
• 2002. 2.2.1.3.3. Superorder Myrmeleontidea Latreille, 1802 (=Neuropteroidea Handlirsch, 1903). Pp. 176–189. In: Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Quicke, D.L.J. (eds.) History of Insects. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 1-4020-0026-X (print), ISBN 0-306-47577-4 (e-book). DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47577-4 . Reference page. 

• 2003. [The first beetles (Permosynidae, Coleoptera) from the upper Tatarian of European Russia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2003(2): 65–68. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological Journal 37(2): 170–173. PDF.] Reference page. 

• 2004. Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Late Permian and Early Triassic. Paleontological Journal 38(Suppl 2): S185–S196. PDF (S185), PDF (S186), PDF (S187), PDF (S192), PDF (S193-S196). Reference page. 

• , Coram, R.A. & Jarzembowski, E.A. 2005. New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Berriasian Purbeck Limestone Group, Dorset, UK. Cretaceous Research 26(2): 277–281. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2004.12.002 . PDF. Reference page. 
• & Mostovski, M.B. 2005. New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Late Permian of South Africa. African Invertebrates 46(1): 253–260. hdl: 10520/EJC84541 . PDF. Reference page. 

• 2006. [On the types of Mesozoic archostematan beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Archostemata) in the Natural History Museum, London]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2006(1): 86–94. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 40(1): 90–99. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030106010102 . PDF.] Reference page. 
• 2006. Новый вид жука рода Taldycupes (Taldycupedidae, Coleoptera) из перми Тунгусского бассейна [A New Beetle Species of the Genus Taldycupes (Taldycupedidae, Coleoptera) from the Permian of the Tunguska River Basin]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2006(3): 61–62. [English translation: Paleontological Journal 40(3): 295–296. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030106030105 . PDF.] Reference page. 

• Soriano, C., & Delclòs, X. 2007. Coptoclavid beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the lower Cretaceous of Spain: a new feeding strategy in beetles. Palaeontology 50(2): 525–536. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00642.x . Reference page. 

• 2008. [New Triassic beetles (Coleoptera) from Northern European Russia.] Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2008(6): 30–35. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological Journal 42(6): 600–606. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030108060051 . PDF]. Reference page. 

• Wang, B., & Zhang, H.-C. 2009. [A new coptoclavid larva (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China, and its phylogenetic implication]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2009(6): 49–57. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological Journal 43(6): 652–659. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030109060082 .] Reference page. 

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., , Prokin, A.A., Chang, H., Nikolajev, G.V. & Ren, D. 2010. Current knowledge of Mesozoic Coleoptera from Daohugou and Liaoning (northeast China). Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(4): 783–792. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00253.x . PDF. Reference page. 
• & Ren, D. 2010. First record of Notocupes (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) in locality Daohugou, Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Annales Zoologici 60(2): 169–171. DOI: 10.3161/000345410X516812 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Wang, B., & Zhang, H. 2010. Middle Jurassic Coptoclavidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dytiscoidea) from China: a good example of mosaic evolution. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(4): 680–687. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00272.x . Reference page. 

• Meller, B., , Vasilenko, D.V., Fischer, T.C. & Aschauer, B. 2011. First beetle elytra, abdomen (Coleoptera) and a mine trace from Lunz (Carnian, Late Triassic, Lunz-am-See, Austria) and their taphonomical and evolutionary aspects. Palaeontology 54(1): 97–110. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01009.x . Reference page. 
• 2011. [New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Vyazniki Locality, Terminal Permian of European Russia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2011(4): 55–63. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological Journal 45(4): 414–422. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030111040095 . PDF.] Reference page. 

• Fikáček, M., Prokin, A., Angus, R.B., , Yue, Y., Ren, D. & Prokop, J. 2012. Revision of Mesozoic fossils of the helophorid lineage of the superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 89–127. PDF Reference page. 
• Fikáček, M., Prokin, A., Angus, R.B., , Yue, Y., Ren, D. & Prokop, J. 2012. Phylogeny and the fossil record of the Helophoridae reveal Jurassic origin of extant hydrophiloid lineages (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Systematic Entomology 37(3): 420–447. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00630.x . Reference page. 
• , Yan, E.V., Wang, B. & Zhang, H.-C. 2012. Revision of some early Mesozoic beetles from China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 51(4): 475–490. Abstract. PDF. Reference page. 
• Wang, B., Zhang, H. & 2012. Mesozoic Trachypachidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China. Palaeontology 55(2): 341–353. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01128.x . Reference page. 

