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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2012 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2012. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

Arachnids[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
^[1]	Sp. nov	Disputed	Kumar et al.	Early Permian		India	A mite. Originally described as a species of Acarus; Sidorchuk (2018) considered it more likely to be a misidentified immature oribatid mite (probably a member of the family Nothridae), and more likely to be a contaminant from the extant soil fauna rather than a genuine Paleozoic fossil.^[2]
^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov		Garwood et al.	Carboniferous (late Stephanian)		France	A member of Opiliones. The type species is A. scolos.
^[4]	Gen et comb nov	valid	Dunlop & Braddy	?Ypresian	Quesnel ?	Canada British Columbia	An orb-web spider egg sack ichnogenus. New ichnogenus for (Scudder 1878).^[5]	(1890 illustration
^[6]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wunderlich	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A tree trunk spider. Genus includes new species B. cretacea.
^[7]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Lourenço & Beigel	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A scorpion. The type species is C. complexus.
^[6]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wunderlich	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A member of the family Tetrablemmidae. Genus includes new species E. ohlhoffi.
^[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wunderlich	Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A member of the family Theridiidae, a species of Episinus.
^[8]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wunderlich	Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A member of the family Theridiidae. Genus includes new species F. dominicanus.
^[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wunderlich	Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A tree trunk spider.
^[9]	Gen. et comb. nov	Valid	Sidorchuk & Klimov	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe (Baltic Sea region)	A mite; a new genus for "Acarus" rhombeus Koch & Berendt (1854)
^[6]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Wunderlich	Late Cretaceous	New Jersey amber	United States	A member of the family Uloboridae. Genus includes new species J. longisoma.
^[3]	Gen. et sp. nov		Garwood et al.	Carboniferous (late Stephanian)		France	A member of Opiliones. The type species is M. cronus.
Nephila jurassica^[10]^[11]	sp nov	Objective synonym	Selden, Shih & Ren	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	largest fossil spider described. objective syn of Mongolarachne jurassica^[11]
^[12]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dunlop & Bertrand	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe (Baltic Sea region)	A mite, a species of Labidostomma.
^[6]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wunderlich	Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A member of Araneomorphae belonging to the family . Originally described as a species of , subsequently transferred to the separate genus Parvispina.^[13]
^[8]	Sp. nov	Valid	Wunderlich	Miocene	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A ground spider, a species of Scopoides.
^[14]	Sp. nov	Valid	Dunlop & Mitov	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe (Baltic Sea region)	A member of Opiliones, a species of Siro.
^[15]	Gen. et sp. nov	Valid	Poschmann & Dunlop	Early Devonian		Germany	A member of Trigonotarbida. The type species is S. steinmeyeri.

Crustaceans[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
^[16]	Sp. nov	Valid	De Angeli & Lovato	Eocene (Lutetian)		Italy	An isopod belonging to the family Sphaeromatidae.

