Burmese amber (SEMC Kansas coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

• "...inclusions in the piece are numerous frass pellets and wood fragments, further suggestive (besides body form) of arboreal/wood nesting habits of the ant..."
• "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: University of Kansas. Specimens have same numbering style (BU-xxx) as AMNH collections so they may be from the same source.

Primary reference: M. S. Engel, D. A. Grimaldi, and K. Krishna. 2007. Primitive termites from the Early Cretaceous of Asia (Isoptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 371:1-32 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123116: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Platygastridae
Platygastridae indet.13
Platygastridae indet.13 Haliday 1833 wasp
KU-NHM-ENT Bu-007
 Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Holopsenelliscus pankowskiorum n. gen. n. sp.8
Holopsenelliscus pankowskiorum n. gen. n. sp.8 Engel 2019 flat wasp
SEMC F000383 (Bu-129)
 Hymenoptera - Dryinidae
Hybristodryinus resinicolus n. gen. n. sp.5
Hybristodryinus resinicolus n. gen. n. sp.5 Engel 2005 wasp
KU Bu-023
 Hymenoptera - Sapygidae
Cretosapyga resinicola n. gen. n. sp.1
Cretosapyga resinicola n. gen. n. sp.1 Bennett and Engel 2005 wasp
KU Bu022
 Hymenoptera - Evaniidae
Sorellevania deansi n. gen. n. sp.6
Sorellevania deansi n. gen. n. sp.6 Engel 2006 ensign wasp
KU Bu-058
 Raphidioptera - Baissopteridae
Baissoptera pankowskiorum n. sp.11
Baissoptera pankowskiorum n. sp.11 Lu et al. 2020 snakefly
SEMC F000385
 Neuroptera - Berothidae
Haploberotha persephone9
Haploberotha persephone9 Engel and Grimaldi 2008 beaded lacewing
KU Bu-010
 Neuroptera - Rhachiberothidae
Scoloberotha necatrix n. gen. n. sp.9
Scoloberotha necatrix n. gen. n. sp.9 Engel and Grimaldi 2008 thorny lacewing
KU Bu-056
 Coleoptera - Scirtidae
Mesernobius anawrahtai n. gen. n. sp.7
Mesernobius anawrahtai n. gen. n. sp.7 Engel 2010 marsh beetle
KU Bu-019
 Coleoptera - Ptilodactylidae
Aphebodactyla rhetine n. gen. n. sp.3
Aphebodactyla rhetine n. gen. n. sp.3 Chatzimanolis et al. 2012 beetle
KU Bu-006
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Ektatotricha paradoxa4, Prosolierius sp.14, Prosolierius crassicornis14
Ektatotricha paradoxa4 Chatzimanolis et al. 2010 antlike stone beetle
KU Bu-001, 056, 067, 092
Prosolierius sp.14 Thayer et al. 2012 rove beetle
KU Bu014
Prosolierius crassicornis14 Thayer et al. 2012 rove beetle
KU Bu030
 Alienoptera - Alienopteridae
Alienopterella sp.12
Alienopterella sp.12 Kočárek 2018 winged insect
SEMC F000388
 Blattodea - Mylacrotermitidae
Mylacrotermes cordatus n. gen. n. sp.
Mylacrotermes cordatus n. gen. n. sp. Engel et al. 2007 termite
KU Bu-045
 Diptera - Mythicomyiidae
Microburmyia analvena n. gen. n. sp.10
Microburmyia analvena n. gen. n. sp.10 Grimaldi and Cumming 2011 fly
KU Bu-079
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Protoculicoides revelatus n. sp.2
Protoculicoides revelatus n. sp.2 Borkent 2019 biting midge
KU-NHM-ENT Bu-055
1Bennett and Engel 2005; 2Borkent 2019; 3Chatzimanolis et al. 2012; 4Chatzimanolis et al. 2010; 5Engel 2005; 6Engel 2006; 7Engel 2010; 8Engel 2019; 9Engel and Grimaldi 2008; 10Grimaldi et al. 2011; 11Lu et al. 2020; 12Luo et al. 2022; 13Talamas et al. 2019; 14Thayer et al. 2012