• Aristov, D.S., Bashkuev, A.S., Golubev, V.K., Gorochov, A.V., Karasev, E.V., Kopylov, D.S., , Rasnitsyn, A.P., Rasnitsyn, D.A., Sinitshenkova, N.D., Sukatsheva, I.D. & Vassilenko, D.V. 2013. Fossil insects of the Middle and Upper Permian of European Russia. Paleontological Journal 47(7): 641–832. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113070010 . Reference page. 
• & Volkov, A.N. 2013. [Ademosynoides asiaticus Martynov, 1936, the earliest known member of an extant beetle family (Insecta, Coleoptera, Trachypachidae).] Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2013(6): 41–46. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 47(6): 601–606. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030113060063 . PDF.] Reference page. 
• Prokin, A.A., Makarov, K.V., & Bashkuev, A.S. 2013. New beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae, Caraboidea, Polyphaga) from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Russian Entomological Journal 22(4): 259–274. PDF. Reference page. 
• Prokin, A.A., Petrov, P.N., Wang, B. & 2013. New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 3666(2): 137–159. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.2.2 . PDF. Reference page. 

• , Aristov, D.S., Bashkuev, A.S., Gubin, Yu.M., Khramov, A.V., Lukashevich, E.D., Popov, Yu.A., Pritykina, L.N., Sinitsa, S.M., Sinitshenkova, N.D., Sukatsheva, I.D., Vassilenko, D.V. & Yan, E.V. 2014. Upper Jurassic Lagerstätte Shar Teg, southwestern Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 48(14): 1573–1682. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030114140160 . PDF. Reference page. 
• , Yan, E.V. & Huang, D.-Y. 2014. [New beetles (Coleoptera) from the terminal Middle Permian of China]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2014(2): 90–98. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 48(2): 191–200. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030114010109 . PDF.] Reference page. 
• Yan, E.V., Wang, B., & Zhang, H. 2014. The most mysterious beetles: Jurassic Jurodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from China. Gondwana Research 25(1): 214–225. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.002 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• 2015. [New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the Nedubrovo locality, terminal Permian or basal Triassic of European Russia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2015(1): 37–46. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 49(1): 39–50. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030115010098 . PDF.] Reference page. 
• & Prokin, A.A. 2015. Review of paleontological data on the evolution of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera). Paleontological Journal 49(13): 1383–1412. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030115130080 . PDF. Reference page. 
• , Prokin, A.A. & Bashkuev, A.S. 2015. Coptoclavid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Triassic of Lower Franconia, Germany. Paleontological Journal 49(12): 1334–1345. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030115120096 . PDF. Reference page. 

• 2016. [New beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the Lower Triassic of European Russia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2016(3): 75–82. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 50(3): 286–292. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030116030060 . PDF.] Reference page. 

• Yan, E.V., Beutel, R.G. & 2017 (online) [2018 (print)]. †Peltosynidae, a new beetle family from the Middle–Late Triassic of Kyrgyzstan: its affinities with Polyphaga (Insecta, Coleoptera) and the groundplan of this megadiverse suborder. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(6): 515–530. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1313789 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Yan, E.V., Beutel, R.G. & 2017. Ademosynidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): A new concept for a coleopteran key taxon and its phylogenetic affinities to the extant suborders. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.2.31A: 1–22. DOI: 10.26879/739 . Reference page. 

• 2018. [New Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from the Upper Vyatkian Aristovo Locality, European Russia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2018(6): 32–40. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 52(6): 620–630. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030118060102 .] Reference page. 
• & Bashkuev, A.S. 2018. First Triassic record of the beetle family Permocupedidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): a peculiar example of a Lazarus taxon. PalZ 92(4): 587–591. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-018-0426-4 . PDF. Reference page. 

