List of works - Torsten Wappler

A New Record of Mastotermes from the Eocene of Germany (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae)

article

A Triassic-Jurassic window into the evolution of Lepidoptera

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

A diverse paleobiota in early eocene Fushun amber from China

scientific article

A fossil sawfly of the genus Athalia (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from the Eocene–Oligocene boundary of Altkirch, France

article

A new genus and species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the Eckfeld Maar crater (Middle Eocene, Germany)

article

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

article

A new triadotypid insect from the Late Triassic of South Africa

article

A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

article

An integrated leaf trait analysis of two Paleogene leaf floras

scientific article published in 2023

An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of cockroaches and termites (Blattodea)

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Ancient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant-fungal parasitism

scientific article

Aneurus sp. from the early Miocene Foulden Maar, New Zealand: the first Southern Hemisphere record of fossil Aradidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) ⬇️

article published in 2011

Arthropods in amber from the Triassic Period

scientific article (publication date: 11 September 2012)

Before the ‘Big Chill’: A preliminary overview of arthropods from the middle Miocene of Iceland (Insecta, Crustacea)

scholarly article by Torsten Wappler published in May 2014

Bernasso, a paleoforest from the early Pleistocene: New input from plant–insect interactions (Hérault, France)

article

Bibionidae (Diptera) from the late Miocene of Hrútagil (Mókollsdalur), Iceland

scholarly article by John Skartveit et al published 16 March 2017 in Paläontologische Zeitschrift

Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect

scientific article published in 2015

Changes in pattern of plant-insect interactions on the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica, Hamamelidaceae) over the last 3 million years

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Debris-carrying camouflage among diverse lineages of Cretaceous insects

scientific article

Direct and indirect fossil records of megachilid bees from the Paleogene of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

scientific article (publication date: 19 March 2009)

Distinguishing Agromyzidae (Diptera) Leaf Mines in the Fossil Record: New Taxa from the Paleogene of North America and Germany and Their Evolutionary Implications

article

Evidence of plant–insect interaction in the Early Cretaceous Flora from the Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil

article

Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera

scientific article

Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics

scientific article published in 2021

Extreme adaptations for aquatic ectoparasitism in a Jurassic fly larva ⬇️

scientific article published in 2014

First record of insects in lignite-bearing formations (upper Eocene) of the central German Leipzig Embayment

scientific article published in 2017

First record of the family Trogossitidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in the Late Pliocene deposits of Willershausen (Germany)

article

Floral Assemblages and Patterns of Insect Herbivory during the Permian to Triassic of Northeastern Italy

scientific article

Fossil leaves reveal drivers of herbivore functional diversity during the Cenozoic

scientific article published in 2023

Geometric morphometric analysis of a new Miocene bumble bee from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

article

Giant ants and their shape: revealing relationships in the genus Titanomyrma with geometric morphometrics

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

Greater past disparity and diversity hints at ancient migrations of European honey bee lineages into Africa and Asia

article

High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS. Response to Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution".

scientific article published on July 2015

Insect and Plant Diversity in Hot-Spring Ecosystems during the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary from Spain (Aguilar Fm., Palencia)

scientific article published on 10 February 2022

Insect herbivory patterns in late Eocene coastal lowland riparian associations from central Germany

scientific article published in 2018

Late Permian (Lopingian) terrestrial ecosystems: A global comparison with new data from the low-latitude Bletterbach Biota

scholarly article by Massimo Bernardi published in December 2017

Leaf-mimicking katydids from the Middle Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 9 September 2019

Mid-Cretaceous charred fossil flowers reveal direct observation of arthropod feeding strategies

scientific article (publication date: 23 April 2012)

Miocene honey bees from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

scientific article

Morphological and behavioral convergence in extinct and extant bugs: the systematics and biology of a new unusual fossil lace bug from the eocene

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

New Middle Eocene Formicid Species from Germany and the Evolution of Weaver Ants

scientific article (publication date: December 2008)

New flatbug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) records from the Middle Eocene Messel Maar, Germany

article

New fossil insects from the Anisian (Lower to Middle Muschelkalk) from the Central European Basin (Germany and The Netherlands)

article

New fossil lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Middle Eocene of the Grube Messel (Germany), with a catalog of fossil lace bugs

scientific article (publication date: 8 December 2003)

No post-Cretaceous ecosystem depression in European forests? Rich insect-feeding damage on diverse middle Palaeocene plants, Menat, France

scientific article (publication date: 22 December 2009)

Palaeontology: The Point of No Return in the Fossil Record of Eusociality

scientific article

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

scientific article (publication date: 6 November 2014)

Plant-insect interactions from Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) of Monte Agnello (Dolomites, N-Italy)-initial pattern and response to abiotic environmental perturbations

scientific article

Plant-insect interactions patterns in three European paleoforests of the late-Neogene-early-Quaternary.

