Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GPIH coll): Early/Lower Cenomanian, Myanmar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Mecoptera - Meropeidae
Burmomerope clara Zhao and Wang 2016
Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2017 1 specimen
GPIH 4599
Insecta - Coleoptera - Corylophidae
Xenostanus jiangkuni Li et al. 2022
Li et al. 2022 2 specimens
GPIH 5058 (CCGG 11948), 5059 (CCHH 11105) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Phloeostichidae
Pleuroceratos burmiticus Poinar and Kirejtshuk 2008
Kirejtshuk et al. 2019 1 specimen
Gröhn 11191
Insecta - Coleoptera - Mesophyletidae
Mekorhamphus gyralommus Poinar et al. 2016
Clarke et al. 2018 1 specimen
GPIH 4987 (Groehn 11145)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Sphindidae
Burmops neli n. gen., n. sp. Kirejtshuk 2019
Kirejtshuk et al. 2019 1 specimen
GPIH 4591 (Gröhn 11016) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Sorodites angustipes n. gen., n. sp. Kirejtshuk 2018
Kirejtshuk and Chetverikov 2018 1 specimen
GPIH 4592 (Groehn 11022)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Kateretidae
Furcalabratum sp. Poinar and Brown 2017
Kirejtshuk et al. 2023 1 specimen
Gröhn 11023
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Midinudon juvenis n. gen., n. sp. Tokareva and Żyła 2023
Tokareva et al. 2023 1 specimen
GPIH 05515 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Limnichidae
Burmochares groehni n. gen., n. sp. Kirejtshuk and Prokin 2022
Kirejtshuk and Prokin 2022 1 specimen
GPIH 5071 (CCGG 20037) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Mysteriomorphidae
Mysteriomorphus pelevini n. gen., n. sp. Alekseev and Ellenberger 2019
Alekseev and Ellenberger 2019 2 specimens
GPIH 4947, 4948 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae
Elektrokleinia picta n. gen., n. sp. Ellenberger and Fanti 2019
Ellenberger and Fanti 2019 1 specimen
GPIH 4957 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Cionocups manukyani n. gen., n. sp. Kirejtshuk 2020
Kirejtshuk 2020 1 specimen
recombined as Omma manukyani
GPIH 4984 (Gröhn 11186) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Mallecupes prokini n. sp. Kirejtshuk 2020
Kirejtshuk 2020 1 specimen
GPIH 4985 (Gröhn 11192) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Raphidioptera - Mesoraphidiidae
Dolichoraphidia groehni n. sp. Makarkin 2023
Makarkin 2023 1 specimen
GPIH 5073 (Gröhn 11655) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Rhachiberothidae
Creagroparaberotha groehni n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin 2015
1 specimen
GPIH 4568 (Groehn 11071) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Berothidae
Haploberotha carsteni n. sp. Makarkin 2018
Makarkin 2018 1 specimen
GPIH 4936 (Groehn 11220)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Cretadilar olei n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin 2017
Makarkin 2017 1 specimen
GPIH 4589 (Groehn 11116) (1 measurement)
Paradoxosisyra groehni n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin 2016
Makarkin 2016 1 specimen
GPIH 4580 (Groehn 11072) (1 measurement)
Microsisyra carsteni n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin 2022
Makarkin 2022 1 specimen
GPIH 5067 (CCGG 20143) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Kalligrammatidae
Burmopsychops groehni n. sp. Makarkin 2017
Makarkin 2017 1 specimen
recombined as Oligopsychopsis groehni
GPIH 4585 (Groehn 11089) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae
Hemeroberotha sinefurca n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin and Gröhn 2020
Makarkin and Gröhn 2020 1 specimen
Gröhn 11275 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Paranimboa groehni n. gen., n. sp. Sziráki 2016
Sziráki 2016 2 specimens
Private collection of Carsten Gröhn (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Gwesped groehni n. gen., n. sp. Brazidec et al. 2023
Brazidec et al. 2023 1 specimen
GPIH 5068 (CCGG 11341) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Dryinidae
Dryinus carsteni n. sp. Olmi et al. 2022
Olmi et al. 2022 1 specimen
GPIH 5057 (CCHH 11964) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Psocodea - Cormopsocidae
