Born in Moscow, Russia, June 30, 1946. Graduated from the Moscow State University in 1972, Biological Faculty, Department of Entomology. At the Paleontological Institute of the Russian (formerly USSR) Academy of Sciences (PIN RAN) senior technical worker, 1973-197 , junior research worker 197 -1986, PhD from this Institute 1985, research worker 1986-1993, deputy director on science of the PIN RAN 1993-1995, senior research worker 1996 till now.
Scientific interests are concentrated on taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution and ecology of Dictyopteridea (Palaeodictyoptera, Megasecoptera, Diaphanopterodea), Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera. Over 60 publications cover the above groups, including the monograph “Historical development of stoneflies” (1987). The monograph contains the data about fossil stoneflies all over the world, their origin, system, phylogeny, biogeography, ecological evolution, stratigraphic importance.
PUBLICATIONS (excluding abstracts)
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1973. To the knowledge of the genus Rhithrogena Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Vestn. Moscow Univ. 3: 16-22 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1973. The mayfly larvae of the Palearctic species of the genus Rhithrogena Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Vestn. Moscow Univ. 5: 9-17 (in Russian).
Tshernova O.A., Sinichenkova N.D. 1974. A new genus and species of the fossil mayflies of the family Hexagenitidae (Ephemeroptera) from South of the European part of the USSR and their relationship with living mayflies. Entomol. Rev. 53 (1): 130-136 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1976. New Early Cretaceous mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from Eastern Transbaikalia. Paleontol. J. 2: 85-93 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) from the Caucasus. Entomol. Obozr. 55(4): 853-862 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D., Tshernova O.A. 1976. New data for the Asiatic species of the genus Ameletus Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Siphlonuridae). Vestn. Mosc. Univ. 5: 11-19 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1977. The mayflies of the genus Ameletus Eaton from the Maritime province (Ephemeroptera, Siphlonuridae). In: The Freshwater Fauna of the National Reserve “Kedrovaya pad'”. Trans. Biol.-soil Inst. DVO AN SSSR. 45(148): 44-49 (in Russian).
Sharov A.G., Sinichenkova N.D. 1977. New Palaeodictyoptera from the territory of the USSR. Paleontol. J. 11(1): 44-59.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1978. A redescription of the larval and imaginal stages of Ironaesculus (Imanishi), 1934 with the discussion of the evolution of the gill apparatus of the genus Iron Eaton, 1881 (Ephemeroptera, Heptqgeniidae). Bull. Mosc. Soc. Naturalists Sect.Biology. 83(5): 49-56 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1979. A new family of the Palaeodidctyoptera from the Carboniferous of Siberia. Paleontol. J. 13(2): 192-205.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1979. Rhithrogenaexcisa sp. n. (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) – a new mayfly species from the Caucasus. In: The New Insect Species. Trans. Vsesoyuzn. Entomol. Obsch. 61: 7-9. (in Russian)
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1979. The mayflies of the genus Rhithrogena Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) from the Caucasus. Entomol. Obozr. 58(4): 811-820. (in Russian)
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1980. A revision of the order Permothemistidae (Insecta). Paleontol. J. 14(4): 97-112.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1980. The order Dictyoneurida. The order Mischopteridae. The order Permothemistida. In: Rhodendorf B.B., Rasnitsyn A.P. (edts.) The Historical Development of Insects. Moscow. Nauka, 44-49 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1981. A new species of the Tchirkovaeidae species (Insecta, Dictyoneurida) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Tunguska basin. Paleontol. J. 15(1): 121-123.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1981. The peculiar <dipterous> insects from the Permian of Arkhangelsk district and Urals (Hypoperlida, Eukulojidae). Bull. Mosc. Soc. Naturalists Sect. Geology. 56(3): 116-126 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1981. The new mayfly species of the genus Ameletus Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Siphlonuridae) from Sikhote-Alin. In: The Invertebrate Animals in the Ecosystems of the Salmon Rivers of the Far East. DVNC AN SSSR, Vladivostok: 73-78 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1981. To the knowledge of the mayfly genus Epeorus Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Entomol. Obozr. 60(4): 813-823 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1982. The new mayfly species of the genera Iron and Rhithrogena from the Far East and Transbaikalia (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae). Bull. Mosc. Soc. Naturalists Sect. Biology. 87(1): 53-67 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1982. The systematic position of the Jurassic stoneflies Mesoleuctra gracilis Br., Redt., Gangl. and Platyperla platypoda Br., Redt., Gangl and their stratigraphic distribution. Bull. Mosc. Soc. Naturalists Sect. Geology. 87(4): 112-124 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1982. A new mayfly species Epeorus rautiani sp. nov. from Transbaikalia (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Bull. Mosc. Soc. Naturalists Sect. Biology. 87(5): 52-58 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1983. New Jurassic stoneflies (Perlida) from Transbaikalia. Paleontol. J. 17(1): 90-97.
