Prof. Dr. Torsten Wappler

• Pflanzen-Insekten Interaktion im Fossilbericht

• Systematik, Paläoökologie und Taphonomie der Insekten

• Biogeographie ausgestorbener Gitternetzwanzen (Heteroptera, Tingidae)

Aktuell

• Strukturelle Veränderungen von Pflanzen-Insekten-Interaktionen während des mittleren Miozäns in der Oberen Süßwassermolasse (OSM) (DFG WA 1492/17-1)

• Drei-dimensionale Digitalisierung von Insektensammlungen - Allseitige Bildgebung und photogrammetrische Oberflächenrekonstruktion (DFG WA 1492/16-1)

Abgeschlossen

• Insect herbivory during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) in Arctic Spitsbergen – Insides from early Cenozoic high latitudinal floras (DFG WA 1492/9-1)

• Pliocene Insect Herbivory Dynamics in Central Europe as Key to the Future (DFG WA 1492/11-1)

• A new palaeontological view on the origination of the ‚modern’ insect fauna (DFG WA 1492/12-1)

• Evolution of insect-mediated pollination indicated by Palaeogene flowers and insects from Central Europe (DFG WA 1492/6-1)

• Pattern of plant-insect associations from the Miocene floras of Iceland: Indicator for late Cainozoic plant and insect migration? (EU-SYNTHESYS)

• Plant-arthropod associations from the Lower Miocene of the Most Basin in northern Bohemia (Czech Republic) (DFG WA 1492/4-1)

• Albrecht, J., Wappler, T., Fritz, S. A., & Schleuning, M. (2023). Fossil leaves reveal drivers of herbivore functional diversity during the Cenozoic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(32), e2300514120. https://doi.org/doi:10.1073/pnas.2300514120

• Labandeira, C. C., & Wappler, T. (2023). Arthropod and Pathogen Damage on Fossil and Modern Plants: Exploring the Origins and Evolution of Herbivory on Land. Annual Review of Entomology, 68, 341-361. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-102849

• Santos, A. A., Sender, L. M., Wappler, T., & Diez, J. B. (2023). Plant–Insect Interactions on Aquatic and Terrestrial Angiosperms from the Latest Albian (Early Cretaceous) of Estercuel (Northeastern Spain) and Their Paleoenvironmental Implications. Plants, 12(3), 508. https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/3/508

• Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Uhl, D., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Zetter, R., Schönenberger, J., & Grímsson, F. (2023). Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany. Palaeoworld. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.07.003

• Müller, C., Toumoulin, A., Böttcher, H., Roth-Nebelsick, A., Wappler, T., & Kunzmann, L. (2023). An integrated leaf trait analysis of two Paleogene leaf floras. PeerJ, 11, e15140. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15140

• Hazra, T., Adroit, B., Denk, T., Wappler, T., Sarkar, S. K., Bera, S., & Khan, M. A. (2023). Marginal leaf galls on Pliocene leaves from India indicate mutualistic behavior between Ipomoea plants and Eriophyidae mites. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 5702. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31393-2

• Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Uhl, D., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Zetter, R., & Grímsson, F. (2023). Collecting in situ/adhered pollen from fossil compressed angiosperm flowers. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 310, 104831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104831

• Santos, A. A., Hernández-Orúe, A., Wappler, T., Peñalver, E., Diez, J. B., & Nel, A. (2023). Late Carboniferous insects from the Iberian Peninsula: State of the art and new taxa. Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 326(1-6), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1127/pala/2022/0135

• Xu, C., Wang, B., Wappler, T., Chen, J., Kopylov, D., Fang, Y., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhang, H., & Engel, M. S. (2022). High acoustic diversity and behavioral complexity of katydids in the Mesozoic soundscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(51), e2210601119. https://doi.org/doi:10.1073/pnas.2210601119

• de Mazancourt, V., Wappler, T., & Wedmann, S. (2022). Exceptional preservation of internal organs in a new fossil species of freshwater shrimp (Caridea: Palaemonoidea) from the Eocene of Messel (Germany). Scientific Reports, 12(1), 18114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23125-9

• Deng, W., De Franceschi, D., Xu, X., Del Rio, C., Low, S. L., Zhou, Z., Spicer, R. A., Ren, L., Yang, R., Tian, Y., Wu, M., Yang, J., Liang, S., Wappler, T., & Su, T. (2022). Plant–insect and –fungal interactions in Taxodium-like wood fossils from the Oligocene of southwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 302, 104669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104669

• Jiang, H., Tomaschek, F., Drew Muscente, A., Niu, C., Nyunt, T. T., Fang, Y., Schmidt, U., Chen, J., Lonartz, M., Mahler, B., Wappler, T., Jarzembowski, E. A., Szwedo, J., Zhang, H., Rust, J., & Wang, B. (2022). Widespread mineralization of soft-bodied insects in Cretaceous amber. Geobiology, 20(3), 363-376. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12488

• Li, Q., Deng, W., Wappler, T., Utescher, T., Maslova, N., Liu, Y., Jia, H., Song, C., Su, T., & Quan, C. (2022). High frequency of arthropod herbivore damage in the Miocene Huaitoutala flora, Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 297, 104569. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104569

