André Nel

André Nel (1959–), French entomologist, paleoentomologist.

• Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB - UMR 7205 – CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, Entomologie, F-75005, Paris, France.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 42 taxon names authored by André Nel

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2000

• Nel, J. & Nel, A. 2000. Contribution à la connaissance des Lépidoptères des îles Canaries, avec la description de Coccidiphila patriciae n. sp. (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 105(4): 381-385. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2002

• Béthoux, O., Nel, A., Lapeyrie, J., Gand, G. & Galtier, J., 2002. Raphogla rubra gen. n. sp. n. the oldest representative of the clade of modern Ensifera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidea, Gryllidea). European Journal of Entomology 99(1): 111–116. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2002.019 . Reference page. 
• Béthoux, O. & Nel, A. 2002. Venation pattern and revision of Orthoptera sensu nov. and sister groups. Phylogeny of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Orthoptera sensu nov. Zootaxa 96(1): 1–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.96.1.1 . Reference page. 

2004

• Nel, A., Azar, D., Martínez-Delclòs, X. & Makhoul, E. 2004. A new Upper Cretaceous species of Chresmoda from Lebanon - a latest representative of Chresmodidae (Insecta: Polyneoptera inc. sed.): first record of homeotic mutations in the fossil record of insects. European journal of entomology 101(1): 145–151. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2005

• Nel, A., Delclos, X. & Hutin, A. 2005. Mesozoic chrysopid-like Planipennia: a phylogenetic approach (Insecta: Neuroptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.), 41: 29–69. PDF. Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Prokop, J., de Ploëg, G. & Millet, J. 2005: New Psocoptera (Insecta) from the lowermost Eocene amber of Oise, France. Journal of systematic palaeontology 3(4): 371–391. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201905001598 Reference page. 

2006

• Batelka, J., Collomb, F.-M. & Nel, A. 2006. Macrosiagon deuvei n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae) from the French Eocene amber. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 42(1): 75–78. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697451 . Reference page. 

2008

• Perrichot, V., Nel, A., Néraudeau, D., Lacau, S. & Guyot, T. 2008. New fossil ants in French Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Naturwissenschaften 95: 91–97. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0302-7 Reference page. 

2010

• Azar, D., Prokop, J. & Nel, A. 2010. The first damselfly from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Odonata, Zygoptera, Lestomorpha). Alavesia 3: 73–79. Reference page. 
• Belokobylskij, S.A., Nel, A., Waller, A. & De Plöeg, G. 2010. New fossil non-cyclostome braconid wasps from the lowermost Eocene amber of Paris Basin. Acta palaeontologica polonica 55(3): 519–527. DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.1114. . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Nel, A. & Collomb, F.-M. 2010. New Archostemata (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the French Paleocene and Early Eocene, with a note on the composition of the suborder. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.) 46: 216–227. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697661 . Reference page. 
• Moseyko, A.G., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2010. New genera and new species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Chrysomelidae) from Lowermost Eocene French amber. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46(1–2): 116–123. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697645 . Reference page. 
• Peñalver, E., Ortega-Blanco, J., Nel, A. & Delclòs, X. 2010. Mesozoic Evaniidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in Spanish amber: reanalysis of the phylogeny of the Evanioidea. Acta geologica sinica - English edition 84(4): 809–827. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00257.x . Reference page. 
• Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Nel, A., Peñalver, E. & Delclòs, X. 2010: A new Early Cretaceous snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from El Soplao amber (Spain). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46(1-2): 108-115. abstract and pdf Reference page. 

2011

• Azar, D. & Nel, A. 2011. The oldest psyllipsocid booklice, in lower Cretaceous amber from Lebanon (Psocodea, Trogiomorpha, Psocathropetae, Psyllipsocidae). ZooKeys 130: 153–165. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1430 . Reference page. 
• Perrichot, V., Ortega-Blanco, J., McKellar, R.C., Delclòs, X., Azar, D., Nel, A., Tafforeau, P. & Engel, M.S. 2011. New and revised maimetshid wasps from Cretaceous ambers (Hymenoptera, Maimetshidae). ZooKeys 130: 421–453. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1453 . Reference page. 
• Prokop, J. & Nel, A. 2011. New middle Permian palaeopteran insects from Lodève basin in southern France (Ephemeroptera, Diaphanopterodea, Megasecoptera). ZooKeys 130: 41–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1311 . Reference page. 

