Where: Tanzania (6.9° S, 39.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 39.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: amber
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: F. Smith. 1868. Explanation of the plate of organic remains found in amber, in Amber; its origin and history, as illustrated by the geology of Samland. Quarterly Journal of Science 5:183-184 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123991: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.02.2012, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Attidae indet." = Salticidae
"Attidae indet." = Salticidae Blackwall 1841 spider | |
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"Phlebotomus succini n. sp." = Sergentomyia succini9
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Phyllodromia inclusa n. sp.5
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"Electrotachina smithii n. gen. n. sp." = Dolichotachina smithii11
"Electrotachina smithii n. gen. n. sp." = Dolichotachina smithii11 Townsend 1938 satellite fly BMNH 58551 (fig 5 "new genus allied to Tachinus")
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"Paleotachina smithii n. gen. n. sp." = Aethiopomyia gigas10
"Paleotachina smithii n. gen. n. sp." = Aethiopomyia gigas10 Stein 1906 house fly BMNH 58513 (fig 2 in Smith, 1868)
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Haematopota pinicola n. sp.9
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"cf. Leptis sp." = Rhagio
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"Cicada forsythii n. sp." = Cicada forsythi2
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Ricaniidae indet.8, Pochazoides "sp. 1"8, Pochazoides "sp. 2"8, Pochazoides szwedoi n. sp.7, Pocharica sp.8, Osaka "sp. 1"8, Acroprivesa msandarusi n. sp.8
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Ischnoptera provisionalis n. sp.5, "Phyllodromia sp." = Blattella5, Phyllodromia praecursor n. sp.5, Phyllodromia woodwardi n. sp.5
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"Trigona (Hypotrigona) gribodoi" = Hypotrigona gribodoi14, Axestotrigona (Axestotrigona) togoensis6, Apis (Apis) mellifera14
"Trigona (Hypotrigona) gribodoi" = Hypotrigona gribodoi14 Magretti 1884 stingless bee BMNH In.38982-38993, In.17686, In.18209, In.18214, In.18220, In.18226, 58511, 58622
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Formicidae "indet. 2" Latreille 1802 ant fig 4, "belonging to the South American and African genus Polyrhachis"
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Belenois crawshayi12 Butler 1894 Crawshay's caper white BMNH I.3004 (purchased of Miss Harford, April 1895)
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"Eumolpidae indet." = Eumolpinae
"Eumolpidae indet." = Eumolpinae Hope 1840 leaf beetle fig 8, "probably belonging to the genus Calasposoma"
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"Platypus solutus" = Euplatypus solutus4, "Crossotarsus tenuis" = Doliopygus tenuis4, "Crossotarsus crinitus" = Doliopygus crinitus4, "Xyleborus ferrugineus" = Xyleborus ferrugineus4, "Xyleborus confusus" = Xyleborus ferrugineus4, Xyleborus alluaudi4, "Xyleborus testaceus" = Xyleborus perforans4, Xyleborus resinosus n. sp.4, "Xyleborus pseudocrucifer n. sp." = Cyclorhipidion pseudocrucifer4, "Xyleborus amanicus" = Cyclorhipidion amanicum4, "Xyleborus xanthopus" = Euwallacea xanthopus4
"Crossotarsus tenuis" = Doliopygus tenuis4 Strohmayer 1912 ambrosia beetle BMNH In. 37137, In. 18205
Xyleborus resinosus n. sp.4 Schedl 1939 bark beetle BMNH In. 18252 (x18), 58627 (x13), In. 18203 (x2), In. 18204
"Xyleborus pseudocrucifer n. sp." = Cyclorhipidion pseudocrucifer4 Schedl 1939 bark beetle BMNH 58647
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"Cistelidae indet." = Cteniopodini Solier 1835 comb-clawed beetle fig 7, "allied to the genus Statira"
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