• Malekhosseini, M., Ensikat, H.-J., McCoy, V. E., Wappler, T., Weigend, M., Kunzmann, L., & Rust, J. (2022). Traces of calcium oxalate biomineralization in fossil leaves from late Oligocene maar deposits from Germany. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 15959. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20144-4

• Moreno-Domínguez, R., Maccracken, S. A., Santos, A. A., & Wappler, T. (2022). Plant–insect interactions from the Late Oligocene of Spain (La Val fossil site, Estadilla, Huesca) and their palaeoclimatological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 586, 110782. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110782

• Nel, A., Santos, A. A., Hernández-Orúe, A., Wappler, T., Diez, J. B., & Peñalver, E. (2022). The First Representative of the Roachoid Family Spiloblattinidae (Insecta, Dictyoptera) from the Late Pennsylvanian of the Iberian Peninsula. Insects, 13(9), 828. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/9/828

• Santos, A. A., Hernández-Orúe, A., Wappler, T., & Diez, J. B. (2022). Plant–insect interactions from the Late Pennsylvanian of the Iberian Peninsula (León, northern Spain). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 104658. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104658

• Santos, A. A., Nel, A., Rodríguez-Barreiro, I., Sender, L. M., Wappler, T., & Diez, J. B. (2022). Insect and Plant Diversity in Hot-Spring Ecosystems during the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary from Spain (Aguilar Fm., Palencia). Biology, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11020273

• Santos, A. A., Xiao, L., Labandeira, C. C., Néraudeau, D., Dépré, É., Moreau, J.-D., Perrichot, V., & Wappler, T. (2022). 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. Botany Letters, 169(4), 568-587. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2022.2092772

• Sender, L. M., Wappler, T., García-Ávila, M., Santos, A. A., & Diez, J. B. (2022). First plant-insect interactions on Cretaceous Caytoniales (genus Sagenopteris) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Spain. Cretaceous Research, 138, 105295. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105295

• Wang, X., Ding, Q., Santos, A. A., & Wappler, T. (2022). Nilssoniopteris longifolius Chang from the Middle–Late Jurassic of China: Implications for Bennettitales-insect interactions. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 297, 104582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104582

• Wappler, T., & Vršanský, P. (2022). Cockroaches: masters of ancient non-aquatic ecosystems – Editorial. Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 321(1-6), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1127/pala/2021/0121

• Deregnaucourt, I., Wappler, T., Anderson, J. M., & Béthoux, O. (2021). The wing venation of the Protomyrmeleontidae (Insecta: Odonatoptera) reconsidered thanks to a new specimen from Molteno (Triassic; South Africa). Historical Biology, 33(3), 306-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1616291

• Engel, M. S., Ceríaco, L. M. P., Daniel, G. M., Dellapé, P. M., Löbl, I., Marinov, M., Reis, R. E., Young, M. T., Dubois, A., Agarwal, I., Lehmann A., P., Alvarado, M., Alvarez, N., Andreone, F., Araujo-Vieira, K., Ascher, J. S., Baêta, D., Baldo, D., Bandeira, S. A., . . . Zacharie, C. K. (2021). The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 193(2), 381-387. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab072

• Hauschke, N., Kozur, H. W., Rust, J., Schulz, M., Schweigert, G., Seegis, D., Wappler, T., & Wilde, V. (2021). Arthropoden der Germanischen Trias. In N. Hauschke, M. Franz, & G. H. Bachmann (Eds.), Aufbruch in das Erdmittelalter - TRIAS (pp. 283-296). Pfeil.

• Kohli, M., Letsch, H., Greve, C., Bethoux, O., Deregnaucourt, I., Liu, S., Zhou, X., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Podsiadlowski, L., Gunkel, S., Machida, R., Niehuis, O., Rust, J., Wappler, T., Yu, X., Misof, B., & Ware, J. (2021). Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics. iScience, 24(11), 103324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103324

• Koziol, M., & Wappler, T. (2021). Smaller than Small, the Unique Eocene Louse! Geoconservation Research, 4(2), 557-560. https://doi.org/10.30486/gcr.2021.1917144.1071

• Legalov, A. A., & Wappler, T. (2021). The oldest record of straight-snouted weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brentidae: Brentinae) from the Eocene of Germany. Historical Biology, 33(9), 1464-1472. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1706091

• McCoy, V. E., Boom, A., Wings, O., Gee, C. T., Wappler, T., Labandeira, C.C. (2021). Fossilization of the Eocene "Monkeyhair" laticifer tree from Geiseltal, Germany: A deeper understanding using micro-CT and pyrolysis GC/MS. Palaios, 36(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2020.052

• McCoy, V. E., Wappler, T., & Labandeira, C. C. (2021). Exceptional fossilization of ecological interactions: Plant defenses during the four major expansions of arthropod herbivory in the fossil record. In C. T. Gee, V. E. McCoy, & P. M. Sander (Eds.), Fossilization: Understanding the Material Nature of Ancient Plants and Animals (pp. 187-220). Johns Hopkins University Press. https://books.google.de/books?id=pN4fEAAAQBAJ

• Santos, A. A., Sender, L. M., Wappler, T., Engel, M. S., & Diez, J. B. (2021). A Robinson Crusoe story in the fossil record: Plant-insect interactions from a Middle Jurassic ephemeral volcanic island (Eastern Spain). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 583, 110655. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110655

• Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J., Rapoza, M., & Wappler, T. (2021). The oldest species of Pompilidae to date, a new fossil spider wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Historical Biology, 33(7), 1008-1011. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1675056

• Xu, X. T., Deng, W. Y. D., Zhou, Z. K., Wappler, T., & Su, T. (2021). The first Fulgoridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Eocene of the central Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. Fossil Record, 24(2), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-24-263-2021

• Adroit, B., Zhuang, X., Wappler, T., Terral, J.-F., & Wang, B. (2020). A case of long-term herbivory: specialized feeding trace on Parrotia (Hamamelidaceae) plant species. Royal Society Open Science, 7(10), 201449. https://doi.org/doi:10.1098/rsos.201449

• Brockhaus, T., Müller, O., Nel, A., Poschmann, M., & Wappler, T. (2020). Fossil dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the late Oligocene Fossil-Lagerstätte Enspel (Rhineland-Palatinate, SW-Germany). Palaeoentomology, 3(3), 284-300. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.00.0.0

• Deng, W., Su, T., Wappler, T., Liu, J., Li, S., Huang, J., Tang, H., Low, S. L., Wang, T., Xu, H., Xu, X., Liu, P., & Zhou, Z. (2020). Sharp changes in plant diversity and plant-herbivore interactions during the Eocene–Oligocene transition on the southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change, 194, 103293. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103293

• Nel, A., Wang, B., Engel, M. S., Huang, J., Jia, L.-B., Su, T., & Wappler, T. (2020). Leaf-mimicking katydids from the Middle Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). PalZ, 94, 255-261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-019-00488-5

• Néraudeau, D., Vullo, R., Bénéfice, P., Breton, G., Dépré, É., Gaspard, D., Girard, V., Le Couls, M., Moreau, J.-D., Nel, A., Perrichot, V., Solórzano-Kraemer, M. M., & Wappler, T. (2020). The paralic Albian–Cenomanian Puy-Puy Lagerstätte (Aquitaine Basin, France): An overview and new data. Cretaceous Research, 111, 104124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.022

• Tierney, A., Deregnaucourt, I., Anderson, J. M., Tierney, P., Wappler, T., & Béthoux, O. (2020). The Triassic Mesophlebiidae, a little closer to the crown of the Odonata (Insecta) than other ‘triassolestids’. Alcheringa, 44(2), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2020.1730964

• Vasilikopoulos, A., Misof, B., Meusemann, K., Lieberz, D., Flouri, T., Beutel, R. G., Niehuis, O., Wappler, T., Rust, J., Peters, R. S., Donath, A., Podsiadlowski, L., Mayer, C., Bartel, D., Bohm, A., Liu, S., Kapli, P., Greve, C., Jepson, J. E., . . . Aspock, U. (2020). An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01631-6

• Evangelista, D. A., Wipfler, B., Béthoux, O., Donath, A., Fujita, M., Kohli, M. K., Legendre, F., Liu, S., Machida, R., Misof, B., Peters, R. S., Podsiadlowski, L., Rust, J., Schuette, K., Tollenaar, W., Ware, J. L., Wappler, T., Zhou, X., Meusemann, K., & Simon, S. (2019). An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of cockroaches and termites (Blattodea). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1895), 20182076. https://doi.org/doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2076

• Filho, E. B. d. S., Adami-Rodrigues, K., Lima, F. J. d., Bantim, R. A. M., Wappler, T., & Saraiva, A. Á. F. (2019). Evidence of plant–insect interaction in the Early Cretaceous Flora from the Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil. Historical Biology, 31(7), 926-937. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2017.1408611

• Kunzmann, L., Moraweck, K., Müller, C., Schröder, I., Wappler, T., Grein, M., & Roth-Nebelsick, A. (2019). A Paleogene leaf flora (Profen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) and its potentials for palaeoecological and palaeoclimate reconstructions. Flora, 254, 71-87. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2018.11.005

• Micklich, N., Baranov, V., & Wappler, T. (2019). New information on the feeding habits of the percomorph Rhenanoperca minuta, together with a short look at other fish species from the Eocene Messel Formation of Germany. Bulletin of Geosciences, 94(3), 315-336.

• Selden, P. A., & Wappler, T. (2019). A new spider (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Middle Eocene Messel Maar, Germany. Palaeoentomology, 2(6), 596-601. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.10

• Singh, H., Prasad, M., & Wappler, T. (2019). An early Eocene floral assemblage from the Cambay Shale (Tarkeshwar Lignite Mine) Formation, Gujarat: Palaeoclimatic and phytogeographical implications. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, 64(2), 184-226.

• van Eldijk, T., & Wappler, T. (2019). The insects of the Winterswijk Muschelkalk. Staringia, 16(5/6), 195-197.

