Mont-Charay, Privas (Miocene of France)

Where: Ardeche, France (44.7° N, 4.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified, diatomaceous marl

• Volcano-sedimentary maar

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collected by Andre Nel; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel. 2004. New and poorly known Cenozoic sawflies of France (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinoidea, Pamphilioidea). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2:253-269 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122194: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 19.12.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Belostomatidae indet.2 Leach 1815 giant water bug
MNHN IPM-R.54310
 Hemiptera -
Naucoroidea indet.2 true bug
MNHN IPM-R.54144-54175
 Hemiptera - Corixidae
Corixidae indet.4 Leach 1815 water boatman
MNHN IPM-R.54142
Corixinae indet.4 Leach 1815 water boatman
MNHN IPM-R.54126, 54131, 54132, 54133, 54134, 54135, 54136, 54137, 54138, 54139, 54140, 54141
 Hemiptera - Notonectidae
Anisops privasensis n. sp.2 Nel and Paicheler 1992 true bug
MNHN IPM-R.54126, 54127, 54128
 Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Kalotermitidae "indet. A"3 Froggatt 1897 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54199
Kalotermitidae "indet. B"3 Froggatt 1897 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54197
 Blattodea -
Ulmeriella sp.3 Meunier 1920 termite
MNHN IPM-R.54326, 54331
 Hymenoptera - Argidae
Mioarge azari n. gen. n. sp.
Mioarge azari n. gen. n. sp. Nel 2004 argid sawfly
MNHN-LP-R 11193
 Megaloptera - Sialidae
Sialidae indet.1 Leach 1815 alderfly
MNHN IPM-R.54329