2012

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2012. The oldest representatives of the family Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France). Zoosystematica rossica 21(1): 131–144. full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Krzemiński, W., Kania, I. & Nel, A. 2012. Probittacomorpha brisaci n. sp. (Ptychopteridae, Bittacomorphinae) from the Late Miocene of Montagne d’Andance, Saint Bauzile, Ardèche (France). Zootaxa 3521: 80–88. Preview Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-J., Nel, A., Ren, D., Zhang, B.-L. & Pang, H. 2012. Reassessment of the Jurassic damsel-dragonfly genus Karatawia (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae). Zootaxa 3417: 64–68. Preview Reference page. 
• Nel, A. & Fleck, G. 2012. A new genus and species of Sieblosiidae from the Middle Miocene of Germany (Odonata: Epiproctophora). Zootaxa 3582: 64–68. Preview Reference page. 
• Skartveit, J. & Nel, A. 2012. Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) from the late Oligocene of Bes-Konak, Anatolia, Turkey. Zootaxa 3329: 51–63. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Fate, C., Lapeyrie, J. & Nel, A. 2013. A new Permagrionidae from the Middle Permian of the south of France (Odonatoptera: Protozygoptera). Zootaxa 3702(4): 397–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.4.8 Reference page. 
• Fate, C., Perrichot, V. & Nel, A. 2013. A Mid Cretaceous representative of the modern scatopsid genus Ectaetia (Diptera: Scatopsidae: Ectaetiinae). Zootaxa 3686(3): 396–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.3.9 Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2013. Current knowledge of Coleoptera (Insecta) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber. Insect systematics & evolution 44(2): 175–201. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-04402007 Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2013. Skleroptera, a new order of holometabolous insects (Insecta) from the Carboniferous. Zoosystematica Rossica 22(2): 247–257. DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2013.22.2.247 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Poschmann, M., Prokop, J., Garrouste, R. & Nel, N. 2014. [Online 2013] Evolution of the elytral venation and structural adaptations in the oldest Palaeozoic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tshekardocoleidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(5): 575–600. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2013.821530 . Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Escuillié, F. & Garrouste, R. 2013. A new scoliid wasp in the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Zootaxa 3717(3): 395–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.3.10 Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Krzeminski, W. & Szwedo, J. 2013. Elektroeuphaea gen.n., the oldest representative of the modern Epallaginae from Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Zygoptera: Epallagidae). Insect systematics & evolution 44(2): 129–140. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-44032097 [abstract only seen] Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Roques, P., Nel, P., Prokin, A.A., Bourgoin, T., Prokop, J., Szwedo, J., Azar, D., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Wappler, T., Garrouste, R., Coty, D., Huang, D.-Y., Engel, M. & Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2013. The earliest-known holometabolous insects. Nature 503: 257–261. [14 p. Supplementary material.] DOI: 10.1038/nature12629 . Reference page. 
• Petrulevičius, J.F. & Nel, A. 2013. A new Frenguelliidae (Insecta: Odonata) from the early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3616(6): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.6 Reference page. 

2014

• Coty, D., Háva, J., Prokop, J., Roques, P. & Nel, A. 2014. New archaeorthopteran insects from the Late Carboniferous of the Nord and Pas-de-Calais basins in northern France (Insecta: Cnemidolestodea, Panorthoptera). Zootaxa 3878(5): 462–470. DOI: 10.11646%2Fzootaxa.3878.5.4 Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y., Clarke, D.J., Huang, D-Y. & Nel, A. 2014. A new genus and species of Steninae from the late Eocene of France (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Alcheringa 38(4): 557–562. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2014.924351 Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Azar, D. & Huang, D.-Y. 2013 (Online) 2014 (Print). A new Middle Jurassic Chinese fossil clarifies the systematic composition of the Heterophlebioptera (Odonata: Trigonoptera). Alcheringa 38(1): 130–134. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2014.843385 Reference page. 
• Nel, A., De Ploëg, G. & Perrichot, V. 2014. The first ibis fly in mid-Cretaceous amber of France (Diptera: Athericidae). Zootaxa 3768(5): 591–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.5.6 Reference page. 
• Perrard, A., Nel, A. & Carpenter, J.M. 2014. A new paper wasp from Late Eocene of France (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae). Zootaxa 3753(6): 542–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.6.2 Reference page. 
• Szwedo, J., Lapeyrie, J. & Nel, A. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). Rooting down the aphid's tree – the oldest record of the Aphidomorpha lineage from Palaeozoic (Insecta: Hemiptera). Systematic entomology 40(1): 207-213. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12099 Reference page. 
• Wedmann, S., 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. 