Insects[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Agulla protomaculata^[17]	sp nov	jr synonym	Engel	Lutetian	Green River Formation	USA	A raphidiid snakefly. Moved to Archiinocellia protomaculata in 2021^[18]	Archiinocellia protomaculata
Alicodoxa^[19]	Gen et sp nov	Valid	Emeljanov & Shcherbakov	late Eocene	Rovno amber	Ukraine	A planthopper, type species A. rasnitsyni also found in Baltic amber	Alicodoxa rasnitsyni
Anonychomyrma geinitzi^[20]	Comb nov	valid	(Mayr)	Lutetian	Baltic amber	Europe	Fossil Dolichoderin ant	Anonychomyrma geinitzi
^[21]	Sp nov	valid	Marchal, Guilbert, Brisac, & Nel	Turolian		France	A flat bug
^[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pérez-de la Fuente et al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	El Soplao amber deposit	Spain	A fly belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae.
Arostropsis^[23]	Gen et sp nov	valid	Yunakov & Kirejtshuk	Eocene	Baltic amber	Europe	Monotypic broad-nosed weevil genus, one species A. groehni	Arostropsis groehni
Astreptolabis^[24]	Subfam, Gen et sp nov	valid	Engel	Albian	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Monotypic earwig subfamily, one species A. ethirosomatia	Astreptolabis ethirosomatia
^[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pérez-de la Fuente et al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	El Soplao amber deposit	Spain	A fly belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae.
Baltimartyria rasnitsyni^[25]	sp nov	valid		Lutetian	Baltic amber	Europe	the second species in Baltimartyria	Baltimartyria rasnitsyni
^[26]	sp nov	Valid	Gonzalez & Engel	Lutetian	Baltic Amber	Europe	A leaf cutter bee
Deinodryinus velteni^[27]	sp nov	Valid	Guglielmino & Olmi	Lutetian	Baltic amber	Europe	A dryinid wasp.	Deinodryinus velteni
Diochus electrus^[28]	sp nov	valid	& Engel	Lutetian	Baltic amber	Europe	first valid Staphylininae species from the fossil record	Diochus electrus
Dryinus rasnitsyni^[29]	sp nov	valid	&	Burdigalian	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	second fossil Dryinus lamellatus group species	Dryinus rasnitsyni
Eldermyrmex^[30]	Gen et comb nov	Valid	Heterick & Shattuck	Lutetian	Baltic amber	Russia	Fossil Dolichoderine ant, Type species "Iridomyrmex" oblongiceps	Eldermyrmex oblongiceps
Iberoraphidia^[31]	sp nov	valid	Jepsen, Ansorge, & Jarzembowski	Lower Barremian	Serra del Montsec	Spain	A mesoraphidiid snakefly, one species Iberoraphidia dividua
^[22]	Sp. nov	Valid	Pérez-de la Fuente et al.	Early Cretaceous (Albian)	El Soplao amber deposit	Spain	A fly belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae.
Lebanoraphidia^[32]	sp nov	valid	Bechly & Wolf-Schwenninger		Jezzine	Lebanon	A mesoraphidiid snakefly, one species Lebanoraphidia nana
Leptolingia calonervis^[33]	sp.	Valid	Shi, Liu, & Ren	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China
Leptolingia imminuta^[34]	sp.	Valid	Liu, Shi, & Ren	Middle Jurassic	Daohugou Beds	China	The smallest species known in the family Grammolingiidae
Litholingia ptesa^[33]	sp.	Valid	Shi, Yang, & Ren	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China
Mickoleitia longimanus^[35]	Ord., fam., gen. et sp.	valid	Staniczek, Bechly, & Godunko	Lower Cretaceous	Crato Formation	Brazil	A new genus in the new family Mickoleitiidae and a new insect order Coxoplectoptera.	Mickoleitia longimanus
Myanmymar^[36]	gen et sp nov	valid		Albian	Burmese amber	Myanmar	oldest mymarid described	Myanmymar aresconoides
Nanotermes^[37]	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Engel & Grimaldi	Ypresian		India	A Termitid termite	Nanotermes isaacae
Ordralfabetix^[38]	gen et sp.	valid		Ypresian		France	Second fossil lophopid planthopper from Europe	Ordralfabetix sirophatanis
Parastylotermes krishnai^[37]	Sp. nov	valid	Engel & Grimaldi	Ypresian		India	A Stylotermitid termite	Parastylotermes krishnai
Platyperla marquati^[39]	Species	Valid	Gallego et al.	Late Triassic		Argentina	A stonefly, a species of .
Plumalexius^[40]	fam, gen et sp.	valid		Turonian	New Jersey amber	USA	sister genus to	Plumalexius rasnitsyni
Pristomyrmex rasnitsyni^[41]	sp nov	valid	Dlussky & Radchenko	Late Eocene		Denmark	A fossil ant
Prostylotermes^[37]	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Engel & Grimaldi	Ypresian		India	A Stylotermitid termite	Prostylotermes kamboja
Renphasma^[42]	Gen. et sp.	Valid	Nel & Delfosse	Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A stick insect	Renphasma sinica
Termitaradus dominicanus^[36]	Sp nov	valid		Burdigalian?	Dominican amber	Dominican Republic	A termitaphidid termite bug
Titanomyrma lubei^[43]	Gen. et sp.	valid	Archibald, Johnson, Mathewes, & Greenwood	Early Eocene	Green River Formation USA Messel shales, Germany , Germany	USA Germany	new genus for the largest known ants	Titanomyrma lubei
Tytthodiplatys^[24]	Gen et sp. nov	Valid	Engel	Albian	Burmese amber	Myanmar	Oldest member of the family Diplatyidae	Tytthodiplatys mecynocercus
Undulopsychopsis^[44]	Gen et sp. nov	Valid	Peng, Makarkin, Wang, & Ren	Lower Barremian to Upper Aptian	Yixian Formation	China	A psychopsid silky lacewing, only species U. alexi	Undulopsychopsis alexi
^[45]	Sub. Fam., Gen., et Sp. Nov	valid	Poinar	Albian	Burmese amber	Myanmar	A baetid mayfly. The type species is V. buckleyi, type genus of subfamily Vetuformosinae
Zophotermes^[37]	Gen et sp. nov	valid	Engel & Singh	Ypresian		India	A Rhinotermitid termite	Zophotermes ashoki

