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List of works by Jakub Prokop

A needle in a haystack: Mesozoic origin of parasitism in Strepsiptera revealed by first definite Cretaceous primary larva (Insecta)

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

A new genus and species of Breyeriidae and wings of immature stages from the Upper Carboniferous, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Insecta: Palaeodictyoptera)

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A new palaeodictyopterid (Insecta: Palaeodictyoptera: Spilapteridae) from the Upper Carboniferous of China supports a close relationship between insect faunas of Quilianshian (northern China) and Laurussia

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A new palaeodictyopteroid (Megasecoptera: Brodiopteridae) from the Early Pennsylvanian of northern China reveals unique morphological traits and intra-specific variability

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A new permopsocidan genus and species from the Late Permian of Australia (Insecta: Acercaria: Psocidiidae)

scientific article (publication date: 8 August 2016)

A new trap-jaw ant species of the genus Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Czech Republic

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A new, extraordinary ‘damselfly-like’ Odonatoptera from the Pennsylvanian of the Avion locality in Pas-de-Calais, France (Insecta: ‘Exopterygota’)

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A remarkable diversity of parasitoid beetles (Ripiphoridae) in Cretaceous amber, with a summary of the Mesozoic record of Tenebrionoidea

scientific article published in 2018

A remarkable insect from the Pennsylvanian of the Joggins Formation in Nova Scotia, Canada: insights into unusual venation of Brodiidae and nymphs of Megasecoptera

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Abdominal serial homologues of wings in Paleozoic insects

scientific article published in 2022

An Early Miocene bumble bee from northern Bohemia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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An enigmatic Palaeozoic stem-group : Paoliida, designation of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (Insecta : Paoliidae, Katerinkidae fam. n.)

scientific article published in June 2007

Blera miocenica: a new species of Early Miocene hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Czech Republic and its palaeoenvironmental significance

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

Discovery of a new species of the Cretaceous genus Microphorites Hennig, 1971 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae s. lat.) in Paleogene amber from eastern Moravia (Czech Republic)

scholarly article by Michal Tkoč et al published 11 May 2016 in Insect Systematics and Evolution

Discovery of the first lacewings (Neuroptera: Permithonidae) from the Guadalupian of the Lodève Basin (Southern France)

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Discovery of the genusCrinoedischiain the Middle Permian of France (Insecta: Orthoptera)

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Diversity of Eocene Ripiphoridae with descriptions of the first species of Pelecotominae and larva of Ripidiinae (Coleoptera)

scientific article published on 7 December 2019

Early Pennsylvanian aykhalids from Xiaheyan, northern China and their palaeogeographical significance (Insecta: Megasecoptera)

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Early Permian insects from Saar-Nahe Basin of Odernheim town site, Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany (lnsecta, Grylloblattida, Blattinopseida)

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Ecomorphological diversification of the Late Palaeozoic Palaeodictyopterida reveals different larval strategies and amphibious lifestyle in adults

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Evolution of the elytral venation and structural adaptations in the oldest Palaeozoic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tshekardocoleidae)

scholarly article by Alexander G. Kirejtshuk published in October 2013

First caddisfly-like insect from the Pennsylvanian of Piesberg (Mecopterida: stem group Amphiesmenoptera)

scientific article published in 2022

First record of the genus Lethocerus Mayr, 1853, from the Lower Miocene of the Most Formation in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae)

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Fossil water scavenger beetles of the subtribe Hydrobiusina (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Late Oligocene locality of Aix-en-Provence (France)

scientific article published in 2010

From Carboniferous to Recent: wing venation enlightens evolution of thysanopteran lineage

scientific article published on 17 May 2012

Hidden surface microstructures on Carboniferous insect Brodioptera sinensis (Megasecoptera) enlighten functional morphology and sensorial perception

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Highly specialized Cretaceous beetle parasitoids (Ripiphoridae) identified with optimized visualization of microstructures

Insect Wings: The Evolutionary Development of Nature’s First Flyers

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Late Palaeozoic Paoliida is the sister group of Dictyoptera (Insecta: Neoptera)

Male postabdomen reveals ancestral traits of Megasecoptera among winged insects

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

New Carboniferous fossils of Spilapteridae enlighten postembryonic wing development in Palaeodictyoptera

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New Cenozoic dragonflies from the Most Basin and Středohoří Complex volcanic area (Czech Republic, Germany)

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New Middle Permian insects from Salagou Formation of the Lodève Basin in southern France (Insecta: Pterygota)

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New Middle Permian palaeopteran insects from Lodève Basin in southern France (Ephemeroptera, Diaphanopterodea, Megasecoptera)

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New Psocoptera (Insecta) from the lowermost Eocene amber of olse, France

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New archaeorthopteran insects from the Carboniferous of Poland: insights into tangled taxonomy

scientific article published in 2019

New archaeorthopteran insects from the Late Carboniferous of the Nord and Pas-de-Calais basins in northern France (Insecta: Cnemidolestodea, Panorthoptera)

scientific article (publication date: 29 October 2014)