Cormopsocus groehni n. gen., n. sp. Yoshizawa and Lienhard 2020
Yoshizawa and Lienhard 2020 1 specimen
GPIH 4935 (Gröhn 11264) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Embioptera - Clothodidae
Gnethoda putshkovi n. sp. Anisyutkin and Perkovsky 2022
Anisyutkin and Perkovsky 2022 1 specimen
GPIH 5052 (Gröhn 11163) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Embioptera - Scelembiidae
Parasorellembia groehni n. gen., n. sp. Anisyutkin and Perkovsky 2022
Anisyutkin and Perkovsky 2022 1 specimen
GPIH 5051 (Gröhn 11274) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Grylloblattodea - Aristoviidae
Aristovia daniili n. gen., n. sp. Storozhenko and Gröhn 2023
Storozhenko and Gröhn 2023 1 specimen
GPIH 5084 (CCGG 11293) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Palaeoparasycorax suppus n. sp. Stebner et al. 2015
Stebner et al. 2015 1 specimen
GPIH 4418 (Groehn 11006) (2 measurements)
Parasycorax simplex n. sp. Stebner et al. 2015
Stebner et al. 2015 1 specimen
GPIH 4449 (Groehn 11020) (2 measurements)
Phlebotominae indet. Rondani 1840
Stebner et al. 2015 1 specimen
Groehn 11020
Phlebotomus sp. Rondani and Berte 1840
Stebner et al. 2015 1 specimen
Groehn 11019
Bamara groehni n. gen., n. sp. Stebner et al. 2015
Stebner et al. 2015 1 specimen
GPIH 4417 (Groehn 11006) (2 measurements)
Palaeoglaesum carsteni n. sp. Skibińska et al. 2019
Skibińska et al. 2019 1 specimen
GPIH 4924 (Gröhn 11149) (2 measurements)
Myriapoda - Glomerida
Glomerida indet. (Cook 1895)
Wesener and Moritz 2018 3 specimens
CG-My7276, BURMA11119, BURMA11127
Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Chthoniidae
Burmeochthonius sp. Johnson et al. 2022
Johnson et al. 2022 1 specimen
GPIH 5113 (BUB3560)
Burmeochthonius muelleri n. gen., n. sp. Johnson et al. 2022
Johnson et al. 2022 1 specimen
GPIH 5114 (BUB3561)
Prionochthonius burmiticus n. gen., n. sp. Wriedt et al. 2021
Wriedt et al. 2021 1 specimen
GPIH 4865 (Gröhn 11204)
Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Ideoroncidae
Proalbiorix gracilis n. gen., n. sp. Geißler et al. 2021
Geißler et al. 2021 1 specimen
GPIH04900, 5035 (Gröhn BUR 11198), 5036 Gröhn BUR 11209)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Chaerilobuthidae
Chaerilobuthus gigantosternum n. sp. Lourenço 2016
Lourenço 2016 1 specimen
GPIH 4566 (Groehn 11037-1)
Chaerilobuthus serratus n. sp. Lourenço 2016
Lourenço 2016 1 specimen
GPIH 4567 (Groehn 11037-2)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeoburmesebuthidae
Betaburmesebuthus bellus n. sp. Lourenço 2016
Lourenço 2016 1 specimen
GPIH 4586 (Groehn 11086)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeoeuscorpiidae
Burmesescorpiops groehni n. gen., n. sp. Lourenço 2016
Lourenço 2016 1 specimen
GPIH 4564 (Groehn 11038-2)
Arachnida - Opiliones
Tyrannobunus aculeus n. gen., n. sp. Bartel and Dunlop 2023
Bartel and Dunlop 2023 1 specimen
GPIH05127 (BUB4517)
Foveacorpus cretaceus n. gen., n. sp. Bartel et al. 2023
Bartel et al. 2023 1 specimen
GPIH 5129 (BUB3645)
Foveacorpus parvus n. sp. Bartel et al. 2023
Bartel et al. 2023 1 specimen
GPIH 5130 (BUB3634)
Arachnida - Opiliones - Stylocellidae
Sirocellus iunctus n. sp. Bartel et al. 2023
Bartel et al. 2023 1 specimen
GPIH 5128 (BUB3113)
Arachnida - Araneae - Zarqaraneidae
Groehnianus burmensis n. gen., n. sp. Wunderlich 2015
Wunderlich 2015 1 specimen
Groehn 11039
Arachnida - Thelyphonida - Hubbardiidae
Mesozomus groehni n. gen., n. sp. Müller et al. 2019
Müller et al. 2019 1 specimen
GPIH 4986 (Gröhn 11212)
Arachnida - Ricinulei - Hirsutisomidae
Hirsutisoma acutiformis n. sp. Wunderlich 2017
Wunderlich 2017 1 specimen
Groehn 11100
see common names

Geography
Country:Myanmar
Coordinates: 26.4° North, 96.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.4° North, 93.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:maximum 98.79 ± 0.62 Ma (U/Pb)
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,amber
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological-Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Hamburg [Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Hamburg]. Includes material from collection of Carsten Gröhn.