McCafferty W.P., Sinitshenkova N. 1983. Litobrancha from the Oligocene in Eastern Asia (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. America. 76(2): 205-208.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1984. The Mesozoic mayflies (Ephemeroptera) with special refernce to their ecology. Proc. 4 Int. Conf. Ephemeroptera, Bechyne, Sept.4-10, 1983. Ceske Budejovice, 61-66.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1985. The Jurassic mayflies (Ephemerida = Ephemeroptera) of South Siberia and West Mongolia. In: Rasnitsyn A.P. (ed.). The Jurassic Insects of Siberia and Mongolia. Trans. Paleontol. Inst. AN SSSR Moscow. Nauka. 211: 11-23 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1985. The Jurassic stoneflies of South Siberia and adjoining territories (Perlida = Plecoptera). In: Rasnitsyn A.P. (ed.). The Jurassic Insects of Siberia and Mongolia. Trans. Paleontol. Inst. AN SSSR Moscow. Nauka. 211: 148-171 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1985. The new Jurassic stoneflies of the family Baleyopterygidae. Paleontol. J.19(4): 129-134.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1986. Mayflies. Ephemerida (=Ephemeropotera). In: Rasnitsyn A.P. (ed.). Insects in the Early Cretaceous Ecosystems of the Western Mongolia. Trans. Joint Sov.-Mongol. Paleontol. Exped. Moscow. Nauka. 28: 45-46 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1986. Stoneflies. Perlida (Plecoptera). In: Rasnitsyn A.P. (ed.). Insects in the Early Cretaceous Ecosystems of the Western Mongolia. Trans. Joint Sov.-Mongol. Paleontol. Exped. Moscow. Nauka. 28: 169-171 (in Russian).
Tshernova O.A., Kluge N.Yu., Sinitshenkova N.D., Belov V.V. 1986. The order Ephemeroptera – mayflies. In: Ler P.A. (ed.). Keys to insects of the USSR Far East. V. 1. Apterygotans, Palaeopterans, Hemimetabolans. Leningrad, Nauka Press, 99-142 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1987. The Historical Development of Stoneflies. Trans. Paleontol. Inst. AN SSSR. 221, 143 pp. (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1989. New Mesozoic mayflies (Ephemerida) from Mongolia. Paleontol. J. 23(3): 26-37.
Sinitshenkova N.D., Varykhanova K.V. 1989. A new mayfly species of the genus Ameletus Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Siphlonuridae) from Mongolia. Entomol. Obozr. 68(3): 576-581 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1990. The mayflies. Ephemerida. In: Rasnitsyn A.P. (ed.). The Late Mesozoic Insects from Eastern Transbaikalia. Trans. Paleontol. Inst. AN SSSR. Moscow. Nauka. 239: 13-20 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1990. The stoneflies. Perlida. In: Rasnitsyn A.P. (ed.). The Late Mesozoic Insects from Eastern Transbaikalia. Trans. Paleontol. Inst. AN SSSR. Moscow. Nauka. 239: 207-210 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1990. The stoneflies in the continental Mesozoic deposits. In: Krassilov V.A. (ed.). Continental Cretaceous of the USSR. Vladivostok. DVO SSSR, 38-40 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1990. The mayflies in the continental Mesozoic deposits. In: Krassilov V.A. (ed.). Continental Cretaceous of the USSR. Vladivostok. DVO SSSR, 41-43 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1990. New Mesozoic stoneflies of Asia. Paleontol. J. 24(3): 62-70.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1991. New Mesozoic mayflies from Transbaikalia and Mongolia. Paleontol. J.25(1): 116-119. [request PDF]
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1992. New Upper Mesozoic stoneflies from Yakutia (Insecta: Perlida=Plecoptera). Paleontol. J. 26(3): 43-55.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1992. Two new insect species (Insecta: Dictyoneurida = Palaeodictyoptera. Perlida=Plecoptera) from the Late Permian of South Mongolia. In: New Taxa of Fossil Invertebrates from Mongolia. Trans. Joint Sov.-Mongol. Paleontol. Exped.41: 98-100 (in Russian).
Kukalová-Peck J., Sinitshenkova N.D. 1992. The wing venation and systematics of Lower Permian Diaphanopteridea from the Urals Mountains, Russia (Insecta: Paleoptera). Can. J. Zool. 70: 229-235.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1993. A new insect family Aykhalidae from the Upper Palaeozoic of Yakutia-Sakha (Insecta: Mischopteridae = Megasecoptera). Paleontol. J.27(1A): 131-134.
Sinichenkova [Sinitshenkova] N.D. 1995. New Late Mesozoic stoneflies from Shara-Teeg, Mongolia (Insecta: Perlida = Plecoptera). Paleontol. J., 29(4): 93-104.
Sinichenkova N.D., Zherikhin V.V. 1996. Mesozoic lacustrine biota: extinction and persistence of communities. Paleontol. J.30(6): 710-715.[Abstract] [PDF]
Sinichenkova N.D. 1997. Palaeontology of stoneflies. In: P. Landolt & M. Sartori (eds.). Ephemeroptera & Plecoptera: Biology-Ecology-Systematics. Fribourg. P. 561-565.