New archaeorthopteran insects from the Pennsylvanian of Piesberg reveal unexpected mosaic of morphological traits and colouration pattern of the tegmina

scientific article published on 22 January 2021

New dustywings (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar reveal spectacular diversity

scholarly article by Dominika Ružičková et al published 5 March 2019 in ZooKeys

New early griffenfly, Sinomeganeura huangheensis from the Late Carboniferous of northern China (Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae)

scientific article (publication date: April 2008)

New fossil dermestid beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from the Baltic amber – II.

scientific article published in 2006

New fossil gall midges from the earliest Eocene French amber (Insecta, Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

scientific article published in 2006

New fossil insect order Permopsocida elucidates major radiation and evolution of suction feeding in hemimetabolous insects (Hexapoda: Acercaria)

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New fossil insects (Diaphanopterodea: Martynoviidae) from the Lower Permian of the Boskovice Basin, southern Moravia

scientific article published in July 2009

New fossil stoneflies (Plecoptera: Arctoperlaria) from Australia testify ancient dispersal across Pangea

scientific article published in 2023

New genus of leaf-mimicking katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Late Eocene–Early Oligocene of France and England

scientific article published in 2008

New griffenfly, Bohemiatupus elegans from the Late Carboniferous of western Bohemia in the Czech Republic (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae)

scholarly article by Jakub Prokop & André Nel published January 2010 in Annales de la Société Entomologique de France

New homoiopterids from the Late Carboniferous of England (Insecta: Palaeodictyoptera)

scientific article published in 2006

New insights on basivenal sclerites using 3D tools and homology of wing veins in Odonatoptera (Insecta).

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

New non-holometabolous insects from the Pennsylvanian of the Avion locality in Pas-de-Calais, France (Insecta: ‘Exopterygota’)

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New palaeodictyopterans from the Late Carboniferous of the UK (Insecta: Palaeodictyopterida)

New palaeodictyopterid insects from the Pennsylvanian of Piesberg reveal spectacular disparity in the patterns of the wing venation (Megasecoptera, Palaeodictyoptera)

scientific article published in 2022

New records of the water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) from the central European Oligocene-Miocene deposits, with a confirmation of the generic attribution ofHydrobiomorpha enspelenseWedmann 2000

New ripiphorid beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae): First Pelecotominae and possible Mesozoic aggregative behaviour in male Ripidiinae

scholarly article by Jan Batelka et al published December 2016 in Cretaceous Research

On the morphology of the Late Paleozoic insect families Bardohymenidae and Aspidothoracidae (Palaeodictyopterida: Megasecoptera)

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

On the phylogenetic position of the palaeopteran Syntonopteroidea (Insecta: Ephemeroptera), with a new species from the Upper Carboniferous of England

scientific article published on 8 June 2010

Palaeodictyopterida

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Palaeozoic giant dragonflies were hawker predators

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Paleozoic Nymphal Wing Pads Support Dual Model of Insect Wing Origins

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Paoliida, a Putative Stem-Group of Winged Insects: Morphology of New Taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of Poland

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Plant–arthropod associations from the Early Miocene of the Most Basin in North Bohemia—Palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological implications

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Ptychoptera deleta Novák, 1877 from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic: redescription of the first fossil attributed to Ptychopteridae (Diptera)

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Redefining the extinct orders Miomoptera and Hypoperlida as stem acercarian insects

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Revision of Mesozoic fossils of the helophorid lineage of the superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)

scientific article published in 2012

Revision of the enigmatic insect family Anthracoptilidae enlightens the evolution of Palaeozoic stem-dictyopterans

article by Zhaoying Guan et al published 2015 in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Systematics and evolution of Paleozoic and Mesozoic damselfly-like Odonatoptera of the ‘protozygopteran’ grade

scientific article published in 2012

The Wagner Parsimony using morphological characters: a new method for palaeosynecological studies

The beetle-like Palaeozoic and Mesozoic roachoids of the so-called “umenocoleoid” lineage (Dictyoptera: Ponopterixidae fam. nov.)

scientific article published in 2014

The earliest beetle with mouthparts specialized for feeding on nectar is a parasitoid of mid-Cretaceous Hymenoptera

scholarly article published in 2021

The earliest holometabolous insect from the Carboniferous: a “crucial” innovation with delayed success (Insecta Protomeropina Protomeropidae)

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The earliest known holometabolous insects

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The first African Anthracoptilidae (Insecta: Paoliida) near the Permian—Triassic boundary in Kenya

scientific article (publication date: 26 February 2015)

The first pipizine hoverfly from the Oligocene of Céreste, France

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The morphology of mouthparts, wings and genitalia of Paleozoic insect families Protohymenidae and Scytohymenidae reveals new details and supposed function.

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The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

scholarly article published in 2021

The wing base of the palaeodictyopteran genus Dunbaria Tillyard: Where are we now?

scientific article published on 7 April 2018

Traits and evolution of wing venation pattern in paraneopteran insects

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Under the Cretaceous bark: Fossil evidence for the ancient origin of subcortical lifestyle of clown beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

scientific article published on 28 April 2023

†Bittacopsocus—a new bizarre genus of †Permopsocida (Insecta) from Burmese Cretaceous amber

scientific article published on 02 April 2019