PBDB Collection

Rovno Amber, Dubrovitsa locality (SIZC D collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (51.6° N, 26.6° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 21.9° 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 122996: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Psocodea - Sphaeropsocidae	Sphaeropsocus kuenowii⁴ Sphaeropsocus kuenowii⁴ Hagen 1882 book louse D-2222
Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae	Pherhombus dolini n. sp.¹³ Pherhombus dolini n. sp.¹³ Tolkanitz and Narolsky 2005 ichneumon wasp D-2191
Hymenoptera - Formicidae	Nylanderia pygmaea¹⁰, Dolichoderus lucidus n. sp.², Yantaromyrmex constrictus³ Nylanderia pygmaea¹⁰ Mayr 1868 ant D-2082 Dolichoderus lucidus n. sp.² Dlussky 2008 ant WD-18 (Vladimirets or Dubrovitsa) Yantaromyrmex constrictus³ Mayr 1868 ant D-2223
Hymenoptera - Tetracampidae	Dipriocampe bouceki n. sp.⁸ Dipriocampe bouceki n. sp.⁸ Gumovsky and Perkovsky 2005 chalcid wasp D-2349
Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae	Holocentropus flexiflagrum n. sp. Holocentropus flexiflagrum n. sp. Melnitsky and Ivanov 2010 caddisfly IZSK D-2277
Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae	Agraylea electroscientia Agraylea electroscientia Melnitsky and Ivanov 2010 microcaddisfly IZSK D-2171
Coleoptera - Ptinidae	Sucinoptinus brevipennis n. sp.¹ Sucinoptinus brevipennis n. sp.¹ Bellés and Perkovsky 2016 spider beetle SIZK S-2295
Coleoptera - Staphylinidae	Cephennomicrus "sp. 5"⁹ Cephennomicrus "sp. 5"⁹ Reitter 1907 antlike stone beetle SIZK DU-32
Diptera - Ceratopogonidae	Forcipomyia sp.¹², Ceratopogon sp.¹², "Monohelea clunipes" = Monogedania clunipes¹², Brachypogon sp.¹², Eohelea sinuosa¹², Stilobezzia sp.¹², Meunierohelea sp.¹² Forcipomyia sp.¹² Meigen 1818 biting midge D-2005 Ceratopogon sp.¹² Meigen 1803 biting midge D-2094, 2094 "Monohelea clunipes" = Monogedania clunipes¹² Loew 1850 biting midge D-2095 Brachypogon sp.¹² Kieffer 1899 biting midge D-1013a Eohelea sinuosa¹² Meunier 1904 biting midge D-2092 Stilobezzia sp.¹² Kieffer 1911 biting midge D-2196 Meunierohelea sp.¹² Szadziewski 1988 biting midge D-1963
Diptera - Cecidomyiidae	Cordylomyia cauta n. sp.⁵, Velafacera vectabilis n. gen. n. sp.⁶, Volnococcopsis korniushini n. gen. n. sp.⁶, Ledomyia dextra n. sp.⁶, Ventosagloria gratshevi n. gen. n. sp.¹¹, Rasnitsia verticosa n. gen. n. sp.⁷, Leptosyna sukachevae n. sp.⁷, Frirenia rohdendorfi n. sp.⁷, Winnertzia kapustini n. sp.⁶, Rhipidoxylomyia vaga n. sp.⁶ Cordylomyia cauta n. sp.⁵ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2007 gall midge D-3 Velafacera vectabilis n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008 gall midge D-2224 Volnococcopsis korniushini n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008 gall midge D-2114 Ledomyia dextra n. sp.⁶ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008 gall midge D-1941 Ventosagloria gratshevi n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008 gall midge D-3 (syninclusion with C. cauta) Rasnitsia verticosa n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2009 gall midge D-2235a Leptosyna sukachevae n. sp.⁷ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2009 gall midge D-2124b Frirenia rohdendorfi n. sp.⁷ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2009 gall midge D-2234 Winnertzia kapustini n. sp.⁶ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008 gall midge D-2181 Rhipidoxylomyia vaga n. sp.⁶ Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008 gall midge D-2086
Arachnida
Araneae - Salticidae	Gorgopsina fractura n. sp.¹⁴ Gorgopsina fractura n. sp.¹⁴ Wunderlich 2004 spider D-1918

¹Bellés and Perkovsky 2016; ²Dlussky 2008; ³Dlussky and Dubovikoff 2013; ⁴Engel and Perkovsky 2006; ⁵Fedotova and Perkovsky 2007; ⁶Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008; ⁷Fedotova and Perkovsky 2009; ⁸Gumovsky and Perkovsky 2005; ⁹Jałoszyński and Perkovsky 2016; ¹⁰LaPolla and Dlussky 2010; ¹¹Perkovsky and Fedotova 2008; ¹²Sontag and Szadziewski 2011; ¹³Tolkanitz et al. 2005; ¹⁴Wunderlich 2004