Rovno Amber, Fedorovskii area, Klesov locality (SIZC KF collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (51.3° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° N, 22.3° 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: E. E. Perkovsky and Z. A. Fedotova. 2008. New gall midge taxa of the subfamilies Porricondylinae and Lasiopterinae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from the Rovno amber. Paleontological Journal 42(2):166-175 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122999: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Araneae - Theridiidae
Obscurpholcomma sp.5 Wunderlich 2008 cobweb spider
KF-3
Insecta
 Psocodea - Caeciliusidae
Valenzuela prometheus1 Enderlein 1911 lizard barklouse
KF-9
 Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
Berestella insuperabilis n. sp.2 Fedotova and Perkovsky 2007 gall midge
KF-10
Gratomyia inexigentis n. gen. n. sp. Fedotova and Perkovsky 2008 gall midge
KF-14
Henria xystica n. sp.3 Fedotova and Perkovsky 2009 gall midge
KF-34
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Ceratopogon sp.4 Meigen 1803 biting midge
KF-1603