• Adroit, B., Girard, V., Kunzmann, L., Terral, J.-F., & Wappler, T. (2018). Plant-insect interactions patterns in three European paleoforests of the late-Neogene – early-Quaternary. PeerJ, 6, e5075. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5075

• Adroit, B., Malekhosseini, M., Girard, V., Abedi, M., Rajaei, H., Terral, J.-F., & Wappler, T. (2018). Changes in pattern of plant-insect interactions on the Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica, Hamamelidaceae) over the last 3 million years. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 258, 22-35. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.06.007

• Engel, M. S., Wang, B., Alqarni, A. S., Jia, L.-B., Su, T., Zhou, Z.-k., & Wappler, T. (2018). A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys, 775, 117-129. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.775.24909

• Gruber, G., Sandrock, O., & Wappler, T. (2018). DARMSTADT: The Paleontological Collections of Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt. In L. A. Beck & U. Joger (Eds.), Paleontological Collections of Germany, Austria and Switzerland – The History of Life of Fossil Organisms at Museums and Universities (pp. 157-164). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77401-5_1

• Katzke, J., Barden, P., Dehon, M., Michez, D., & Wappler, T. (2018). Giant ants and their shape: revealing relationships in the genus Titanomyrma with geometric morphometrics. PeerJ, 6, e4242. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4242

• Müller, C., Wappler, T., & Kunzmann, L. (2018). Insect herbivory patterns in late Eocene coastal lowland riparian associations from central Germany. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 491, 170-184. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.12.006

• Robledo, J. M., Pinheiro, E. R. S., Gnaedinger, S. C., & Wappler, T. (2018). Plant-Insect Interactions on Dicots and Ferns from the Miocene of Argentina. Palaios, 33(7), 338-352. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2017.100

• van Eldijk, T. J. B., Wappler, T., Strother, P. K., van der Weijst, C. M. H., Rajaei, H., Visscher, H., & van de Schootbrugge, B. (2018). A Triassic-Jurassic window into the evolution of Lepidoptera. Science Advances, 4(1), e1701568. http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/1/e1701568.abstract

• Bernardi, M., Petti, F. M., Kustatscher, E., Franz, M., Hartkopf-Fröder, C., Labandeira, C. C., Wappler, T., van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, J. H. A., Peecook, B. R., & Angielczyk, K. D. (2017). Late Permian (Lopingian) terrestrial ecosystems: A global comparison with new data from the low-latitude Bletterbach Biota. Earth-Science Reviews, 175, 18-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.10.002

• Deregnaucourt, I., Wappler, T., Anderson, J. M., & Béthoux, O. (2017). A new triadotypid insect from the Late Triassic of South Africa. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 62(3), 613-618. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00345.2017

• Grímsson, F., Zetter, R., Labandeira, C. C., Engel, M. S., & Wappler, T. (2017). Taxonomic description of in situ bee pollen from the middle Eocene of Germany. Grana, 57(1), 37-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2015.1108997

• Kunzmann, L., Müller, C., Moraweck, K., Bräutigam, D., Wappler, T., & Nel, A. (2017). First record of insects in lignite-bearing formations (upper Eocene) of the central German Leipzig Embayment. PalZ, 91(3), 315-326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-017-0367-3

• Kustatscher, E., Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, J. H. A., Looy, C. V., Labandeira, C. C., Wappler, T., Butzmann, R., Fischer, T. C., Krings, M., H., K., & Vissher, H. (2017). The Lopingian (Late Permian) flora from the Bletterbach Gorge in the Dolomites, Northern Italy: a review. Geo.Alp, 14, 39-61.

• Möller, A. L., Kaulfuss, U., Lee, D. E., & Wappler, T. (2017). High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand. PeerJ, 5, e2985. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2985

• Peters, R. S., Krogmann, L., Mayer, C., Donath, A., Gunkel, S., Meusemann, K., Kozlov, A., Podsiadlowski, L., Petersen, M., Lanfear, R., Diez, P. A., Heraty, J., Kjer, K. M., Klopfstein, S., Meier, R., Polidori, C., Schmitt, T., Liu, S., Zhou, X., . . . Niehuis, O. (2017). Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera. Current Biology, 27(7), 1013-1018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.027

• Skartveit, J., Grímsson, F., & Wappler, T. (2017). Bibionidae (Diptera) from the late Miocene of Hrútagil (Mókollsdalur), Iceland. PalZ, 91(2), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-017-0341-0

• van Eldijk, T., Goris, G., Haarhuis, A., Lankamp, J., Winkelhorst, H., Reumer, J., Nel, A., & Wappler, T. (2017). New fossil insects from the Anisian (Lower to Middle Muschelkalk) from the Central European Basin (Germany and The Netherlands). PalZ, 91(2), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-017-0343-y

• Adroit, B., Wappler, T., Terral, J.-F., Ali, A. A., & Girard, V. (2016). Bernasso, a paleoforest from the early Pleistocene: New input from plant-insect interactions (Hérault, France). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 446, 78-84. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.01.015

• Beutel, R. G., Zhang, W. W., Wappler, T., Bai, M., & Pohl, H. (2016). A miniaturized beetle larva in Cretaceous Burmese amber: reinterpretation of a fossil “strepsipteran triungulin”. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 47(1), 83-91. https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312x-46052134

• Kolibáč, J., Adroit, B., Gröning, E., Brauckmann, C., & Wappler, T. (2016). First record of the family Trogossitidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in the Late Pliocene deposits of Willershausen (Germany). PalZ, 90(4), 681-689. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-016-0316-6

• Labandeira, C. C., Kustatscher, E., & Wappler, T. (2016). Floral Assemblages and Patterns of Insect Herbivory during the Permian to Triassic of Northeastern Italy. PLoS ONE, 11(11), e0165205. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165205

• Mähler, B., Wappler, T., Sanmugaraja, M., Menger, F., & von Koenigswald, W. (2016). Upper Pleistocene blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) trapped in fossilized crania of large mammals discovered from gravel pits in the Rhine rift valley from Hesse (Germany). Palaeontologia Electronica, 19.2.13A, 1-12.