Sinichenkova N.D. 1997. The first European Cretaceous stonefly (Insecta, Perlida=Plecoptera). Cretaceous Research. 19: 1-5.
Sinitshenkova N.D., Kukalová-Peck J. 1997. Permuralia – a new name for Uralia Kukalova-Peck and Sinichenkova, 1992 (Insecta: Diaphanopterida = Diaphanopteridea). Paleontol. Zh. 31(4): 438.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1998. New Upper Mesozoic stoneflies from Central Transbaikalia (Insecta: Perlida=Plecoptera). Paleontol. Zh. 32(2): 167-173.[Abstract]
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1999. A new mayfly species of the extant genus Neoephemera from the Eocene of North America (Insecta: Ephemerida=Ephemeroptera). Paleontol. Zh. 33(4): 403-405.[Abstract] [request PDF]
Sinitshenkova N.D. 1999. The Mesozoic aquatic assemblages of Transbaikalia, Russia. Proceedings of the First Palaeoentomological Conference, Moscow 1998. Bratislava, 149-154.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 2000. New mayflies from the Upper Mesozoic locality Chernovskiye Kopi (Insecta: Ephemerida=Ephemeroptera). Paleontol. Zh. 1: 63-69 (in Russian).
Sinitshenkova N.D. 2000. The first fossil prosopistomatid mayfly from Burmese amber (Ephemeroptera: Prosopistomatidae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Geol.) 56(1): 23-26.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 2000. New Jersey amber mayflies: the first North American Mesozoic member of the order (Insecta; Ephemeroptera). In: D.Grimaldi (ed.). Studies on fossils in amber, with particular reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 111-125.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 2000. A review of Triassic mayflies, with a description of new species from Western Siberia and Ukraine (Ephemerida=Ephemeroptera). Paleontol. J. 34(suppl. 3): 275-383.[Abstract]
Sinitshenkova N.D. 2002. New Late Mesozoic Mayflies from the Locality of Shar-Teg, Mongolia (Insecta, Ephemerida=Ephemeroptera). Paleontol. J.36 (3): 270-276. [Abstract]
Sinitshenkova N.D., Coram R.A. 2002. The first mayfly from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England (Insecta: Ephemerida= Ephemeroptera). Cretaceous Research23 (4): 461-463. [Abstract]
Sinitshenkova N.D. 2003. Main ecological events in aquatic insects history. Acta zoologica cracoviensia46 (suppl. - Fossil Insects): 381-392.
Rasnitsyn A.P., Aristov D.S., Gorochov A.V., Rowland J.M., Sinitshenkova N.D. 2004. Important new insect fossils from Carrizo Arroyo and the Permo-Carboniferous faunal boundary. New Mexico Mus. Natur. Hist. Bull.25: 215-246.
Sinitshenkova N.D. 2004. New stoneflies of the family Palaeonemouridae from the Upper Permian of Udmurtiya and the Orenburg Region (Insecta: Perlida = Plecoptera). Paleontol. J. 38(suppl. 2): 164-172. [Abstract] [PDF1] [PDF2] [PDF3]
Sinitshenkova N.D. 2005. The oldest known record of an imago of Nemouridae (Insecta: Perlida = Plecoptera) in the Late Mesozoic of Eastern Transbaikalia. Paleontol. J. 39(1): 38-40.[Abstract] [PDF]
Sinitshenkova N.D., Marchal-Papier F., Grauvogel-Stamm L., Gall J.-C. 2005. The Ephemeridea (Insecta) from the Grès à Voltzia (early Middle Triassic) of the Vosges (NE France). Paläontologische Zeitschrift79 (3): 377-397. [request PDF]
Huang D.-y., Ren D., Sinitshenkova N., and Shih C. 2007. New genus and species of Hexagenitidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Yixian Formation, China. Zootaxa1629: 39-50. [Abstract] [request PDF]
Huang J., Sinitshenkova N.D., Ren D., and Shih C. 2007. New fossil mayflies from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. Annales Zoologici57 (2): 221-225. [PDF]
Liu Y., Ren D., Sinitshenkova N.D., and Shih Ch.-k. 2007. The oldest known record of Taeniopterygidae in the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China (Insecta: Plecoptera). Zootaxa1521: 1-8. [Abstract] [request PDF]
Liu Y., Sinitshenkova N.D., and Ren D. 2007. A new genus and species of stonefly (Insecta: Plecoptera) from the Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province, China. Cretaceous Research28 (2): 322-326. [Abstract] [request PDF]
Huang J.-D., Ren D., Sinitshenkova N.D., and Shih C.-K. 2008. New fossil mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. Insect Science15 (2): 193-198. [Abstract] [PDF]
Liu Y.-sh., Ren D., Sinitshenkova N.D., and Shih Ch.-k. 2008. Three new stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Acta geologica sinica82 (2): 249-256. [PDF]
