Kzyl-Zhar Locality (PIN collection 2783) (Cretaceous of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kzyl-Orda, Kazakhstan (44.4° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 60.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, lenticular mudstone

• "...mudstone lenses in fluvial deposits" Rasnitsyn & Quicke, 2002. Lagoon environment according to Zherikhin (1978) and Legalov (2014).
• "Insects…come from mudstone lenses" Rasnitsyn & Quicke, 2002

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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 113401: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 30.07.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Neuroptera - Mantispidae
Gerstaeckerella asiatica n. sp.4
Gerstaeckerella asiatica n. sp.4 Novokshonov 1990 mantidfly
PIN 2783/188
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Cretofrontolina kzyldzharica n. gen. n. sp.1
Cretofrontolina kzyldzharica n. gen. n. sp.1 Alexeev 2009 jewel beetle
PIN 2783/104
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Turonerirhinus poinari3
Turonerirhinus poinari3 Legalov 2014 snout beetle
PIN 2783/102, 122
 Trichoptera - Philopotamidae
Kulickiella roziczkae9
Kulickiella roziczkae9 Sukatsheva 2001 finger-net caddisfly
PIN 2783/189
 Hymenoptera -
Petropone petiolata n. gen. n. sp.
Petropone petiolata n. gen. n. sp. Dlussky 1975 wasp
PIN 2783/158
 Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Curiosivespa magna n. sp., Curiosivespa curiosa2
Curiosivespa magna n. sp. Rasnitsyn 1975 wasp
PIN 2783/190
Curiosivespa curiosa2 Rasnitsyn 1975 wasp
PIN 2783/261
 Hymenoptera - Scoliidae
Cretoscolia patiens n. sp.7
Cretoscolia patiens n. sp.7 Rasnitsyn 1993 wasp
PIN 2783/260
 Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Umenotypus maculatus n. gen. n. sp.8, Nigropterix angustata8
Umenotypus maculatus n. gen. n. sp.8 Sendi 2023 winged insect
PIN 2783/77
Nigropterix angustata8 Sendi 2023 winged insect
PIN 2783/74, 80, 81
 Hemiptera - Tingidae
Kzylcader shcherbakovi n. sp.6, Kzylcader strigosus n. sp.6, Kzylcader angustatus n. sp.6, Kzylcader ovatus n. sp.6
Kzylcader shcherbakovi n. sp.6 Popov and Golub 2019 lace bug
PIN 2783/252
Kzylcader strigosus n. sp.6 Popov and Golub 2019 lace bug
PIN 2783/251
Kzylcader angustatus n. sp.6 Popov and Golub 2019 lace bug
PIN 2783/254
Kzylcader ovatus n. sp.6 Popov and Golub 2019 lace bug
PIN 2783/253
 Hemiptera - Mesotrephidae
Mesotrephes striata5
Mesotrephes striata5 Popov 1971 true bug
PIN 2783/255
1Alexeev 2009; 2Carpenter and Rasnitsyn 1990; 3Legalov 2014; 4Novokshonov 1990; 5Popov 1971; 6Popov and Golub 2019; 7Rasnitsyn 1993; 8Sendi et al. 2023; 9Sukatsheva 2001