2015

• Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2015. New Eocene damselflies and first Cenozoic damsel-dragonfly of the isophlebiopteran lineage (Insecta: Odonata). Zootaxa 4028(3): 354–366. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Garrouste, R. & Prokop, J. 2015: The first African Anthracoptilidae (Insecta: Paoliida) near the Permian–Triassic boundary in Kenya. Zootaxa 3925(1): 145–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.1.10. Reference page. 
• Zeiri, A., Nel, A. & Garrouste, R. 2015. A new libelluloid family from the Eocene Green River Formation (Colorado, USA) (Odonata, Anisoptera). Zootaxa 4032(3): 290–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Garrouste, R., Azar, D. & Nel, A. 2016. The oldest accurate record of Scenopinidae in the Lowermost Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa 4093(3): 444–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.3.10.Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2016. Происхождение отряда жуков (Coleoptera) и значение палеонтологической летописи [Origin of the Coleoptera and significance of the fossil record]. Euroasian Entomological Journal 15(Suppl. 1): 66–73. (in Russian). PDF. Reference page. 
• Myskowiak, J., Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2016. A new genus and species of micro bee fly from the Earliest Eocene French amber (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Psiloderoidinae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 583–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.5. Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Perreau, Z. & Doitteau, G. 2016. The oldest representative of the modern snipe fly genus Symphoromyia (Diptera: Rhagionidae). Zootaxa 4196(1): 144–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.1.9. Reference page. 
• Prokop, J., Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2016. A new permopsocidan genus and species from the Late Permian of Australia (Insecta: Acercaria: Psocidiidae). Zootaxa 4147(5): 589–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.5.7. Reference page. 
• Myskowiak, J., Huang, D., Azar, D., Cai, C., Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2016. New lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera, Osmylidae, Nymphidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Burmese amber and Crato Formation in Brazil. Cretaceous Research 59: 214–227. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.029 Reference page. 

2017

• Bramuzzo, S., Coty, D. & Nel, A. 2017. A new species of Ferneiella from the Eocene French amber (Diptera: Scatopsidae). Zootaxa 4350(1): 177–184. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.11 Reference page. 
• Bramuzzo, S. & Nel, A. 2017. Youngest representative of the extinct genus Microphorites in the Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae). Zootaxa 4231(4): 590–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.4.11 . Reference page. 
• Legalov, A.A., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2017. New and little known weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16(3): 248–256. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2016.10.007 . Reference page. 
• Nel, A., Garrouste, R. & Daugeron, C. 2017. Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Cretaceous Research 69: 1–5. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009 . Manuscript version (PDF). Reference page. 
• Pinkert, S., Bechly, G. & Nel, A. 2017. First record of hawker dragonflies from Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphaeschnidae). Zootaxa 4272(2): 263–275. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.2.7. Reference page. 
• Skartveit, J. & Nel, A. 2017. Revision of fossil Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) from French Oligocene deposits. Zootaxa 4225(1): 1–83. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4225.1.1. Reference page. 
• Sroka, P. & Nel, A. 2017. New species of Compsocidae (Insecta, Psocodea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4320(3): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.12. Reference page. 
• Azar, D., Hakim, M., Huang, D., Cai, C. & Nel, A. 2017. New fossil booklice from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Psocodea: Troctomorpha: Amphientometae: Manicapsocidae). Cretaceous Research 70: 8–14. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.013 Reference page. 

2018

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2018. Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). Zootaxa 4402(1): 1–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.1 Reference page. 
• Myskowiak, J., Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2018. Eodromyia pumilio gen. et sp. nov., a new empidoid fly from the Earliest Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Hybotidae: Tachydromiinae). Zootaxa 4379(2): 279–286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.2.8 Reference page. 
• Shayya, S., Dégallier, N., Nel, A., Azar, D. & Lackner, T. 2018. Contribution to the knowledge of Saprinus Erichson, 1834 of forensic relevance from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Histeridae). ZooKeys 738: 117–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.738.21382. Reference page. 

2019

• Legalov, A.A., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2019. New weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from the earlymost Eocene Oise amber. Paleontological Journal, 53(7): 63–85. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030119070049. Reference page. 
• Legalov, A.A., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2019. The oldest genus of the subfamily Sagrinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Paleocene of Menat (France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 18(2): 178–185. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2018.10.003 Reference page. 
• Ružičková, D., Nel, A. & Prokop, J. 2019. New dustywings (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar reveal spectacular diversity. Zookeys, 827: 139–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.827.31961 Reference page. 

2020

• Jouault, C., Ngô-Muller, V., Zhang, Q.-Q. & Nel, A. 2020. New empidoid flies (Diptera: Atelestidae; Dolichopodidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeoentomology 3(2): 204–211. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.2.10 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. 2020. Reply to the Paper “Beutel et al. 2018. Is †Skleroptera (†Stephanastus) an order in the stemgroup of Coleopterida (Insecta)?”. Insect Systematics & Evolution 51(3): 375–383. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002206 . Reference page. 
• Ngô-Muller, V., Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2020. The oldest long-legged fly of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Early Eocene of France. Palaeoentomology 3(2): 173–179. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.2.6 . Reference page. 
• Ngô-Muller, V., Garrouste, R., Pouillon, J.-M. & Nel, A. 2020. A new species of the long-legged fly genus Microphorites in Burmese amber (Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae). Cretaceous Research 107: Article 104284. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104284 . Reference page. 

References

• Azar, D., Garrouste, R. & Arillo, A. 2019. André Nel sixtieth anniversary Festschrift. Palaeoentomology 002(6): 534–555. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.1 .