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

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

article

Plant–insect interactions from the mid-Cretaceous at Puy-Puy (Aquitaine Basin, western France) indicates preferential herbivory for angiosperms amid a forest of ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms

scientific article published in 2022

Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany

scientific article published in 2023

Scratching an ancient itch: an Eocene bird louse fossil

scientific article (publication date: 7 August 2004)

Taxonomic description of in situ bee pollen from the middle Eocene of Germany

scientific article

Testing for the effects and consequences of mid paleogene climate change on insect herbivory

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

The diversity of Odonata and their endophytic ovipositions from the Upper Oligocene Fossillagerstätte of Rott (Rhineland, Germany)

scientific article

The earliest known holometabolous insects

scientific article

The oldest species of Pompilidae to date, a new fossil spider wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

scholarly article published in 2019

Wasp mimicry among Palaeocene reduviid bug from Svalbard

scientific article published in 2012

List of works by Torsten Wappler

A New Record of Mastotermes from the Eocene of Germany (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae)

A Triassic-Jurassic window into the evolution of Lepidoptera

A diverse paleobiota in early eocene Fushun amber from China

A fossil sawfly of the genus Athalia (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from the Eocene–Oligocene boundary of Altkirch, France

A new genus and species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the Eckfeld Maar crater (Middle Eocene, Germany)

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

A new triadotypid insect from the Late Triassic of South Africa

A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

An integrated leaf trait analysis of two Paleogene leaf floras

An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of cockroaches and termites (Blattodea)

Ancient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant-fungal parasitism

Aneurus sp. from the early Miocene Foulden Maar, New Zealand: the first Southern Hemisphere record of fossil Aradidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) ⬇️

Arthropods in amber from the Triassic Period

Before the ‘Big Chill’: A preliminary overview of arthropods from the middle Miocene of Iceland (Insecta, Crustacea)

Bernasso, a paleoforest from the early Pleistocene: New input from plant–insect interactions (Hérault, France)

Bibionidae (Diptera) from the late Miocene of Hrútagil (Mókollsdalur), Iceland

Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect

Changes in pattern of plant-insect interactions on the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica, Hamamelidaceae) over the last 3 million years

Debris-carrying camouflage among diverse lineages of Cretaceous insects

Direct and indirect fossil records of megachilid bees from the Paleogene of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Distinguishing Agromyzidae (Diptera) Leaf Mines in the Fossil Record: New Taxa from the Paleogene of North America and Germany and Their Evolutionary Implications

Evidence of plant–insect interaction in the Early Cretaceous Flora from the Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil

Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera

Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics

Extreme adaptations for aquatic ectoparasitism in a Jurassic fly larva ⬇️

First record of insects in lignite-bearing formations (upper Eocene) of the central German Leipzig Embayment

First record of the family Trogossitidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in the Late Pliocene deposits of Willershausen (Germany)

Floral Assemblages and Patterns of Insect Herbivory during the Permian to Triassic of Northeastern Italy

Fossil leaves reveal drivers of herbivore functional diversity during the Cenozoic

Geometric morphometric analysis of a new Miocene bumble bee from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Giant ants and their shape: revealing relationships in the genus Titanomyrma with geometric morphometrics

Greater past disparity and diversity hints at ancient migrations of European honey bee lineages into Africa and Asia

High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand

INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS. Response to Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution".

Insect and Plant Diversity in Hot-Spring Ecosystems during the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary from Spain (Aguilar Fm., Palencia)

Insect herbivory patterns in late Eocene coastal lowland riparian associations from central Germany

Late Permian (Lopingian) terrestrial ecosystems: A global comparison with new data from the low-latitude Bletterbach Biota

Leaf-mimicking katydids from the Middle Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) ⬇️

Mid-Cretaceous charred fossil flowers reveal direct observation of arthropod feeding strategies

Miocene honey bees from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Morphological and behavioral convergence in extinct and extant bugs: the systematics and biology of a new unusual fossil lace bug from the eocene

New Middle Eocene Formicid Species from Germany and the Evolution of Weaver Ants

New flatbug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) records from the Middle Eocene Messel Maar, Germany

New fossil insects from the Anisian (Lower to Middle Muschelkalk) from the Central European Basin (Germany and The Netherlands)

New fossil lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Middle Eocene of the Grube Messel (Germany), with a catalog of fossil lace bugs

No post-Cretaceous ecosystem depression in European forests? Rich insect-feeding damage on diverse middle Palaeocene plants, Menat, France

Palaeontology: The Point of No Return in the Fossil Record of Eusociality

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

Plant-insect interactions from Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) of Monte Agnello (Dolomites, N-Italy)-initial pattern and response to abiotic environmental perturbations

Plant-insect interactions patterns in three European paleoforests of the late-Neogene-early-Quaternary.

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

Plant–insect interactions from the mid-Cretaceous at Puy-Puy (Aquitaine Basin, western France) indicates preferential herbivory for angiosperms amid a forest of ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms

Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany

Scratching an ancient itch: an Eocene bird louse fossil

Taxonomic description of in situ bee pollen from the middle Eocene of Germany

Testing for the effects and consequences of mid paleogene climate change on insect herbivory

The diversity of Odonata and their endophytic ovipositions from the Upper Oligocene Fossillagerstätte of Rott (Rhineland, Germany)

The earliest known holometabolous insects

The oldest species of Pompilidae to date, a new fossil spider wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

Wasp mimicry among Palaeocene reduviid bug from Svalbard

Changes in pattern of plant-insect interactions on the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica, Hamamelidaceae) over the last 3 million years