PBDB Collection

Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GAU collection) (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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China (GAU)

Primary reference: L. F. Li, C. K. Shih, J. T. Yao, Y. Gao, and D. Ren. 2021. Two new wasps from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber (Hymenoptera: Apocrita). Cretaceous Research 131(105115) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224169: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.01.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Hymenoptera - Cirrosphecidae	Heterosphex wuni n. gen. n. sp.² Heterosphex wuni n. gen. n. sp.² Li et al. 2022 apoid wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2016001
Hymenoptera - Burmusculidae	Burmusculus angustus n. sp., Burmusculus mutatus n. sp.¹, Burmusculus flexus n. sp.¹ Burmusculus angustus n. sp. Li et al. 2021 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2019102 Burmusculus mutatus n. sp.¹ Li et al. 2024 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2016004 Burmusculus flexus n. sp.¹ Li et al. 2024 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2016003
Hymenoptera - Myanmarinidae	Myanmarina jeannineae Myanmarina jeannineae Li et al. 2018 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2019103
Hymenoptera - Evaniidae	Cretevania bechlyi⁵, Iberoevania nova n. sp.⁵, Sorellevania rara n. sp.⁵ Cretevania bechlyi⁵ Jennings et al. 2013 ensign wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2016007 Iberoevania nova n. sp.⁵ Li et al. 2024 ensign wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2016006 Sorellevania rara n. sp.⁵ Li et al. 2024 ensign wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2016005
Hymenoptera - Aulacidae	Exilaulacus eximius n. sp.⁴, Exilaulacus advenus n. sp.⁴, Electrofoenops exaltatus n. sp.⁴ Exilaulacus eximius n. sp.⁴ Li et al. 2021 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2019107 Exilaulacus advenus n. sp.⁴ Li et al. 2021 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2019106 Electrofoenops exaltatus n. sp.⁴ Li et al. 2021 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2019108
Hymenoptera - Praeaulacidae	Hadraulacus perrarus n. gen. n. sp.³, Azygdellitha nova n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Hadraulacus perrarus n. gen. n. sp.³ Li et al. 2023 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2016002 Azygdellitha nova n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Yang et al. 2024 wasp GAU-HYM-MA-2016008

¹Li et al. 2024; ²Li et al. 2022; ³Li et al. 2023; ⁴Li et al. 2021; ⁵Li et al. 2024; ⁶Yang et al. 2024