Rovno Amber, Vyrka locality (SIZC DU collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (51.2° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 21.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Likely roughly contemporaneous with late Eocene Baltic amber

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev)

Primary reference: S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov. 2010. New species of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Rovno amber, Eocene of Ukraine. Paleontological Journal 44(3):303-311 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122995: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Mythicomyiidae
Glabellula aggregata n. sp.1, Glabellula perkovskyi n. sp.1
Glabellula aggregata n. sp.1 Evenhuis 2013 fly
DU-139,a,b
Glabellula perkovskyi n. sp.1 Evenhuis 2013 fly
DU-140
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Stilobezzia sp.3, Meunierohelea sp.3, Eohelea sinuosa3, Culicoides sp.3
Stilobezzia sp.3 Kieffer 1911 biting midge
DU-164
Meunierohelea sp.3 Szadziewski 1988 biting midge
DU-30
Eohelea sinuosa3 Meunier 1904 biting midge
DU-12
Culicoides sp.3 Latreille 1809 biting midge
DU-18,19
 Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Electrocyrnus perpusillus n. gen. n. sp.
Electrocyrnus perpusillus n. gen. n. sp. Melnitsky and Ivanov 2010 caddisfly
IZSK DU-131
 Hymenoptera -
Telenomus (Telenomus) tetragonus n. sp.2
Telenomus (Telenomus) tetragonus n. sp.2 Kononova 2013 wasp
DU-153
1Evenhuis 2013; 2Kononova and Simutnik 2013; 3Sontag and Szadziewski 2011