Sieblos (Hassencamp collection) (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.5° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 6.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Most or all came from private collection of Ernst Hassencamp. Some now in Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts der Universität Würzburg.

Primary reference: C. von Heyden. 1858. Fossile Insekten aus der Braunkohle von Sieblos. Palaeontographica 5(5):115-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113964: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 08.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Tipulidae
? Tipula sp.
? Tipula sp. Linnaeus 1758 crane fly
larva F1149, 1150
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
? Dolichopus sp.
? Dolichopus sp. Latreille 1796 long-legged fly
larva F1142
 Odonata - Gomphidae
? Petalura acutipennis n. sp.2
? Petalura acutipennis n. sp.2 Hagen 1859 clubtail dragonfly
F1135, 1136, 1137
 Odonata - Lestidae
Lestes vicina n. sp.1
Lestes vicina n. sp.1 Hagen 1858 spread-winged damselfly
 Odonata - Sieblosiidae
"Heterophlebia jucunda n. sp." = Sieblosia jucunda1
"Heterophlebia jucunda n. sp." = Sieblosia jucunda1 Hagen 1858 damselfly
 Hemiptera - Rhyparochromidae
Pachymerus antiquus n. sp.3
Pachymerus antiquus n. sp.3 Von Heyden 1859 seed bug
 Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Lygaeus deprehensus n. sp.3, Lygaeus fossitius n. sp.
Lygaeus deprehensus n. sp.3 Von Heyden 1859 milkweed bug
Lygaeus fossitius n. sp. von Heyden 1858 milkweed bug
 Hemiptera - Coreidae
Leptoscelis humata n. sp.
Leptoscelis humata n. sp. von Heyden 1858 leaf-footed bug
F1128
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Bracon macrostigma n. sp.
Bracon macrostigma n. sp. von Heyden 1858 wasp
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
"Molytes hassencampi n. sp." = Liparus hassencampi, Pissodes effossus n. sp.
"Molytes hassencampi n. sp." = Liparus hassencampi von Heyden 1858 snout beetle
F1138
Pissodes effossus n. sp. von Heyden 1858 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Bruchus decrepitus n. sp.
Bruchus decrepitus n. sp. von Heyden 1858 leaf beetle
F1129
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Trachyderes bustiraptus n. sp.3
Trachyderes bustiraptus n. sp.3 Von Heyden 1859 longhorned beetle
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Buprestis meyeri n. sp., Buprestis senecta n. sp.
Buprestis meyeri n. sp. von Heyden 1858 jewel beetle
F1130
Buprestis senecta n. sp. von Heyden 1858 jewel beetle
F1131
1Hagen 1858; 2Hagen 1859; 3Von Heyden 1859