Dominican amber, La Toca mine (Poinar coll) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 70.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Toca Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• Older dates for Dominican amber were Upper Eocene or Oligocene, but it is now dated as Miocene.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Collection of George O. Poinar at Oregon State University (Corvallis)

Primary reference: A. Nel, A. Waller, and G. O. Poinar. 2006. The first fossil Myopsocidae (Psocoptera) in Dominican amber. Zootaxa 1349:63-68 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124475: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.02.2012, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bdelloidea
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Bdelloidea indet.12
Bdelloidea indet.12 Hudson 1884
AF-9-11
 Philodinida - Habrotrochidae
Habrotrocha sp.17
Habrotrocha sp.17 Bryce 1910
B-1-4
Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Buthidae
Tityus geratus n. sp.14
Tityus geratus n. sp.14 Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1988 scorpion
Insecta
 Odonata - Coenagrionidae
Diceratobasis worki n. sp.3
Diceratobasis worki n. sp.3 Poinar 1996 narrow-winged damselfly
 Hemiptera - Clastopteridae
Prisciba dominicana n. sp.11
Prisciba dominicana n. sp.11 Poinar and Brown 2014 froghopper
HO-4-63B
 Hemiptera - Schizopteridae
Schizoptera dominicana n. sp.10
Schizoptera dominicana n. sp.10 Poinar 2015 jumping soil bug
He-4-75B
 Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Praecoris dominicana n. gen. n. sp.2, Panstrongylus hispaniolae n. sp.6, Apicrenus fossilis n. gen. n. sp.1
Praecoris dominicana n. gen. n. sp.2 Poinar 1991 assassin bug
Panstrongylus hispaniolae n. sp.6 Poinar 2013 assassin bug
He-4-81
Apicrenus fossilis n. gen. n. sp.1 Maldonado Capriles et al. 1993 assassin bug
Poinar 39842
 Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Proanaxipha latoca n. sp.16
Proanaxipha latoca n. sp.16 Vickery and Poinar 1994 true crickets
CAL 2, 4, 6, 7, 9-18
 Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae
Anaxipha dominica n. sp.16
Anaxipha dominica n. sp.16 Vickery and Poinar 1994 grasshopper
CAL 1, 8
 Blattodea - Pseudophyllodromiidae
Supella dominicana n. sp.8
Supella dominicana n. sp.8 Poinar 2022 cockroach
Poinar O-2-43
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Pseudomyrmex antiquus n. sp.18
Pseudomyrmex antiquus n. sp.18 Ward 1992 ant
H-10-147 (PSW-DA21)
 Lepidoptera - Tortricidae
Polyvena horatis n. gen. n. sp.9
Polyvena horatis n. gen. n. sp.9 Poinar and Brown 1993 tortrix moth
L-3-24
 Neuroptera - Mantispidae
"Feroseta priscus n. gen. n. sp." = Feroseta prisca5
"Feroseta priscus n. gen. n. sp." = Feroseta prisca5 Poinar 2006 mantidfly
N-4-16
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Wanderbiltiana wawasita n. sp.15
Wanderbiltiana wawasita n. sp.15 Santiago-Blay et al. 2004 flea beetle
C-7-125
 Psocodea - Myopsocidae
Myopsocus arthuri n. sp.
Myopsocus arthuri n. sp. Nel et al. 2006 mouse like barklouse
Ps-2-32
 Diptera - Culicidae
Culex malariager n. sp.4
Culex malariager n. sp.4 Poinar 2005 mosquito
D-7-6b
 Diptera - Sciomyzidae
Dominimyza tanyacaena n. gen. n. sp.7
Dominimyza tanyacaena n. gen. n. sp.7 Poinar 2014 marsh fly
Poinar amber collection (accession # D-7-140)
Agaricomycetes
 Agaricales - Agaricaceae
Coprinites dominicana n. gen. n. sp.13
Coprinites dominicana n. gen. n. sp.13 Poinar and Singer 1990 gilled mushroom
AF-9-11
1Maldonado Capriles et al. 1993; 2Poinar 1991; 3Poinar 1996; 4Poinar 2005; 5Poinar 2006; 6Poinar 2013; 7Poinar 2014; 8Poinar 2022; 9Poinar and Brown 1993; 10Poinar and Brown 2015; 11Poinar et al. 2014; 12Poinar and Ricci 1992; 13Poinar and Singer 1990; 14Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1988; 15Santiago-Blay et al. 2004; 16Vickery and Poinar 1994; 17Waggoner and Poinar 1993; 18Ward 1992