Vitalii Igorevich Alekseev

Vitalii Igorevich Alekseev (1978–), Russian entomologist and paleontologist.

русский: Виталий Игоревич Алексеев

• Department of Zootechny, FGBOU VPO “Kaliningrad State Technical University”, Sovetsky av. 1. 236000 Kaliningrad.
• Department of Herpetology, MAUK "The Kaliningrad Zoo", Mira av. 26. 236000 Kaliningrad

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 6 taxon names authored by Vitalii Igorevich Alekseev

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2013

• Alekseev, V.I. 2013. The beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Baltic amber: the checklist of described species and preliminary analysis of biodiversity. Zoology and Ecology 23(1): 5–12. DOI: 10.1080/21658005.2013.769717 . Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. 2013. Protolissodema ulrikae, a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Salpingidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 13(1): 67–71. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2014

• Alekseev, V.I. 2014. New fossil species of Ptinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene). Zoology and ecology 24(3): 239–255. DOI: 10.1080/21658005.2014.909154 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. 2014. Europs insterburgensis sp. nov., a new root-eating beetle from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Monotomidae). Genus 25(3): 415–420. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Kazantsev, S.V., 2014. New fossil soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from Baltic amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 14(2): 167-170. Reference page. 
• Shockley, F.W. & Alekseev, V.I. 2014. Glesirhanis bercioi, a new genus and species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Leiestinae) with a checklist and nomenclatural notes regarding fossil Endomychidae. Zootaxa 3755(4): 391–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.4.5 Reference page. 

2015

• Alekseev, V.I. & Bukejs, A. 2015. A new species of the genus Orchesia Latreille (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Baltic amber with a key to species described from fossil resins. Zootaxa 3947(4): 590–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.10 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Grzymala, T.L. 2015. New Aderidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. Zootaxa 3956(2): 239–257. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.5 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A. & Alekseev, V.I. 2015. Description of the second fossil Baltic amber species of Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Zootaxa 3946(3): 445–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.11 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A. & Alekseev, V.I. 2015. A second Eocene species of death-watch beetle belonging to the genus Microbregma Seidlitz (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) with a checklist of fossil Ptinidae. Zootaxa 3947(4): 553–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.6 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A. & Alekseev, V.I. 2015. First record of Microscapha LeConte from Baltic amber with description of a new species and list of fossil Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa 4012(2): 351–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.5 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Alekseev, V.I. & Jäch, M.A. 2015. The riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) of the Eocene Baltic amber: Heterelmis groehni sp. nov. and Heterlimnius samlandicus (Bollow, 1940) comb. nov. Zootaxa 3986(4): 452–460. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.4.4 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Biondi, M. & Alekseev, V.I. 2015. Sucinolivolia torpida—a new genus and species of flea-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4058(1): 119–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.7 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Alekseev, V.I. 2016. Clypastraea primainterpares sp. nov. - the first fossil minute hooded beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Corylophidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene, Tertiary). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 16(1): 21-26. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Bukejs, A. 2016. New fossil genus of Silvanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic amber (Tertiary, Eocene). Zootaxa 4144(1): 101–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.5 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Bukejs, A. 2016. New Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4178(3): 409–427. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.6 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Jäch, M.A. 2016. Electrolichas circumbalticus gen. et sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Ptilodactylidae) from Baltic amber, the first anchytarsine toed-winged beetle described from Europe. Zootaxa 4136(3): 593–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.10 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Telnov, D. 2016. First fossil record of Ischaliidae Blair, 1920 (Coleoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4109(5): 595–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.5.8 Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Alekseev, V.I. & McKellar, R.C. 2016. Passandra septentrionaria sp. nov.: the first described species of Passandridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4144(1): 117–123. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.1.7 Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Biondi, M. & Alekseev, V.I. 2016. New records and species of Crepidodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Eocene European amber, with a brief review of described fossil beetles from Bitterfeld amber. Zootaxa 4193(2): 390–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.13 Reference page. 