• Rust, J., & Wappler, T. (2016). Palaeontology: The Point of No Return in the Fossil Record of Eusociality. Current Biology, 26(4), R159-R161. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.038

• Wang, B., Xia, F., Engel, M. S., Perrichot, V., Shi, G., Zhang, H., Chen, J., Jarzembowski, E. A., Wappler, T., & Rust, J. (2016). Debris-carrying camouflage among diverse lineages of Cretaceous insects. Science Advances, 2(6), e1501918-e1501918. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501918

• Wappler, T., & Grímsson, F. (2016). Before the ‘Big Chill’: Patterns of plant-insect associations from the Neogene of Iceland. Global and Planetary Change, 142, 73-86. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.05.003

• Béthoux, O., Kondratieff, B., Grímsson, F., Ólafsson, E., & Wappler, T. (2015). Character state-based taxa erected to accommodate fossil and extant needle stoneflies (Leuctridae - Leuctrida tax.n.) and close relatives. Systematic Entomology, 40, 322-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12102

• Gunkel, S., & Wappler, T. (2015). Plant-insect interactions in the upper Oligocene of Enspel (Westerwald, Germany), including an extended mathematical framework for rarefaction. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 95, 55-75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-014-0176-6

• Hartkopf-Fröder, C., Rust, J., Wappler, T., Friis, E. M., & Viehofen, A. (Eds.). (2015). Die letzte Mahlzeit einer Milbe vor 100 Millionen Jahren. Theiss.

• Kjer, K. M., Ware, J. L., Rust, J., Wappler, T., Lanfear, R., Jermiin, L. S., Zhou, X., Aspöck, H., Aspöck, U., Beutel, R. G., Blanke, A., Donath, A., Flouri, T., Frandsen, P. B., Kapli, P., Kawahara, A. Y., Letsch, H., Mayer, C., McKenna, D. D., . . . Misof, B. (2015). Response to Comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution”. Science, 349(6247), 487. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa7136

• Knor, S., Kvaček, Z., Wappler, T., & Prokop, J. (2015). Diversity, taphonomy and palaeoecology of plant-arthropod interactions in the lower Miocene (Burdigalian) in the Most Basin in north-western Bohemia (Czech Republic). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 219, 52-70. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.03.004

• Kotov, A. A., & Wappler, T. (2015). Findings of Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) Dybowski et Grochowski (Branchiopoda: Cladocera) in Cenozoic volcanogenic lakes in Germany, with discussion of their indicator value. Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.2.40A, 1-9.

• Marchetti, L., Forte, G., Bernardi, M., Wappler, T., Hartkopf-Fröder, C., Krainer, K., & Kustatscher, E. (2015). Reconstruction of a Late Cisuralian (Early Permian) floodplain lake environment: Palaeontology and sedimentology of the Tregiovo Basin (Trentino-Alto Adige, Northern Italy). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 440, 180-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.08.021

• Su, T., Adams, J. M., Wappler, T., Huang, Y.-J., Jacques, F. M. B., Liu, Y.-S., & Zhou, Z.-K. (2015). Resilience of plant-insect interactions in an oak lineage through Quaternary climate change. Paleobiology, 41(1), 174-186. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0hq44

• Wang, B., Xia, F., Wappler, T., Simon, E., Zhang, H., Jarzembowski, E. A., & Szwedo, J. (2015). Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect. eLife, 4, e05447. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05447.001

• Wappler, T., Guilbert, E., Labandeira, C. C., Hörnschemeyer, T., & Wedmann, S. (2015). Morphological and Behavioral Convergence in Extinct and Extant Bugs: The Systematics and Biology of a New Unusual Fossil Lace Bug from the Eocene. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0133330. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133330

• Wappler, T., Heiss, E., & Wedmann, S. (2015). New flatbug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) records from the Middle Eocene Messel Maar, Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 89(3), 653-660. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-014-0237-1

• Wappler, T., Kustatscher, E., & Dellantonio, E. (2015). Plant-insect interactions from Middle Triassic (late Ladinian) of Monte Agnello (Dolomites, N-Italy) – initial pattern and response to abiotic environmental perturbations. PeerJ, 3, e921. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.921

• Wappler, T., Labandeira, C. C., Engel, M. S., Zetter, R., & Grímsson, F. (2015). Specialized and Generalized Pollen-Collection Strategies in an Ancient Bee Lineage. Current Biology, 25(23), 3092-3098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.021

• Chen, J., Wang, B., Engel, M. S., Wappler, T., Jarzembowski, E. A., Zhang, H., Wang, X., Zheng, X., & Rust, J. (2014). Extreme adaptations for aquatic ectoparasitism in a Jurassic fly larva. eLife, 3, e02844. http://elifesciences.org/content/3/e02844.abstract

• Háva, J., & Wappler, T. (2014). A new genus and species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the Eckfeld Maar crater (Middle Eocene, Germany). Bulletin of Geosciences, 89(1), 67-74.