Trilobites[]

Name	Novelty	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
^[46]	Gen. et 2 sp. nov	Valid	Loch & Taylor	Early Ordovician	Bliss Formation House Limestone Tanyard Formation Wilberns Formation	United States	A member of Asaphida belonging to the family . The type species is C. milleri; genus also includes C. repetskii.
^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adrain, McAdams & Westrop	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation	United States	A member of the family .
^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adrain, McAdams & Westrop	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone	United States	A member of the family .
^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adrain, McAdams & Westrop	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation	United States	A member of the family .
^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adrain, McAdams & Westrop	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation	United States	A member of the family .
^[47]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adrain, McAdams & Westrop	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation	United States	A member of the family .
^[48]	Sp. nov	Valid	Westrop & Landing	Early Cambrian	Brigus Formation	Canada	A member of the family Hebediscidae.
Hintzeia parafirmimarginis^[49]	Sp. nov	Valid	McAdams & Adrain	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation	United States	A member of the family Pliomeridae.
^[50]	Sp. nov	Valid	Rushton	Cambrian (Drumian)	Abbey Shale	United Kingdom
^[51]	Gen. et 6 sp. et comb. nov	Valid	McAdams & Adrain	Early Ordovician	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation Yellow Hill Limestone	United States	A member of the family Pliomeridae. The type species is P. millardensis; genus also includes new species P. deltaensis, P. loganensis, P. rancherensis, P. sevierensis and P. topscityensis, as well as "" quattuor Hintze (1953).
Protopliomerella bowlesi^[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	McAdams & Adrain	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone	United States	A member of the family Pliomeridae.
Protopliomerella kerouaci^[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	McAdams & Adrain	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation Yellow Hill Limestone	United States	A member of the family Pliomeridae.
Protopliomerella okeeffeae^[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	McAdams & Adrain	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation Yellow Hill Limestone	United States	A member of the family Pliomeridae.
Protopliomerella seegeri^[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	McAdams & Adrain	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation	United States	A member of the family Pliomeridae.
Protopliomerella stegneri^[52]	Sp. nov	Valid	McAdams & Adrain	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone	United States	A member of the family Pliomeridae.
^[53]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adrain et al.	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone	United States	A member of the family .
^[53]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adrain et al.	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Yellow Hill Limestone	United States	A member of the family .
^[53]	Sp. nov	Valid	Adrain et al.	Ordovician (Floian)	Fillmore Limestone Garden City Formation	United States	A member of the family .
^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Loch & Taylor	Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician	House Limestone	United States	A member of Asaphida belonging to the family .
^[46]	Sp. nov	Valid	Loch & Taylor	Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician	Bliss Formation House Limestone Wilberns Formation	United States	A member of Asaphida belonging to the family .

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^ Poinar, G. (2011). "Vetuformosa buckleyi n. gen., n. sp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae; Vetuformosinae n. subfam.), a new subfamily of mayflies in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber". Historical Biology. 23 (4): 369–374. doi:10.1080/08912963.2011.559084.
^ ^a ^b ^c James D. Loch; John F. Taylor (2011). "New symphysurinid trilobites from the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary interval in the western United States". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 42: 417–436. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.828.4661.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jonathan M. Adrain; Neo E.B. McAdams; Stephen R. Westrop (2011). "Affinities of the Lower Ordovician (Tulean; lower Floian) trilobite Gladiatoria, with species from the Great Basin, western United States" (PDF). Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 42: 321–367.
^ Stephen R. Westrop; Ed Landing (2011). "Lower Cambrian (Branchian) eodiscoid trilobites from the lower Brigus formation, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 42: 209–262.
^ Neo E.B. McAdams; Jonathan M. Adrain (2011). "Systematics of the Lower Ordovician pliomerid trilobite Hintzeia, with species from the Great Basin, western USA" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2910: 1–45.
^ Adrian W.A. Rushton (2011). "The mid-Cambrian (Drumian) centropleurid trilobite Luhops and its relatives from the Abbey Shale formation near Nuneaton, central England". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 42: 93–104.
^ Neo E.B. McAdams; Jonathan M. Adrain (2011). "Panisaspis, a new genus of pliomerid trilobites from the Lower Ordovician (Ibexian; Tulean and Blackhillsian) of the Great Basin, western USA" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2969: 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2969.1.1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Neo E.B. McAdams; Jonathan M. Adrain (2011). "Revision of the Lower Ordovician (lower Floian; Tulean) pliomerid trilobite Protopliomerella, with new species from the Great Basin, western USA" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3144: 1–113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3144.1.1.
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