Yuri Alexandrovich Popov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Попов) (5 March 1936 – 16 November 2016
) was a Soviet and Russian paleoentomologist, an authority on the taxonomy and evolution of fossil true bugs (
Heteroptera) and
Coleorrhyncha
Coleorrhyncha or Peloridiomorpha, also known as moss bugs or beetle bugs, are a suborder of Hemiptera and represent an ancient lineage of moss-feeding insects. They show some similarities to the Heteroptera but have been considered distinct. It ha ...
. He described more than 20 new families and subfamilies and 300 new genera and species from the
Mesozoic
The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretace ...
and
Cenozoic. He also was one of the founders of the modern higher classification of true bugs: three of seven heteropteran infraorders have been established by him (
Nepomorpha Popov, 1968,
Gerromorpha
The Gerromorpha comprise an infraorder of insects in the "true bug" order Hemiptera. These "typical" bugs (suborder Heteroptera) are commonly called semiaquatic bugs or shore-inhabiting bugs. The Ochteroidea (infraorder Nepomorpha are also foun ...
Popov, 1971, and
Leptopodomorpha
Leptopodomorpha is an infraorder of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Leptopodomorpha is an infraorder of the order Heteroptera that contains more than 380 species. These small insects are also called shore bugs, or spiny shore bugs. As ...
Popov, 1971). He was the author of more than 170 publications, including a classic monograph on the evolution of water bugs.
Selected publications
*Popov, Yu.A. (1971) Historical development of true bugs of the infraorder Nepomorpha (Heteroptera). Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta AN SSSR 129: 1–230 (in Russian).
*Popov, Yu.A. & Shcherbakov, D.E. (1991) Mesozoic Peloridioidea and their ancestors (Insecta: Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha). Geologica et Palaeontologica 25: 215–235.
*Popov, Yu.A., Dolling, W.R. & Whalley, P.E.S. (1994) British Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic Heteroptera and Coleorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera). Genus, 5(4): 307–347.
Families and subfamilies of fossil Hemiptera established by Yuri Popov
*Karabasiidae Popov, 1985 (Coleorrhyncha Peloridioidea)
*Hoploridiinae Popov et Shcherbakov, 1991 (Karabasiidae)
*Propreocorinae Popov, Dolling et Whalley, 1994 (Ochteridae)
*Shurabellidae Popov, 1971 (Corixoidea)
*Archaeocorixinae Popov, 1968 (Corixidae)
*Ijanectinae Popov, 1971 (Corixidae)
*Velocorixinae Popov, 1986 (Corixidae)
*Corixonectinae Popov, 1986 (Corixidae)
*Diapherininae Popov, 1988 (Corixidae)
*Scaphocoridae Popov, 1968 (Notonectoidea)
*Mesotrephidae Popov, 1971 (Notonectoidea)
*Sphaerodemopsinae Popov, 1971 (Naucoridae)
*Stygeonepinae Popov, 1971 (Belostomatidae)
*Pterocimicidae Popov, Dolling & Whalley, 1994 (Nepomorpha)
*Enicocorinae Popov, 1980 (Saldidae)
*Taimyrocoridae Popov, 2016 (Cimicoidea)
*Ciorullinae Popov, 2004 (Microphysidae)
*Ignotingidae Zhang, Golub, Popov et Shcherbakov, 2005 (Tingoidea)
*Hispanocaderidae Golub, Popov et Arillo, 2012 (Tingoidea)
*Tingiometrinae Heiss, Golub et Popov, 2015 (Tingidae)
*Kobdocoridae Popov, 1986 (Aradoidea)
*Lygaenocorinae Popov, 1961 (Lygaeidae)
*Monstrocoreinae Popov, 1968 (Coreidae)
*Mesopentacoridae Popov, 1968 (Pentatomoidea)
Genera and families named after Yuri Popov
*''Yuripopovia'' Jarzembowski, 1991 (
Progonocimicidae
The Progonocimicidae are an extinct family of true bugs in the suborder Coleorrhyncha. Progonocimicidae fossils have been found in Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.
Families preserved in the fossil record of Coleorrhyncha include the e ...
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*''Popoviana'' Herczek, 1997 (Miridae; nom.nov. pro ''Popovia'' Herczek 1993)
*''Archepopovia'' Golub 2001 (Tingidae)
*''Yurigocimex'' Martins-Neto et Gallego, 2003 (Progonocimicidae)
*''Popovigocimex'' Martins-Neto et Gallego, 2003 (Progonocimicidae)
*''Popovus'' Oezdikmen et Demir, 2007 (Progonocimicidae; nom.nov. pro ''Progonus'' Popov, 1986)
*''Popovophysa'' McKellar et Engel, 2011 (Microphysidae)
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Yuripopovinidae
Yuripopovinidae is an extinct family of Coreoidea Hemipteran true bugs. Member species are known from the Early Cretaceous and early Late Cretaceous of Asia and northern Gondwana. Among the distinguishing characters are "the hemelytral costal ve ...
Azar et al., 2011 and ''Yuripopovina'' Azar et al., 2011 (Coreoidea)
*''Yuripopoverus'' Stroinski et Szwedo, 2011 (Ricaniidae)
*''Popovineura'' Fedotova et Perkovsky, 2014 (Cecidomyiidae)
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External links
Yuri Popov – Photos and more
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2016 deaths
Russian paleontologists
Russian entomologists
1936 births
Soviet paleontologists
Soviet entomologists
Moscow State University alumni