• Kustatscher, E., Franz, M., Heunisch, C., Reich, M., & Wappler, T. (2014). Floodplain habitats of braided river systems: depositional environment, flora and fauna of the Solling Formation (Buntsandstein, Lower Triassic) from Bremke and Fürstenberg (Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 94(2), 237-270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-014-0161-0

• Misof, B., Liu, S., Meusemann, K., Peters, R. S., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Frandsen, P. B., Ware, J., Flouri, T., Beutel, R. G., Niehuis, O., Petersen, M., Izquierdo-Carrasco, F., Wappler, T., Rust, J., Aberer, A. J., Aspock, U., Aspock, H., Bartel, D., . . . Zhou, X. (2014). Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. Science, 346(6210), 763-767. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1257570

• Roghi, G., Kustatscher, E., Massimo, B., Dal Corso, J., Forte, G., Franz, M., Hochuli, P., Krainer, K., Massimo Petti, F., Ragazzi, E., Riva, A., Wappler, T., & Gianolla, P. (2014). Field trip to Permo-Triassic Palaeobotanical and Palynological sites of the Southern Alps. Geo.Alp, 11, 29-84.

• Wang, B., Rust, J., Engel, M. S., Szwedo, J., Dutta, S., Nel, A., Fan, Y., Meng, F., Shi, G., Jarzembowski, E. A., Wappler, T., Stebner, F., Fang, Y., Mao, L., Zheng, D., & Zhang, H. (2014). A Diverse Paleobiota in Early Eocene Fushun Amber from China. Current Biology, 24(14), 1606-1610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.048

• Wappler, T., Dlussky, G. M., Engel, M. S., Prokop, J., & Knor, S. (2014). A new trap-jaw ant species of the genus Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Czech Republic. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 88(4), 495-502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-013-0212-2

• Wappler, T., Grímsson, F., Wang, B., Nel, A., Ólafsson, E., Kotov, A. A., Davis, S. R., & Engel, M. S. (2014). Before the ‘Big Chill’: A preliminary overview of arthropods from the middle Miocene of Iceland (Insecta, Crustacea). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 401, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.03.006

• Haug, J. T., Leipner, A., Wappler, T., & Haug, C. (2013). Palaeozoic insect nymphs: new finds from the Piesberg quarry (Upper Carboniferous, Germany). Bulletin of Geosciences, 88(4), 779-791.

• Knor, S., Skuhravá, M., Wappler, T., & Prokop, J. (2013). Galls and gall makers on plant leaves from the lower Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Czech Republic: systematic and palaeoecological implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 188, 38-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.10.001

• Kolibáč, J., & Wappler, T. (2013). Fossilbericht der Buntkäfer (Cleridae). In M. Niehuis (Ed.), Die Buntkäfer in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Saarland (pp. 28-31). Gesellschaft für Naturschutz und Ornithologie Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. (GNOR).

• Kotthoff, U., Wappler, T., & Engel, M. S. (2013). Greater past disparity and diversity hints at ancient migrations of European honey bee lineages into Africa and Asia. Journal of Biogeography, 40, 1832-1838. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12151

• 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., Engel, M. S., & Kirejtshuk, A. G. (2013). The earliest known holometabolous insects. Nature, 503, 257-261. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12629

• Wappler, T., Garrouste, R., Engel, M. S., & Nel, A. (2013). Wasp mimicry among Palaeocene reduviid bugs from Svalbard. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 58(4), 883-887. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0202

• Hartkopf-Fröder, C., Rust, J., Wappler, T., Friis, E. M., & Viehofen, A. (2012). Mid-Cretaceous charred fossil flowers reveal direct observation of arthropod feeding strategies. Biology Letters, 8(2), 295-298. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0696

• Knor, S., Prokop, J., Kvaček, Z., Janovský, Z., & Wappler, T. (2012). Plant–arthropod associations from the Early Miocene of the Most Basin in North Bohemia – Palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological implications. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 321-322, 102-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.023

• Moisan, P., Labandeira, C. C., Matushkina, N. A., Wappler, T., Voigt, S., & Kerp, H. (2012). Lycopsid-arthropod associations and odonatopteran oviposition on Triassic herbaceous Isoetites. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 344-345, 6-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.05.016

• Schmidt, A. R., Jancke, S., Lindquist, E. E., Ragazzi, E., Roghi, G., Nascimbene, P. C., Schmidt, K., Wappler, T., & Grimaldi, D. A. (2012). Arthropods in amber from the Triassic Period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(37), 14796-14801. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1208464109

• Wappler, T., De Meulemeester, T., Murat Aytekin, A., Michez, D., & Engel, M. S. (2012). Geometric morphometric analysis of a new Miocene bumble bee from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Systematic Entomology, 37(4), 784-792. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00642.x

• Wappler, T., Labandeira, C. C., Rust, J., Frankenhäuser, H., & Wilde, V. (2012). Testing for the Effects and Consequences of Mid Paleogene Climate Change on Insect Herbivory. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e40744. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040744

• Braz, F. F., Utida, G., Bernardes-de-Oliveira, M. E. C., Mohr, B., & Wappler, T. (2011). Marcas de atividades de insetos em folhas ninfealeanas eocretáceas da Formação Crato, Bacia do Araripe, Brasil. In Paleontologia: Cenários de Vida (Vol. 4, pp. 209-219). Editora Interciência.

• Engel, M. S., Kotthoff, U., & Wappler, T. (2011). Apis armbrusteri Zeuner, 1931 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed conservation by designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 68(2), 117-121.

