PBDB Collection

Dominican amber (GPIH collection) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• Dominican Amber in general is "late Early to early Middle Miocene" (= Burdigalian to Langhian) following Iturralde-Vinent and MacPhee 1996

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Specimens at Geologische-Palaeontologische Institut of Hamburg University

Primary reference: R. K. Kinzelbach and H. Pohl. 1994. The Fossil Strepsiptera (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87(1):59-70 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120817: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.11.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham and Annabelle Louderback

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae	Myrmecolax glaesi n. sp.² Myrmecolax glaesi n. sp.² Kinzelbach 1983 twisted-winged parasite GPIH 1232
Strepsiptera - Bohartillidae	Bohartilla joachimscheveni⁴ Bohartilla joachimscheveni⁴ Kinzelbach and Pohl 1994 twisted-winged parasite GPIH 3684
Trichoptera - Philopotamidae	Chimarra weitschati⁵ Chimarra weitschati⁵ Wichard 1983 finger-net caddisfly GPIH 2534
Trichoptera - Helicopsychidae	"Helicopsyche scaloida n. sp." = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) scaloida¹ "Helicopsyche scaloida n. sp." = Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) scaloida¹ Johanson and Wichard 1996 snail-case caddisfly GPIH 3751
Hemiptera - Triozidae	"Succinopsylla dominicana n. gen. n. sp." = Kuwayama dominicana³ "Succinopsylla dominicana n. gen. n. sp." = Kuwayama dominicana³ Klimaszewski 1995 jumping plant louse GPIH 3633
Arachnida
Araneae - Cyrtaucheniidae	Bolostromus destructus n. sp.⁹ Bolostromus destructus n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 wafer trapdoor spider
Araneae - Hersiliidae	"Tama minor" = Prototama minor⁸ "Tama minor" = Prototama minor⁸ Wunderlich 1987 tree trunk spider GPIH 2545 (Tama sp. in Wunderlich 1986)
Araneae - Dictynidae	Palaeolathys spinosa n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Palaeolathys spinosa n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Wunderlich 1986 spider GPIH 2544
Araneae - Ctenidae	Nanoctenus longipes n. sp.⁹ Nanoctenus longipes n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 spider GPIH 2542, 2543
Araneae - Cheiracanthiidae	Strotarchus heidti n. sp.⁹ Strotarchus heidti n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 spider
Araneae - Theridiidae	Lasaeola vicinoides n. sp.⁹, Episinus praecognatus⁹, Dipoenata altioculata⁹, Dipoenata clypeata⁹, Dipoenata globulus⁹, Dipoenata yolandae⁹, Dipoenata stipes⁹, Chrosiothes emulgatus⁹, "Theridion ovale" = Theridion wunderlichi⁹, Theridion variosoma⁹, Theridion contrarium n. sp.⁹, Achaearanea sp.⁹, Achaearanea extincta⁹ Lasaeola vicinoides n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider GPIH 2535 Episinus praecognatus⁹ Wunderlich 1982 cobweb spider Dipoenata altioculata⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider Dipoenata clypeata⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider Dipoenata globulus⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider Dipoenata yolandae⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider Dipoenata stipes⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider Chrosiothes emulgatus⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider "Theridion ovale" = Theridion wunderlichi⁹ Penney 2001 cobweb spider Theridion variosoma⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider Theridion contrarium n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider Achaearanea sp.⁹ Strand 1929 cobweb spider Achaearanea extincta⁹ Wunderlich 1988 cobweb spider
Araneae - Linyphiidae	"Palaeolinyphia flagellifera n. gen. n. sp." = Selenyphantes flagellifera⁷ "Palaeolinyphia flagellifera n. gen. n. sp." = Selenyphantes flagellifera⁷ Wunderlich 1986 money spider/sheet weaver GPIH 2539
Araneae - Tetragnathidae	Araneometa spirembolus n. sp.⁹, Araneometa herrlingi n. sp.⁹, Cyrtognatha weitschati n. sp.⁹ Araneometa spirembolus n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 spider Araneometa herrlingi n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 spider Cyrtognatha weitschati n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 spider
Araneae - Theridiosomatidae	Palaeoepeirotypus iuvenis n. sp.⁹, Palaeoepeirotypus iuvenoides n. sp.⁹ Palaeoepeirotypus iuvenis n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 ray spider Palaeoepeirotypus iuvenoides n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 ray spider
Araneae - Anapidae	Palaeoanapis nana n. sp.⁹ Palaeoanapis nana n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 spider
Araneae - Ochyroceratidae	? Arachnolithulus sp.⁹ ? Arachnolithulus sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 midget ground weaver
Araneae - Pholcidae	Modisimus tuberosus n. sp.⁹ Modisimus tuberosus n. sp.⁹ Wunderlich 1988 daddy long-legs spider
Araneae - Oonopidae	Orchestina dominicana n. sp.⁶ Orchestina dominicana n. sp.⁶ Wunderlich 1981 goblin spider GPIH 2525(x2)

¹Johanson and Wichard 1996; ²Kinzelbach 1983; ³Klimaszewski 1995; ⁴Pohl and Kinzelbach 1995; ⁵Wichard 1983; ⁶Wunderlich 1981; ⁷Wunderlich 1986; ⁸Wunderlich 1987; ⁹Wunderlich 1988