Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection) (Miocene of France)

Where: Ardèche, France (44.7° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified diatomite and volcaniclastic

• diatomites volcano-sedimentaires

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel and P. Brisac. 1994. Découverte du premier Calopteryx fossile du Miocéne de l'Ardèche (Odonata, Calopterygidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 99(1):27-30 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113893: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 07.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
Aeshna andancensi n. sp.14, Aeschnophlebia miocenica n. sp.14
Aeshna andancensi n. sp.14 Nel and Brisac 1994 hawker dragonfly
MNHN-LP-R.10403 coll. Brisac
Aeschnophlebia miocenica n. sp.14 Nel and Escuillé 1994 darner dragonfly
MNHN-LP-R.10404 coll Escuille
 Odonata - Corduliidae
Corduliinae indet.11, ? Somatochlora brisaci n. sp.11
Corduliinae indet.11 Selys-Longchamps 1850 green-eyed skimmer
MNHN-LP-R.10443
? Somatochlora brisaci n. sp.11 Nel et al. 1996 green-eyed skimmer
MNHN-LP-R.10420 (coll. Brisac)
 Odonata - Gomphidae
Gomphidae indet.11
Gomphidae indet.11 Rambur 1842 clubtail dragonfly
MNHN-LP-R.10447 (coll. Oudard)
 Odonata - Megapodagrionidae
Vulcagrion andancensis n. sp.11
Vulcagrion andancensis n. sp.11 Nel et al. 1996 flatwing
MNHN-LP-R.10440 (coll. Nel)
 Odonata - Sieblosiidae
Paraoligolestes miocenicus n. gen. n. sp.12
Paraoligolestes miocenicus n. gen. n. sp.12 Nel and Escuillé 1993 damselfly
MNHN-LP-R 10382
 Odonata -
? Calopterygoidea indet.15
? Calopterygoidea indet.15 Selys-Longchamps 1850 damselfly
MNHN IPM-R.07899
 Odonata - Calopterygidae
Calopteryx andancensis n. sp.
Calopteryx andancensis n. sp. Nel and Brisac 1994 broad-winged damselfly
MNHN-LP-R 10410
 Blattodea -
Ulmeriella pliocenica n. sp.7, Francotermes bauzilensis16
Ulmeriella pliocenica n. sp.7 Nel 1987 termite
Coll Nel 74
Francotermes bauzilensis16 Weidner and Riou 1986 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54205-54215
 Blattodea - Termitidae
Termitidae indet.16
Termitidae indet.16 Latreille 1802 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54332, 54365-54369 (Macrotermes scheuthlei sensu Weidner & Riou, 1986)
 Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Reticulitermes sp.16
Reticulitermes sp.16 Holmgren 1913 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54351-54364
 Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Kalotermitidae "indet. F"16, Kalotermitidae "indet. G"16
Kalotermitidae "indet. F"16 Froggatt 1897 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54347, 54348
Kalotermitidae "indet. G"16 Froggatt 1897 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54349
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
Apis "sp. I"13, Apis "sp. J"13
Apis "sp. I"13 Linnaeus 1758 honey bee
MNHN-LP-R.54921, 54922, 54924, 54926, 55166, 55167(55206), 55169
Apis "sp. J"13 Linnaeus 1758 honey bee
MNHN-LP-R.55168, 55207
 Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Vespa (Intervespa) tortonica n. sp.3
Vespa (Intervespa) tortonica n. sp.3 Engel and Nel 2024 wasp
MNHN.F.A95075
 Hymenoptera - Pamphiliidae
"Acantholyda grangeoni" = Acantholyda erythrocephala10
"Acantholyda grangeoni" = Acantholyda erythrocephala10 Linnaeus 1758 sawfly
MNHN-LP-R 54925 and seven in coll. Brisac
 Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae
? Ohmella coffini n. sp.9
? Ohmella coffini n. sp.9 Nel 1993 snakefly
MNHN-LP-R.10411
 Megaloptera - Sialidae
Sialis sp.8
Sialis sp.8 Latreille 1802 alderfly
MNHN IPM-R.54247
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Cerambycidae indet.1
Cerambycidae indet.1 Latreille 1802 longhorned beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Cassida sp.1
Cassida sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 tortoise beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
"Lixus balazuci n. sp." = Lixus (Eulixus) balazuci18, Scolytus tshernjaki n. sp.17, Scolytus duplicatus n. sp.17, Sitophilus punctatissimus n. sp.19
"Lixus balazuci n. sp." = Lixus (Eulixus) balazuci18 Voisin and Nel 1993 snout beetle
MNHN IPM-R.10381
Scolytus tshernjaki n. sp.17 Petrov and Zherikhin 2000 bark beetle
MNHN IPM-R.55222
Scolytus duplicatus n. sp.17 Petrov and Zherikhin 2000 bark beetle
MNHN IPM-R.55223
Sitophilus punctatissimus n. sp.19 Zherikhin 2000 snout beetle
MNHN IPM-R.55221
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Carabus neli n. sp.2, Ledouxnebria brisaci n. gen. n. sp.2
Carabus neli n. sp.2 Deuve 1998 ground beetle
coll. P. Brisac
Ledouxnebria brisaci n. gen. n. sp.2 Deuve 1998 ground beetle
coll. P. Brisac
 Hemiptera -
? Heteroptera indet.1
? Heteroptera indet.1 Latreille 1810 true bug
 Hemiptera - Aradidae
Aradus andancensis n. sp.6
Aradus andancensis n. sp.6 Marchal et al. 2011 flat bug
MNHN F.A33748
 Hemiptera - Naucoridae
Ilyocoris andancensis n. sp.4
Ilyocoris andancensis n. sp.4 Jattiot et al. 2023 creeping water bug
MNHN-F.A71364, 71365, 71366
 Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Probittacomorpha brisaci n. sp.5
Probittacomorpha brisaci n. sp.5 Krzemiński et al. 2012 phantom crane fly
MNHN F.A46700 coll. Brisac
1Balazuc 1989; 2Deuve 1998; 3Engel and Nel 2024; 4Jattiot et al. 2023; 5Krzemiński et al. 2012; 6Marchal et al. 2011; 7Nel 1987; 8Nel 1991; 9Nel 1993; 10Nel 2004; 11Nel et al. 1996; 12Nel and Escuillé 1993; 13Nel et al. 1999; 14Nel et al. 1994; 15Nel and Paicheler 1993; 16Nel and Paicheler 1993; 17Petrov and Zherikhin 2000; 18Voisin and Nel 1993; 19Zherikhin 2000