• Hughes, D., Wappler, T., & Labandeira, C. C. (2011). Ancient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant-fungal parasitism. Biology Letters, 7(1), 67-70. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0521

• Kaulfuss, U., Wappler, T., Heiss, E., & Lariviere, M.-C. (2011). Aneurus sp. from the Miocene Foulden Maar, New Zealand: first Southern Hemisphere record of fossil Aradidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 41(4), 279-285.

• Kotthoff, U., Wappler, T., & Engel, M. S. (2011). Miocene honey bees from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys, 96, 11-37.

• Petrulevičius, J. F., Wappler, T., Nel, A., & Rust, J. (2011). The diversity of Odonata and their endophytic ovipositions from the Upper Oligocene Fossillagerstätte of Rott (Rhineland, Germany). ZooKeys, 130, 67. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.130.1441

• Pfeifer, M. A., Niehuis, M., Fluck, C. R. u. d. M. M., Schulte, T., Ehrmann, R., Simon, L., Elst, A. v., Wappler, T., Rust, J., & Kiefer, A. (2011). Die Fang- und Heuschrecken in Rheinland-Pfalz. Gesellschaft für Naturschutz und Ornithologie Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. (GNOR).

• Schmied, H., Wappler, T., & Kolibáč, J. (2011). Die Fossilgeschichte der Jagdkäfer. Entomologie Heute, 23, 117-122.

• Wappler, T., & Denk, T. (2011). Herbivory in early Tertiary Arctic forests. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 310, 283-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.020

• Wappler, T., & Rust, J. (2011). Die fossile Saltatorien- und Mantiden-Fauna von Rheinland-Pfalz. In M. A. Pfeifer, M. Niehuis, & C. Renker (Eds.), Die Fang- und Heuschrecken in Rheinland-Pfalz (pp. 68-69). Gesellschaft für Naturschutz und Ornithologie Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. (GNOR).

• Kolibáč, J., Schmied, H., Wappler, T., & Kubisz, D. (2010). A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov. from Baltic amber, with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae). Zootaxa, 2620, 29-44.

• Lutz, H., Kaulfuß, U., Wappler, T., Löhnertz, W., Wilde, V., Mertz, D. F., Mingram, J., Franzen, J. L., Frankenhäuser, H., & Koziol, M. (2010). Eckfeld Maar: Window into an Eocene Terrestrial Habitat in Central Europe. Acta Geologica Sinica, 84(4), 984-1009.

• Prokop, J., Wappler, T., Knor, S., & Kvaček, Z. (2010). Plant-arthropod associations from the Lower Miocene of the Most Basin in northern Bohemia (Czech Republic): A preliminary report. Acta Geologica Sinica, 84(4), 903-914.

• Wang, B., Zhang, H., Wappler, T., & Rust, J. (2010). Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany and their phylogenetic significance. Geological Magazine, 147(10), 570-580. https://doi.org/doi:10.1017/S0016756809990896

• Wappler, T. (2010). Insect herbivory close to the Oligocene-Miocene transition – a quantitative analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 292, 540-555.

• Wappler, T., & Gee, C. T. (2010). Plant-Insect Interactions in Deep Time: Contributions from the 8th International Organisation of Palaeobotany Conference in Bonn, Germany, August 30 – September 5, 2008. Palaeontographica, Abt. B, 283(4-6), 99-101.

• Wappler, T., Tokuda, M., Yukawa, J., & Wilde, V. (2010). Insect herbivores on Laurophyllum lanigeroides (Engelhardt 1992) Wilde: a role of a distinct plant-insect associational suite in host taxonomic assignment. Palaeontographica, Abt. B, 283(4-6), 137-155.

• Winkler, I. S., Labandeira, C. C., Wappler, T., & Wilf, P. (2010). Distinguishing fossil Agromyzidae (Diptera) leaf mines in the fossil record: new taxa from the Paleogene of North America and Germany and their evolutionary implications. Journal of Paleontology, 84(5), 935-954.

• Aristov, D. S., Wappler, T., & Rasnitsyn, A. P. (2009). New and little known Geinitziidae (Insecta; Grylloblattida) from the Triassic and Jurassic of Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia, and South Africa. Paleontological Journal, 43(4), 418-424.

• Dlussky, G. M., Wappler, T., & Wedmann, S. (2009). Fossil ants of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Eocene of Europe and remarks on the evolution of arboreal ant communities. Zootaxa, 2031, 1-20.

• Frankenhäuser, H., Franzen, J. L., Kaulfuß, U., Koziol, M., Löhnertz, W., Lutz , H., Mertz, D. F., Mingram, J., Wappler, T., & Wilde, W. (2009). Das Eckfelder Maar in der Vulkaneifel - Fenster in einem küstenfernen Lebensraum vor 44 Millionen Jahren. Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, 47(Festschrift), 263-324.

• Schmied, H., Wappler, T., & Kolibáč, J. (2009). A new bark-gnawing beetle (Coleoptera, Trogossitidae) from the middle Eocene of Europe, with a checklist of fossil Trogossitidae. Zootaxa, 1993, 17-26.

• Wappler, T., Currano, E. D., Wilf, P., Rust, J., & Labandeira, C. C. (2009). No post-Cretaceous ecosystem depression in European forests? Rich insect-feeding damage on diverse middle Palaeocene plants, Menat, France. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, 4271-4277.

