Alexander Georgievich Kirejtshuk

Alexander Georgievich Kirejtshuk (born 1952), Russian entomologist. Father of Polina Alexandrovna Kirejtshuk.

русский: Александр Георгиевич Кирейчук

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• Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia
• Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, Entomologie, 45, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France

Taxon names authored

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• 114 taxon names authored by Alexander Georgievich Kirejtshuk

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of Alexander Georgievich Kirejtshuk

Publications

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1987

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1987. New species of the Cyllodes complex of genera (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Indochina and adjacent territoriesa. In: Medvedev, L.N. (ed.) Entomofauna Vietnama pp. 137–170.

1989

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1989. Novye palearkticheskie rod i vidy sem. Kateretidae (Coleoptera) i zamechaniya po sinonimii. [New Palaearctic genus and species of the family Kateretidae (Coleoptera) and notes on the synonymy]. Zoologicheskiy zhurnal 68: 145–149 [in Russian, English title and summary].

1990

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1990. [New genera and species of Nitidulid beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from the Australian region.] III. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 69: 857–878 [in Russian. Translation: Entomological Review 70(7): 52–73]. [1] Reference page. 

1991

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1991. Evolution of mode of life as the basis for division of the beetles into groups of high taxonomic rank. In: Zunino, M., Bellés, X. & Blas, M. (eds) Advances in Coleopterology. European Association of Coleopterology, Barcelona, pp. 249–262. PDF.

1992

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Lawrence, J.F. 1992: Review of the Thalycrodes complex of genera (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) endemic to the Australian region. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31(2): 119–142. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00469.x page scans Reference page. 

1994

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1994. [Parandrexidae fam. nov., Jurassic beetles of the infraorder Cucujiformia (Coleoptera, Polyphaga)]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal (1): 57–64. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological Journal 28(1): 69–78. PDF.] Reference page. 
• Nikitsky, N.B., Lawrence, J.F., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Gratshev, V.G. 1994. A new beetle family, Decliniidae fam.n., from the Russian Far East and its taxonomic relationships (Coleoptera Polyphaga). Russian Entomological Journal 2(5–6): 3–10. Page scans, missing p.10. Reference page. 

1997

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1997: On the evolution of anthophilous Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) in tropical and subtropical regions. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 47(1-2): 111–134. PDF Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., James, D.G. & Heffer, R. 1997. Description and biology of a new species of Cybocephalus Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a predator of Australian citrus whitefly. Australian Journal of Entomology 36(1): 81–86. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01436.x . Reference page. 

1998

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. 1998. Review of the Thalycra complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulinae) with three new genera and notes on mycophagy. Annales zoologici (Warsaw) 48: 253–273. Page scans.

1999

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 1999. Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae (Lafer, 1996) - recent representative of the Jurassic coleopterous fauna (Coleoptera, Archostemata, Jurodidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 281: 21–26. PDF.
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Lawrence, J.F. 1999. Notes on the Aethina complex (Coleopatra: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae), with a review of Aethina (Cleidorura) subgen. nov. and Aethina (Idaethina) Gemminger et Harold. Annales Zoologici 49(3): 233-254. Reference page. 

2001

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2001. Notes on the systematics of the African Nitidulidae (Coleoptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 93: 17–89. PDF. Reference page. 

2004

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2004: Four new genera of the Soronia complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and tropical America with notes on composition of the complex and description of new species from Southern Hemisphere. Russian entomological journal 12(3): 239–256. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2005

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2005. A revision of the genus Cupes Fabricius, 1801 from Baltic amber and some notes on taxonomy and composition of the family Cupedidae (Coleoptera, Archostemata). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 89: 55–83. Page scans.

2006

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Poinar, G., Jr. 2006. Haplochelidae, a new family of Cretaceous beetles (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) from Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108(1): 155–164. BHL. Reference page. 
• Soriano, C., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Delclòs, X. 2006. The Mesozoic Laurasian family Parandrexidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Comptes Rendus Palevol 5: 779–784. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2006.03.006 . PDF. Reference page. 

2008

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Azar, D. 2008. New taxa of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia 2: 15–46. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Fallahzadeh, M. 2008: A new species of the genus Cybocephalus from Iran and a note on synonymy (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 312(1-2): 83–86. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2009

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2009. A new genus and species of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera, Myxophaga) from Lower Cretaceous Burmese amber. Denisia 26: 99–102. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2010

• 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. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Ponomarenko, 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. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Chang, H., Ren, D. & Kun, S.C. 2010. Family Lasiosynidae n. fam., new palaeoendemic Mesozoic family from the infraorder Elateriformia (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46: 67–87. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697640 . 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. 

2011

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2011. A new genus of the family Nitidulidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from Australia. Zoosystematica Rossica 19(2): 54–61. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2011. The oldest representatives of the subfamilies Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and Brontinae (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) from Baltic amber and some evolutionary notes. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 80: 729–745. DOI: 10.2478/v10200-011-0055-7 .
• Yunakov, N.N. & Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2011. New genus and species of broad-nosed weevils from Baltic amber and notes on fossils of the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). ZooKeys 160: 73–96. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.160.2108 . Reference page. 

2012

• Bukejs, A., Rücker, W.H. & Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2012. Cartodere (Aridius) succinobaltica sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Latridiidae) from Baltic amber. Latridiidae 9: 25–28. Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Kirejtshuk, P.A. 2012. Revision of the subgenus Kabakovia Kirejtshuk, 1979 of the genus Cryptarchopria Jelínek, 1975 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and notes on systematics and evolution of the subfamily Meligethinae. Zoosystematica Rossica 21(2): 254–269. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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. 

