Gabbro (Bosniaski collection) (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.5° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

• These were traditionally attributed to a late/post-orogenic crustal extension at the rear of the Northern Apen- nines since the late Miocene (Sestini, 1970; Elter et al., 1975), as an effect of large-scale back-arc processes (Jolivet et al., 2008) or gravitational instability of thickened crust (Carmignani & Kligfield, 1990; Carmignani et al., 1994). An alternative hypothesis ascribes the tectono-sedimentary evolution of these basins to compressive stress accumulated in the frontal zones of the chain and accommodated in inner portions by the reactivation of NE-verging thrusts and/or the activation of SW-verging backthrusts (Bonini & Sani, 2002; Sani et al., 2009). During the latest Messinian and the Zanclean, compression along the basin margins, together with a buried, basin-parallel high, controlled the development of two sub-basins.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: H. Rebel. 1898. Fossile Lepidopteren aus der Miocänformation von Gabbro. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 107:731-745 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113751: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Orthoptera - Gryllacrididae
Gryllacrididae indet.2 Blanchard 1845 grasshopper
Gryllacris sp. in Capellini, 1878 (name only)
 Orthoptera - Acrididae
Acrididae indet.1 Latreille 1802 short-horned grasshopper
NHMW 1984/32/63-70
 Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Calotermes bosniaskii n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1907 termite
NHMW 1984/32/61, 62
 Hemiptera - Cicadellidae
"Jassidae indet." = Cicadellidae1
"Jassidae indet." = Cicadellidae1 Latreille 1825 leafhopper
NHMW 1984/32/60
 Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Reduviidae indet.1 Latreille 1807 assassin bug
NHMW 1984/32/30
 Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Lygaeidae indet.1 Schilling 1829 milkweed bug
NHMW 1984/32/28, 29, 31, 50
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae indet.1 Leach 1815 stink bug
NHMW 1984/32/16-26
 Hemiptera - Coreidae
Coreidae indet.1 Leach 1815 leaf-footed bug
NHMW 1984/32/56
 Hemiptera - Aphididae
Aphididae indet.1, "? Schizoneura sp." = Eriosoma1
Aphididae indet.1 Latreille 1802 aphid
NHMW 1984/32/6-7
"? Schizoneura sp." = Eriosoma1 Von Heyden 1837 aphid
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formicidae indet.1, "Camponotinae indet." = Formicinae1
Formicidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 ant
NHMW 1984/32/188-260
"Camponotinae indet." = Formicinae1 Latreille 1802 ant
included in NHMW 1984/32/188-260
 Hymenoptera - Sphecidae
Larrophanes ophthalmicus n. gen. n. sp.1
Larrophanes ophthalmicus n. gen. n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1907 digger wasp
NHMW 1984/32/263
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
? Apidae indet.1, "Apidae melisuga n. sp." = Apis (Apis) melisuga1
? Apidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 bee
NHMW 1984/32/265
"Apidae melisuga n. sp." = Apis (Apis) melisuga1 Handlirsch 1907 honey bee
NHMW 1984/32/264
 Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 ichneumon wasp
NHMW 1984/32/261; "(?Cryptidae) bosniaskii m."
Ichneumonidae gabbroensis n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1907 ichneumon wasp
NHMW 1984/32/262
 Lepidoptera - Erebidae
Arctiites deletus n. gen. n. sp.
Arctiites deletus n. gen. n. sp. Rebel 1898 moth
NHMW 1898/0013/0004(3)
 Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae
Lycaenites gabbroensis n. gen. n. sp.
Lycaenites gabbroensis n. gen. n. sp. Rebel 1898 gossamer-winged butterfly
NHMW 1898/0013/0005(6)
 Lepidoptera - Papilionidae
Doritites bosniaskii n. gen. n. sp.
Doritites bosniaskii n. gen. n. sp. Rebel 1898 swallowtail butterfly
NHMW 1898/0013/0001(2)
 Trichoptera -
"Phryganoidea indet." = Trichoptera1
"Phryganoidea indet." = Trichoptera1 Kirby 1815 caddisfly
NHMW 1984/32/121
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Carabidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 ground beetle
NHMW 1984/32/71-73
 Coleoptera - Meloidae
? Meloidae indet.1 Gyllenhal 1810 blister beetle
NHMW 1984/32/89
 Coleoptera - Coccinellidae
? Coccinellidae indet.1 Latreille 1807 ladybird beetle
NHMW 1984/32/86
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Chrysomelidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 leaf beetle
NHMW 1984/32/108-119
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Curculionidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 snout beetle
NHMW 1984/32/105-108
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet.1 Leach 1815 click beetle
NHMW 1984/32/85
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Staphylinidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 rove beetle
NHMW 1984/32/81, 82, 83
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Aphodius bosniaskii n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1907 scarab beetle
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Libellulidae indet.1, "Diplax sp." = Sympetrum1
Libellulidae indet.1 Rambur 1842 common skimmer
NHMW 1984/32/2-
"Diplax sp." = Sympetrum1 Newman 1833 common skimmer
NHMW 1984/32
 Odonata - Lestidae
? Lestes sp.1 Leach 1815 spread-winged damselfly
NHMW 1984/32/1
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipulinae indet.1 Latreille 1802 crane fly
NHMW 1984/32/123, 124
 Diptera - Therevidae
Thereua bosniaskii n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1907 stiletto fly
NHMW 1984/32/167
 Diptera - Bombyliidae
"Anthrax gabbroensis n. sp." = Hemipenthes gabbroensis1, "Anthrax tertiarius n. sp." = Hemipenthes tertiarius1, Bombylius tertiarius n. sp.1, Bombylius fossilis n. sp.1
"Anthrax gabbroensis n. sp." = Hemipenthes gabbroensis1 Handlirsch 1907 bee fly
"Anthrax tertiarius n. sp." = Hemipenthes tertiarius1 Handlirsch 1907 bee fly
NHMW 1984/32/170
Bombylius tertiarius n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1907 bee fly
NHMW 1984/32/173
Bombylius fossilis n. sp.1 Handlirsch 1907 bee fly
NHMW 1984/32/174, 175
 Diptera - Syrphidae
Syrphus sp.1 Fabricius 1775 hover fly
NHMW 1984/32/176, 177
 Diptera - Muscidae
Muscidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 house fly
NHMW 1984/32/178-180
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Mycetophilidae indet.1 Newman 1834 fungus gnat
NHMW 1984/32/128-132
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Penthetria sp.1 Meigen 1803 march fly
NHMW 1984/32/134-141
Bibio sp.1 Geoffroy 1762 march fly
NHMW 1984/32/144-164