Burmese amber (SEMC Kansas coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

• "...inclusions in the piece are numerous frass pellets and wood fragments, further suggestive (besides body form) of arboreal/wood nesting habits of the ant..."
• "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: University of Kansas. Specimens have same numbering style (BU-xxx) as AMNH collections so they may be from the same source.

Primary reference: M. S. Engel, D. A. Grimaldi, and K. Krishna. 2007. Primitive termites from the Early Cretaceous of Asia (Isoptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 371:1-32 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123116: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Mythicomyiidae
Microburmyia analvena n. gen. n. sp.10
Microburmyia analvena n. gen. n. sp.10 Grimaldi and Cumming 2011 fly
KU Bu-079
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Protoculicoides revelatus n. sp.2
Protoculicoides revelatus n. sp.2 Borkent 2019 biting midge
KU-NHM-ENT Bu-055
 Alienoptera - Alienopteridae
Alienopterella sp.12
Alienopterella sp.12 Kočárek 2018 winged insect
SEMC F000388
 Blattodea - Mylacrotermitidae
Mylacrotermes cordatus n. gen. n. sp.
Mylacrotermes cordatus n. gen. n. sp. Engel et al. 2007 termite
KU Bu-045
 Coleoptera - Ptilodactylidae
Aphebodactyla rhetine n. gen. n. sp.3
Aphebodactyla rhetine n. gen. n. sp.3 Chatzimanolis et al. 2012 beetle
KU Bu-006
 Coleoptera - Scirtidae
Mesernobius anawrahtai n. gen. n. sp.7
Mesernobius anawrahtai n. gen. n. sp.7 Engel 2010 marsh beetle
KU Bu-019
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Prosolierius sp.14, Prosolierius crassicornis14, Ektatotricha paradoxa4
Prosolierius sp.14 Thayer et al. 2012 rove beetle
KU Bu014
Prosolierius crassicornis14 Thayer et al. 2012 rove beetle
KU Bu030
Ektatotricha paradoxa4 Chatzimanolis et al. 2010 antlike stone beetle
KU Bu-001, 056, 067, 092
 Neuroptera - Rhachiberothidae
Scoloberotha necatrix n. gen. n. sp.9
Scoloberotha necatrix n. gen. n. sp.9 Engel and Grimaldi 2008 thorny lacewing
KU Bu-056
 Neuroptera - Berothidae
Haploberotha persephone9
Haploberotha persephone9 Engel and Grimaldi 2008 beaded lacewing
KU Bu-010
 Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae
Baissoptera pankowskiorum n. sp.11
Baissoptera pankowskiorum n. sp.11 Lu et al. 2020 snakefly
SEMC F000385
 Hymenoptera - Dryinidae
Hybristodryinus resinicolus n. gen. n. sp.5
Hybristodryinus resinicolus n. gen. n. sp.5 Engel 2005 wasp
KU Bu-023
 Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Holopsenelliscus pankowskiorum n. gen. n. sp.8
Holopsenelliscus pankowskiorum n. gen. n. sp.8 Engel 2019 flat wasp
SEMC F000383 (Bu-129)
 Hymenoptera - Sapygidae
Cretosapyga resinicola n. gen. n. sp.1
Cretosapyga resinicola n. gen. n. sp.1 Bennett and Engel 2005 wasp
KU Bu022
 Hymenoptera - Platygastridae
Platygastridae indet.13
Platygastridae indet.13 Haliday 1833 wasp
KU-NHM-ENT Bu-007
 Hymenoptera - Evaniidae
Sorellevania deansi n. gen. n. sp.6
Sorellevania deansi n. gen. n. sp.6 Engel 2006 ensign wasp
KU Bu-058
1Bennett and Engel 2005; 2Borkent 2019; 3Chatzimanolis et al. 2012; 4Chatzimanolis et al. 2010; 5Engel 2005; 6Engel 2006; 7Engel 2010; 8Engel 2019; 9Engel and Grimaldi 2008; 10Grimaldi et al. 2011; 11Lu et al. 2020; 12Luo et al. 2022; 13Talamas et al. 2019; 14Thayer et al. 2012