2017

• Alekseev, V.I. 2017. Coleoptera from the middle-upper Eocene European ambers: generic composition, zoogeography and climatic implications. Zootaxa 4290(3): 401–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.3.1 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. 2017. A new species of minute beetle (Coleoptera: Clambidae) from Baltic amber (Paleogene, Eocene). Zootaxa 4337(1): 141–145. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.1.8 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. 2017. A new coleopterous family Wabbelidae fam. nov. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Baltic amber (Cenozoic, Paleogene, Eocene). Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 17(1): 29–41. PDF. Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. 2017. First record of Cathartosilvanus Grouvelle (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) from Baltic amber with description of a new species. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 17(1): 43–48. PDF. Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Bukejs, A. 2017. New fossil taxa of Ischalia Pascoe (Coleoptera: Ischaliidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4323(2): 229–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.6 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Bukejs, A. 2017. First fossil representatives of Pharaxonothinae Crowson (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): indirect evidence for cycads existence in Baltic amber forest. Zootaxa 4337(3): 413–422. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.6 Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Alekseev, V.I., Cooper, D.M.L., King, G.A. & McKellar, R.C. 2017. Contributions to the palaeofauna of Ptinidae (Coleptera) known from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4344(1): 181–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.12 Reference page. 
• Kolibáč, J. & Alekseev, V. 2017. Seidlitzella hoffeinsorum sp. nov., the first representative of the beetle tribe Gymnochilini (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from Baltic amber. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107: 289–296. DOI: 10.1017/S1755691017000305 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Tamutis, V., Alekseev, V.I. & Bukejs, A. 2017. A new species of Eupariini from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Zootaxa 4353(3): 568–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3.10 Reference page. 

2018

• Bukejs, A. & Alekseev, V.I. 2018. A new extinct species of Ataenius Harold from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Zootaxa 4442(1): 153–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.8 Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Bellés, X. & Alekseev, V.I. 2018. A new species of Dignomus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4486(2): 195–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.9 Reference page. 

2019

• Alekseev, V.I. & Bukejs, A. 2019. Two new species of Xyletinus Latreille (Ptinidae: Xyletininae) in Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4668(4): 525–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.5 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I., Pollock, D.A. & Bukejs, A. 2019. Two new fossil representatives of Eurypinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Mycteridae) from Eocene Baltic amber and placement of Neopolypria nigra Abdullah, 1964. Zootaxa 4551(1): 67–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.1.4 Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Alekseev, V.I., Cooper, D.M.L., King, G.A. & McKellar, R.C. 2019. A new fossil species of Pycnomerus Erichson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from Baltic amber, and a replacement name for a Recent North American congener. Zootaxa 4550(4): 565–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.6 Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Alekseev, V.I. & Pollock, D.A. 2019. Waidelotinae, a new subfamily of Pyrochroidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber of the Sambian peninsula and the interpretation of Sambian amber stratigraphy, age and location. Zootaxa 4664(2): 261–273. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.2.8 Reference page. 

2020

• Alekseev, V.I., Bukejs, A. & Pollock, D.A. 2020. A new fossil Eurypinae genus and sexual dimorphism in the representatives of Omineus (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) from Tertiary amber of Europe. Zootaxa 4820(3): 551–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.3.8 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I., Bukejs, A. & Sontag, E. 2020. A new fossil species of Bolitophagini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Baltic amber suggests the genus Eledonoprius Reitter is persistent in the Western Palaearctic since the Tertiary. Zootaxa 4750(3): 418–424. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.3.7. . Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I., Kupryjanowicz, J., Kairišs, K. & Bukejs, A. 2020. The first described fossil species of Litargus Erichson (Coleoptera: Mycetophagidae) from Eocene Baltic amber examined with X-ray microtomography, and new records of Crowsonium succinium Abdullah, 1964. Zootaxa 4768(3): 405–414. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.7 Reference page. 
• Alekseev, V.I. & Vitali, F. 2020. Description of the first extinct member of the tribe Anaglyptini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from European Tertiary. Zootaxa 4816(1): 135–143. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.11 full article pdf Reference page. 

2021

• Bukejs, A., Bezděk, J., Kairišs, K. & Alekseev, V.I. 2021. The first extinct species of Monolepta Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Bitterfeld amber, described using X-ray micro-computed tomography. Zootaxa 4995(2): 345–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.7 . Reference page. 

2022

• Alekseev, V.I. & Bukejs, A. 2022. Eustrophus praecursor sp. nov.: the first Eocene species of Eustrophinae (Coleoptera: Tetratomidae) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5165(3): 435–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.3.8. . Reference page. 
• Bukejs, A., Moseyko, A.G. & Alekseev, V.I. 2022 (Online) 2023 (Print). Eocenocolaspis gen. nov., a new genus of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber preserving metallic sheen from the Eocene epoch. Historical Biology 35(10): 1771–1777. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2117039 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2023

• Bukejs, A., Alekseev, V. & McKellar, R.C. 2023. First described reed beetle (Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae) from amber: a new member of the littoral community in the Eocene Baltic amber forest. Historical Biology 36(5): 1058–1064. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2203153 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2024

• Bukejs, A., Moseyko, A.G. & Alekseev, V.I. 2024. A new species of the extinct genus Taphioporus Moseyko & Kirejtshuk (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber. Palaeoentomology 7(4): 453–456. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.4.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• Vitalii Alekseev. Macrogamta.lt (Lithuanian)