Sonja Wedmann

Sonja Wedmann, German paleoentomologist.

Forschungsstation Grube Messel, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Markstraße, Messel, Germany.

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& Yeates, D.K. 2008. Eocene records of bee flies (Insecta, Diptera, Bombyliidae, Comptosia): their palaeobiogeographic implications and remarks on the evolutionary history of bombyliids. Palaeontology 51(1): 231-240. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00745.x Reference page.

Hörnschemeyer, T., & Poinar, G. 2010. How long can insect species exist? Evidence from extant and fossil Micromalthus beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(2): 300–311. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00549.x . [Corrigendum: 160(3): 619. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00702.x .] Reference page.

Dlussky G.M. & 2012. The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: high biodiversity in the Eocene. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(4): 725–753. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.628341 Reference page.
Makarkin, V.N., & Weiterschan, T. 2012. First record of a fossil larva of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 3417: 53–63. Preview Reference page.

Hörnschemeyer, T., Haug, J.T., Bethoux, O., Beutel, R.G., Charbonnier, S., Hegna, T.A., Koch, M., Rust, J., , Bradler, S. & Willmann, R. 2013. Is Strudiella a Devonian insect? Nature 494(7437): E3–E4. DOI: 10.1038/nature11887 . Reference page.
, Makarkin, V.N., Weiterschan, T. & Hörnschemeyer, T. 2013. First fossil larvae of Berothidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber, with notes on the biology and termitophily of the family. Zootaxa 3716(2): 236–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.6 Reference page.

Makarkin, V.N., & Weiterschan, T. 2014. First record of the family Ithonidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 3796(2): 385–393. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.10 Reference page.
, Pouillon, J.-M. & Nel, A. 2014. New Palaeogene horntail wasps (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) and a discussion of their fossil record. Zootaxa 3869(1): 33–43. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.1.3 Reference page.

Makarkin, V.N., & Weiterschan, T. 2016. A new genus of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber, with a critical review of the Cenozoic Megalomus-like taxa and remarks on the wing venation variability of the family. Zootaxa 4179(3): 345–370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.3.2 Reference page.
Wichard, W., & Weiterschan, T. 2016. Spongillaflies (Neuroptera, Sisyridae) in Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4158(1): 117–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.7 Full article. Reference page.

Spasojevic, T., & Klopfstein, S. 2018. Seven remarkable new fossil species of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0197477. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197477 . Reference page.

Skartveit, J. & 2021. A Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Oligocene of Germany. Zootaxa 4909(1): 1–77. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4909.1.1 Reference page.
, Kment, P., Campos, L.A. & Hörnschemeyer, T. 2021. Bizarre morphology in extinct Eocene bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Royal Society Open Science 8(12): 1–10. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211466 Reference page.

Nel, A. & 2024. The first mydid fly (Diptera: Mydidae) from the Paleocene maar of Menat (France). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 104: 849–857. DOI: 10.1007/s12549-024-00613-6 . Reference page.
Sun, C., Rasnitsyn, A.P., , Zhang, J., Shih, C., Ren, D. & Gao, T. 2024. Revisions, new taxa, and venation transformations of the sawfly family Blasticotomidae sensu lato (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinoidea) highlight the evolution of the basal Hymenoptera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(1): zlae113. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae113 . Reference page.