Metadata
Database number:172900
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2015-08-28 07:19:58 Last modified:2022-09-06 22:03:57
Access level:the public Released:2015-08-28 07:19:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
56198. V. N. Makarkin. 2015. A new genus of the mantispid-like Paraberothinae (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from Burmese amber, with special consideration of its probasitarsus spine-like setation. Zootaxa 4007:327-342 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

82554 V. I. Alekseev and S. Ellenberger. 2019. A new beetle family, Mysteriomorphidae fam. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateriformia incertae sedis), from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Palaeoentomology 2:482-490 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
80850 L. N. Anisyutkin and E. E. Perkovsky. 2022. New data on embiids (Insecta: Embiodea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with description of new genus and two new species. Cretaceous Research 134(105149) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
87322 C. Bartel, J. A. Dunlop, and G. Giribet. 2023. An unexpected diversity of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 5296:421-445 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
85155 C. Bartel and J. A. Dunlop. 2023. First eupnoid harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Eupnoi) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, with notes on sexual dimorphism in Halitherses grimaldii (Arachnida: Opiliones: Dyspnoi). Palaeoentomology 6:278-291 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84350 M. Brazidec, F. Legendre, and V. Perrichot. 2023. Diversity and phylogeny of the extinct wasp subfamily Lancepyrinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) revealed by mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 81:345-369 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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69254 S. Ellenberger and F. Fanti. 2019. New Cretaceous soldier beetle (Cantharidae) from Burmese amber with preserved coloration on the elytra. Zootaxa 4609:594-600 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
78682 C. Geißler, U. Kotthoff, J. U. Hammel, M. S. Harvey, and D. Harms. 2021. The first fossil of the pseudoscorpion family Ideoroncidae (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones): A new taxon from the mid-Cretaceous of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 130(105030) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84090 J. Johnson, S. F. Loria, U. Kotthoff, J. U. Hammel, M. M. Joseph and D. Harms. 2022. First record of the pseudoscorpion tribe Tyrannochthoniini Chamberlin, 1962 from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of northern Myanmar (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae: Chthoniinae). Cretaceous Research 144(105459) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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59123 V. N. Makarkin. 2016. Enormously long, siphonate mouthparts of a new, oldest known spongillafly (Neuroptera, Sisyridae) from Burmese amber imply nectarivory or hematophagy. Cretaceous Research 65:126-137 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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87287 M. Olmi, A. Guglielmino, L. Capradossi, D. V. Vasilenko, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2022. Discovery of a new species of Dryinus (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 5128:444-450 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
75542 K. Skibińska, W. Krzemiński, and Q. Q. Zhang. 2019. A revised diagnosis of Palaeoglaesum Wagner (Diptera, Psychodidae, Bruchomyiinae) with description of two new species from Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Historical Biology 33:230-236 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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86997 G. Sziráki. 2016. Anew dusty lacewing genus and species (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Folia Historico-Naturalia Musei Matraensis 40:89-93 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84260 A. Tokareva, K. Koszela, V. S. Ferreira, S. Yamamoto, and D. 2023. The oldest case of paedomorphosis in rove beetles and description of a new genus of Paederinae from Cretaceous amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Scientific Reports 13(5317) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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75783 A. L. Wriedt, M. S. Harvey, J. U. Hammel, U. Kotthoff, and D. Harms. 2021. The second chthonioid pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: a new genus with unique morphological features and potential Gondwanan affinities. Journal of Arachnology 48:311-321 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66829 J. Wunderlich. 2015. On the evolution and the classification of spiders, the Mesozoic spider faunas, and descriptions of new Cretaceous taxa mainly in amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Arachnida: Araneae). In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Mesozoic Spiders (Araneae): Ancient Spider Faunas and Spider Evolution, Beiträge zur Araneologie 9:21-408 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67624 J. Wunderlich. 2017. New extinct taxa of the arachnid order Ricinulei, based on new fossils preserved in mid Cretaceous Burmese amber. Ten Papers on Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10:48-71 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
73021 K. Yoshizawa and C. Lienhard. 2020. †Cormopsocidae: A new family of the suborder Trogiomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea) from Burmese amber. Entomological Science 23:208-215 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]