2013

• 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. & Poinar, G., Jr. 2013. On the systematic position of the genera Lepiceroides gen. n. and Haplochelus, with notes on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the Myxophaga (Coleoptera). Pp. 55–69. In: Azar, D., Engel, M., Jarzembowski, E., Krogmann, L. & Santiago-Blay, J. (eds.) Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet Brill, 210 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-21070-7 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-21071-4 (E-Book). DOI: 10.1163/9789004210714_006 . 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 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Moseyko, A.G. & Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2013. On the taxonomic position of new taxa of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 6(1–2): 163–172. DOI: 10.1163/18749836-06021063 . 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. 

2014

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Chetverikov, P.E. & Azar, D. 2014 (online). Libanopsinae, new subfamily of the family Sphindidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with remarks on using confocal microscopy for the study of amber inclusions. Cretaceous research 52(B): 461–479. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.008 Reference page. 
• Zhao, M., Huang, M., Yang, X.-K. & Kirejtshuk, A. 2014. Two new species of the genus Epuraea Erichson, 1843 from China (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Epuraeinae). ZooKeys 445: 107–115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.445.7163 Reference page. 

2015

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Moseyko, A.G. & Ren, D. 2015. Mesozoic Leaf Beetles of the Tribe Mesolpinini trib. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from the Lower Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal 49(13): 1424–1435. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030115130043 . PDF Reference page. 

2016

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2016. Taxonomy of the subgenus Triacanus Erichson, 1843 and its distribution in the Palaearctic and Indo-Malayan regions (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 320(4): 431–449. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Kovalev, A.V. 2016. A new genus of the subfamily Cillaeinae (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from the Philippines and New Guinea with notes on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the subfamily. Zootaxa 4205(3): 226–242. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.3.3. 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. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Nel, A. & Kirejtshuk, P.A. 2016. Taxonomy of the reticulate beetles of the subfamily Cupedinae (Coleoptera: Archostemata), with a review of the historical development. Invertebrate Zoology 13(2): 61–190. DOI: 10.15298/invertzool.13.2.01 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Chetverikov, P.E., Azar, D. & Kirejtshuk, P.A. 2016. Ptismidae fam. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphyliniformia) from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Cretaceous Research 59: 201-213. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.027 . PDF. [Corrigendum: 61: 275. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.02.004 .] Reference page. 

2017

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2017. Taxonomic notes on fossil beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Russian Entomological Journal 26(1): 35–36. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kierjtshuk, A.G. & Kovalev, A.V. 2017. Caledomus gen. nov., a new cillaeine genus (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from New Caledonia and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 4277(3): 433–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.3.9. 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. 

2018

• Arriaga-Varela, E., Wong, S.Y., Kirejtshuk, A. & Fikácek, M. 2018. Review of the flower-inhabiting water scavenger beetle genus Cycreon (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae), with descriptions of new species and comments on its biology. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(1): 99–115. DOI: 10.3897/dez.65.26261. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Prokin, A.A. 2018. The Position of the Palaeozoic Genus Tunguskagyrus Yan, Beutel et Lawrence in the Family Triaplidae sensu n. (Coleoptera, Archostemata: Schizophoroidea). Entomological Review 98: 872–882. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873818070084 . Reference page. 

2019

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Ponomarenko, 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. 
• Kovalev, A.V., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Shapovalov, A.M. 2019. Drilorhinus, a new genus of the family Drilidae Lacordaire, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from Iran. Zootaxa 4577(1): 187–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.1.12 Reference page. 
• Lawrence, J.F. & Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2019. Review of the Australian Cyllodini (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae), with descriptions of new taxa, and notes on the genus Macleayania (Nitidulini). Zootaxa 4544(3): 301–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.1 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Kataev, B.M., Kirejtshuk, A.G., Manukyan, A.R. & Anokhin, B.A. 2019. Kryzhanovskiana olegi gen. et sp. nov., a remarkable eyeless representative of the tribe Metriini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 103: 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.06.014 Reference page. 
• Prokin, A.A., Ponomarenko, A.G. & 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. 

2020

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2020. Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 10(2): 73. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10020073 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2020. The Evolutionary History of the Coleoptera. Geosciences 10(3): 103. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences10030103 . 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. 
• Legalov, A.A., Kirejtshuk A.G. & Anokhin, B.A. 2020. The oldest seed beetle (Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar with description of new tribe, genus and species. Cretaceous Research 107(104283): 1–5. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104283 . Reference page. 

2021

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Reid, C.A.M. 2021. Lobanoviella andreyi, new genus and species of Lobanoviellini trib. nov. in the subfamily Palophaginae (Coleoptera, Megalopodidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber, with discussion of similarity with Phloeostichidae. Historical Biology 34(9): 1894–1900. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1987428 . Reference page. 

2022

• Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Ansorge, J. 2022 (Online) 2023 (Print). An extraordinarily preserved new genus and species of Trachypachidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the Early Jurassic of Germany and a review of fossil trachypachid genera. Historical Biology 35(6): 958–975. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2071709 . Reference page. 
• Kierjtshuk, A.G. & Kovalev, A.V. 2022. Monograph on the Cillaeinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from the Australian Region with comments on the taxonomy of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5103(1): 001–133. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5103.1.1. . Reference page. 

2023

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Jenkins Shaw, J., Smirnov, I.S. 2023. A New Subgenus of the Genus Phenolia (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Myanmar Cretaceous Amber with Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Bionomic Notes on the ‘Nitidulid’ Group of Families. Insects 14(7): 647. DOI: 10.3390/insects14070647 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Prokin, A.A. & Ponomarenko, A.G. 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 . Reference page. 

References

Links

• Kirejtshuk, A.G.. 2007. Beetles (Coleoptera) and Coleopterists. Online, with link to CV.