• Wappler, T., Dlussky, G. M., & Reuter, M. (2009). The first fossil record of Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from the Upper Miocene of Crete (Greece). Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 83(3), 431-438.

• Wedmann, S., Wappler, T., & Engel, M. S. (2009). Direct and indirect fossil records of megachilid bees from the Paleogene of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Naturwissenschaften, 96(6), 703-712. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-009-0525-x

• Dlussky, G. M., Wappler, T., & Wedmann, S. (2008). New middle Eocene formicid species from Germany and the evolution of weaver ants. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 53(4), 615-626.

• Petrulevičius, J. F., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Rust, J., & Nel, A. (2008). New megapodagrionid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the Paleogene of Europe. Journal of Paleontology, 82(6), 1173-1181.

• Rust, J., Wappler, T., & Wedmann, S. (2008). Fossile Kostbarkeiten in Ölschiefer. Labor & more, 04/08, 14-16.

• Wappler, T., & Ben-Dov, Y. (2008). Preservation of armoured scale insects on angiosperm leaves from the Eocene of Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 53(4), 627-634.

• Wappler, T., & Petrulevičius, J. F. (2007). Priscalestidae, a new damselfly family (Odonata: Lestinoidea) from the Middle Eocene Eckfeld maar of Germany. Alavesia, 1, 69-73.

• Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., & Rust, J. (2007). Die Fossilgeschichte der Wanzen - ein Überblick. Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, Beiheft, 31, 47-61.

• Szwedo, J., & Wappler, T. (2006). New planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Middle Eocene Messel Maar. Annales Zoologici, 56(3), 555-566.

• Wappler, T. (2006). Lutetiacader, a puzzling new genus of cantacaderid lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Middle Eocene Messel maar, Germany. Palaeontology, 49(2), 435-444.

• Wappler, T., & Engel, M. S. (2006). New record of Mastotermes from the Eocene of Germany (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae). Journal of Paleontology, 80(2), 380-385.

• Wappler, T., & Heiss, E. (2006). Flatbugs from Paleogene limnic sediments. I. Grube Messel (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 75, 207-217.

• Wappler, T., & Heiss, E. (2006). Flatbugs from Paleogene limnic sediments. II. Eckfeld maar (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, 44, 53-60.

• Wappler, T., & Heiss, E. (2006). Flatbugs from Paleogene limnic sediments. III. Enspel (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen, 58, 39-44.

• Gruber, G., Micklich, N., Sandrock, O., & Wappler, T. (Eds.). (2005). Current Research in Vertebrate Palaeontology (Vol. 14). Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.

• Wappler, T., Engel, M. S., & Haas, F. (2005). The earwigs (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) from the middle Eocene Eckfeld maar, Germany. Polish Journal or Entomology, 74(3), 227-250.

• Wappler, T., Hinsken, S., Brocks, J. J., Wetzel, A., & Meyer, C. A. (2005). A fossil sawfly of the genus Athalia (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from the Eocene-Oligocene boundary of Altkirch, France. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 4(1-2), 7-16.

• Wappler, T., & Päckert, M. (Eds.). (2005). Messel unter der Lupe. Hessisches Landesmuseum.

• Wappler, T. (2004). The first lace bug (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Lower Oligocene deposits near Céreste, France. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 2004(5), 278-288.

• Wappler, T. (2004). Notes on a plant-hopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae) from the Middle Eocene Messel maar, Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 2004(11), 694-704.

• Wappler, T., & Andersen, N. M. (2004). Fossil water striders from the Middle Eocene fossil sites Eckfeld and Messel, Germany (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha). Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 78(1), 41-52.

• Wappler, T., Gröning, E., & Brauckmann, C. (2004). Juckreiz im Eozän: Eine 44 Millionen Jahre alte Vogellaus. TUContact, 15, 35-37.

• Wappler, T., Smith, V. S., & Dalgleish, R. C. (2004). Scratching an ancient itch: an Eocene bird louse fossil. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B, 271(S5), 255-258.

• Wappler, T. (2003). Die Insekten aus dem Mittel-Eozän des Eckfelder Maares, Vulkaneifel. Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, Beiheft, 27, 1-234.

• Wappler, T. (2003). New fossil lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Middle Eocene of the Grube Messel (Germany), with a catalog of fossil lace bugs. Zootaxa, 374, 1-26.

• Wappler, T. (2003). Systematik, Phylogenie, Taphonomie und Paläoökologie der Insekten aus dem Mittle-Eozän des Eckfelder Maares, Vulkaneifel. Clausthaler Geowissenschaften, 2, 1-241.

• Wappler, T., & Engel, M. S. (2003). The Middle Eocene bee faunas of Eckfeld and Messel, Germany (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of Paleontology, 77(5), 908-921.

• Wappler, T. (2002). Dicranoptycha (Insecta: Nematocera: Limoniidae) aus der mitteleozänen Fossillagerstätte Eckfelder Maar bei Manderscheid / Eifel (Deutschland). Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, 40, 129-134.

• Wappler, T. (2001). Haglidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) aus der obertriassischen Molteno Formation im südlichen Afrika. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 222(3), 329-352.

• Wappler, T. (2001). New orthopteroid insects from the Upper Triassic Molteno Formation, Karoo Basin, southern Africa. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia, XXIV(52/53), 87-104.