This list of fossil arthropods described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that were described during the year 2014. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
Arachnids
Newly named taxa Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes ImagesBaalzebub? mesozoicumSp. nov ValidPenneyCretaceous (middle Cenomanian to early Santonian)A spider of uncertain placement. Originally described as a ray spider; Wunderlich & Müller (2020) transferred it to the family Zarqaraneidae.CheirolepidoptusGen. et sp. nov ValidSidorchuk & Lindquist in Sidorchuk et al.Late Triassic (Carnian)A Tetrapodili mite The type species is C. dolomiticus.Feaella (Tetrafeaella) groehniSp. novValidHenderickx in Henderickx & BooneEoceneBaltic amberA feaellid pseudoscorpionHastocularisGen. et sp. nov ValidGarwood et al.Carboniferous (late Stephanian)A Tetrophthalmi Opiliones. The type species is H. argus.KronocharonGen. et sp. novValidEngel & GrimaldiCretaceous (latest Albian or earliest Cenomanian)Burmese amberAn Amblypygi originally assigned to Neoamblypygi excluded from this group by Garwood et al., 2017). The type species is Kronocharon prendinii.MayachernesGen. et sp. nov Jr synonymRiquelme et al.MioceneMexican amberA chernetid pseudoscorpion. The type species is Mayachernes maatiatus. Moved to Byrsochernes maatiatus by Judson (2016)MinyacarusGen. et sp. nov ValidSidorchuk & Lindquist in Sidorchuk et al.Late Triassic (Carnian)A Tetrapodili mite. The type species is M. aderces.MontsecarachneGen. et sp. nov ValidSeldenEarly Cretaceous (c. 129 Ma)El MontsecOriginally described as a plectreurid spider, subsequently considered to be a member of the crown group of Synspermiata of uncertain affinities. The type species is M. amicus.?Opilioacarus groehniSp. nov ValidDunlop & BernardiLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Burmese amberAn opilioacarid mite.ParacharonopsisGen. et sp. nov ValidEngel & GrimaldiEocene (Ypresian)Cambay Shale FormationA Paracharontidae Amblypygi. The type species is P. cambayensis.Paratrombium rovnienseSp. nov ValidKonikiewicz & MąkolEoceneRovno amberA mite.Pleophrynus hawesiSp. nov ValidDunlop et al.Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)Astrasado FormationAn eophrynid trigonotarbid.PulchellaraneaGen. et sp. nov ValidPoinarCenozoicDominican amberAn orb-weaver spider. The type species is P. pedunculata.SeppoGen. et sp. nov ValidSelden & DunlopEarly Jurassic (Toarcian)Grimmen FormationA probable palpimanoidean spider. The type species is S. koponeni.Tityus knodeliSp. nov ValidLourençoMioceneMexican amberA buthid scorpion.Tuckerella fossilibusSp. nov ValidKhaustov, Sergeyenko & PerkovskyEoceneRovno amberA peacock mite.
Newly named crustaceans