PBDB Collection

Taimyr Amber, Nizhnyaya Agapa River (PIN collection 3426) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (70.1° N, 86.8° E: paleocoordinates 67.8° N, 60.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dolgan Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1975. Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR 147:1-134 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35051: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 28.10.2003, edited by Jered Karr, Matthew Clapham and Lindy Edwards

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Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
Araneae -	Araneomorphae indet.⁵ Araneomorphae indet.⁵ Smith 1902 spider
Araneae - Segestriidae	? Segestriidae indet.⁵ ? Segestriidae indet.⁵ Simon 1893 tube-dwelling spider
Insecta
Diptera - Hybotidae	Cretoplatypalpus archaeus n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Cretoplatypalpus archaeus n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Kovalev 1978 dance fly PIN 3426/206, 207, 208
Diptera - Phoridae	Agaphora rara n. gen. n. sp.¹⁷ Agaphora rara n. gen. n. sp.¹⁷ Mostovski 1999 scuttle fly PIN 3426/249
Diptera -	? Thereotricha agapa n. sp.³ ? Thereotricha agapa n. sp.³ Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 fungus gnat PIN 3426/256
Diptera - Keroplatidae	Protognoriste amplicauda n. gen. n. sp.³ Protognoriste amplicauda n. gen. n. sp.³ Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 long beaked fungus gnat PIN 3426/257
Diptera - Ceratopogonidae	Atriculicoides sp.²⁰, "Leptoconops boreus n. sp." = Leptoconops (Leptoconops) boreus⁸ Atriculicoides sp.²⁰ Remm 1976 biting midge PIN 3426/241, 242, 243, 244 "Leptoconops boreus n. sp." = Leptoconops (Leptoconops) boreus⁸ Kalugina 1991 biting midge PIN 3426/119
Diptera - Chaoboridae	Taimyborus aequiarticulatus n. gen. n. sp.¹⁴ Taimyborus aequiarticulatus n. gen. n. sp.¹⁴ Lukashevich 1999 phantom midge PIN 3426/69
Hymenoptera - Pemphredonidae	Cretoecus spinicoxa n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Cretoecus spinicoxa n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Budrys 1993 aphid wasp PIN 3426/189
Hymenoptera - Falsiformicidae	Falsiformica cretacea n. gen. n. sp. Falsiformica cretacea n. gen. n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1975 wasp PIN 3426/15, 16
Hymenoptera - Dryinidae	"Laberius antiquus n. sp." = Dryinus antiquus¹⁸ "Laberius antiquus n. sp." = Dryinus antiquus¹⁸ Ponomarenko 1981 wasp PIN 3426/221
Hymenoptera - Maimetshidae	Cretogonalys taimyricus n. gen. n. sp.¹⁹ Cretogonalys taimyricus n. gen. n. sp.¹⁹ Rasnitsyn 1977 wasp PIN 3426/205
Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae	Eubaeus abdominalis n. sp.¹⁰, Agapia sukatchevae n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰, Agapteron popovi n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Eubaeus abdominalis n. sp.¹⁰ Kopylov 2012 ichneumon wasp PIN 3426/187 Agapia sukatchevae n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Kopylov 2012 ichneumon wasp PIN 3426/185 Agapteron popovi n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Kopylov 2012 ichneumon wasp PIN 3426/186
Hymenoptera - Serphitidae	Microserphites parvulus n. gen. n. sp.¹² Microserphites parvulus n. gen. n. sp.¹² Kozlov and Rasnitsyn 1979 wasp PIN 3426/31
Hymenoptera - Gallorommatidae	"Palaeomymar agapa n. sp." = Galloromma agapa¹² "Palaeomymar agapa n. sp." = Galloromma agapa¹² Kozlov and Rasnitsyn 1979 wasp PIN 3426/25, 18
Hymenoptera - Baeomorphidae	Baeomorpha yantardakh⁶, Baeomorpha zherikhini⁶ Baeomorpha yantardakh⁶ Gumovsky 2017 chalcid wasp PIN 3426/277 Baeomorpha zherikhini⁶ Gumovsky 2017 chalcid wasp PIN 3426/258
Hymenoptera - Evaniidae	Cretevania minuta n. sp. Cretevania minuta n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1975 ensign wasp PIN 3426/13
Hymenoptera - Orussidae	Mesorussus taimyrensis n. gen. n. sp.¹⁹ Mesorussus taimyrensis n. gen. n. sp.¹⁹ Rasnitsyn 1977 parasitic wood wasp PIN 3426/15
Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae	Archaeopolycentra longesilentia n. sp.¹⁶ Archaeopolycentra longesilentia n. sp.¹⁶ Melnitsky and Ivanov 2022 caddisfly PIN 3426/223
Coleoptera - Sphindidae	Trematosphindus kirejtshuki n. sp.¹³ Trematosphindus kirejtshuki n. sp.¹³ Legalov et al. 2024 cryptic slime mold beetle PIN 3426/258
Coleoptera - Cerophytidae	Aphytocerus dolganicus n. sp.¹ Aphytocerus dolganicus n. sp.¹ Zherikhin 1977 beetle PIN 3426/35
Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae	Coniopterygidae indet.¹⁵, Libanoconis siberica n. sp.¹⁵ Coniopterygidae indet.¹⁵ Burmeister 1839 dustywing PIN 3426/237-2, 238 Libanoconis siberica n. sp.¹⁵ Makarkin and Perkovsky 2019 dustywing PIN 3426/237-1
Psocodea - Empheriidae	Empherium rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Empherium rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Hakim et al. 2021 bark louse PIN 3426/34
Psocodea - Psyllipsocidae	Globopsocus aquilonius n. gen. n. sp.² Globopsocus aquilonius n. gen. n. sp.² Azar and Engel 2008 cave barklouse PIN 3426/209
Ephemeroptera - Baetidae	Palaeocloeon taimyricum n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Palaeocloeon taimyricum n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Kluge 1997 mayfly

¹Arnoldi et al. 1977; ²Azar and Engel 2008; ³Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004; ⁴Budrys 1993; ⁵Eskov and Wunderlich 1995; ⁶Gumovsky et al. 2017; ⁷Hakim et al. 2021; ⁸Kalugina 1991; ⁹Kluge 1997; ¹⁰Kopylov 2012; ¹¹Kovalev 1978; ¹²Kozlov and Rasnitsyn 1979; ¹³Legalov et al. 2024; ¹⁴Lukashevich 1999; ¹⁵Makarkin and Perkovsky 2019; ¹⁶Melnitsky and Ivanov 2022; ¹⁷Mostovski 1999; ¹⁸Ponomarenko 1981; ¹⁹Rasnitsyn 1977; ²⁰Szadziewski 1996