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., , Kurochkin, A.S., Alexeev, A.V.(†), Gratshev, V.G.(†), Solodovnikov, A.Yu., Krell, F.-T. & Soriano, C. 2019. The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, southern England. In: The Fauna and Flora of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, UK, Volume 2. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 110(3–4): 405–492. DOI: 10.1017/S1755691018000865 . PDF. [Corrigendum: 110(3–4): 493. DOI: 10.1017/S1755691019000197 .] Reference page. 
• Prokin, A.A., & Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2019. Описание личинки Kargalarva permosialis gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Schizophoromorpha) из местонахождения Каргала [Description of a Larva of Kargalarva permosialis gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Schizophoromorpha) from the Kargala Fossil Site]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2019(3): 66–71. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 53(3): 282–286. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030119030110 . PDF.] Reference page. 

• Kopylov, D.S., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Aristov, D.S., Bashkuev, A.S., Bazhenova, N.V., Dmitriev, V.Yu., Gorochov, A.V., Ignatov, M.S., Ivanov, V.D., Khramov, A.V., Legalov, A.A., Lukashevich, E.D., Mamontov, Yu.S., Melnitsky, S.I., Ogłaza, B., , Prokin, A.A., Ryzhkova, O.V., Shmakov, A.S., Sinitshenkova, N.D., Solodovnikov, A.Yu., Strelnikova, O.D., Sukacheva, I.D., Uliakhin, A.V., Vasilenko, D.V., Wegierek, P., Yan E.V. & Zmarzły, M. 2020. The Khasurty Fossil Insect Lagerstätte. Paleontological Journal 54(11): 1221–1394. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030120110027 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• , Yan, E.V., Strelnikova, O.D. & Beattie, R.G. 2020. The first finding of an asiocoleid beetle (Coleoptera: Asiocoleidae) in the Upper Permian Belmont Insect Beds, Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and species. Israel Journal of Entomology 50(2): 1–9. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3954477 . Reference page. 
• Yan, E.V., Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J.F., Yavorskaya, M.I., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., Vassilenko, D.V., Bashkuev, A.S. & 2020. Archaeomalthus-(Coleoptera, Archostemata) a ‘ghost adult’ of Micromalthidae from Upper Permian deposits of Siberia? Historical Biology 32(8): 1019–1027. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1561672 . Plazi. Reference page. 

• 2021. [Permian Triaplids (Coleoptera, Triaplidae), Yet Another Group of Mesozoic Beetles from the Terminal Permian]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2021(6): 63–75. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 55(6): 650–661. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030121050130 .] PDF. Reference page. 
• Yan, E.V., Strelnikova, O.D. & 2021. Jurodidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from Transbaikalia: new findings and redescription of type material. Palaeoentomology 4(6): 604–613. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.6.9 . Plazi. Reference page. 

• , Fedorenko, D.N. & Bashkuev, A.S. 2022. A new species of the beetle genus Holcoptera (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae) from the Upper Triassic of east Ukraine. Russian Entomological Journal 31(2): 128–131. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.31.2.06 . Reference page. 

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Prokin, A.A. & 2023. New Representative of the family Hydroscaphidae from Tunguska Basin, the boundary of the Permian and Triassic (Coleoptera, Myxophaga) with review on Myxophagan fossil records. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research 22(C3): 1–13. DOI: 10.34257/GJSFRCVOL22IS3PG1 . PDF. Reference page. 
• 2023. Новый вид жужелицы (Insecta, Coleoptera, Trachypachidae) из нижнемелового местонахождения Хасурты, Западное Забайкалье [A New Species of Ground Beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera, Trachypachidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Khasurty Locality, Western Transbaikalia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2023(2): 77–79. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 57(2): 196–198. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030123010112 .] Reference page. 
• Shcherbakov, D.E. & 2023. The first known fossil hygropetric beetle larva related to Myxophaga (Coleoptera) from the Permian of European Russia. Russian Entomological Journal 32(3): 261–270. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.32.3.02 . Reference page. 

• Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Alexander Georgievich Ponomarenko
• Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Александр Георгиевич Пономаренко (in Russian)
• Palaeoentomology in Russia: Alexandr G. Ponomarenko (biography and list of selected publications, etc.)
• Publications of A.G. Ponomarenko in PDF format (in Russian)