UCMP B-5103, Las Cruces landslide, Simojovel region (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.1° N, 92.5° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 88.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: A. H. Sturtevant. 1963. A fossil periscelid (Diptera) from the amber of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 37(1):121-122 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124623: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Scatopsidae
Scatopse primula n. sp.1, Scatopse bilaminata n. sp.1
Scatopse primula n. sp.1 Cook 1971 minute black scavenger fly
UCMP 12678
Scatopse bilaminata n. sp.1 Cook 1971 minute black scavenger fly
UCMP 12663
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Trichomyia antiquaria n. sp.9, Brunettia hurdi n. sp.9
Trichomyia antiquaria n. sp.9 Quate 1961 moth fly
UCMP 12685
Brunettia hurdi n. sp.9 Quate 1961 moth fly
UCMP 12671
 Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
Bremia sp.4
Bremia sp.4 Rondani 1861 gall midge
UCMP 12703
 Diptera - Drosophilidae
Neotanygastrella wheeleri n. sp.5
Neotanygastrella wheeleri n. sp.5 Grimaldi 1987 fruit fly
UCMP 12700
 Diptera - Periscelididae
"Periscelis annectans n. sp." = Periscelis (Myodris) annectans
"Periscelis annectans n. sp." = Periscelis (Myodris) annectans Sturtevant 1963 fly
UCMP 12639
 Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Heterotermes primaevus n. sp.11, Coptotermes sucineus n. sp.3
Heterotermes primaevus n. sp.11 Snyder 1960 termite
UCMP 12679A, B, 12680; in Emerson, 1971: 12855
Coptotermes sucineus n. sp.3 Emerson 1971 termite
UCMP 12679B, 12680 (originally H. primaevus in Snyder, 1960); 12808
 Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Incisitermes krishnai2, Incisitermes krishnai n. sp.2
Incisitermes krishnai2 Emerson 1969 termite
UCMP 12945
Incisitermes krishnai n. sp.2 Emerson 1969 termite
UCMP 12613
 Psocodea - Amphientomidae
"Amphientomum (Palaeoseopsis) elongatum n. sp." = Lithoseopsis elongata6
"Amphientomum (Palaeoseopsis) elongatum n. sp." = Lithoseopsis elongata6 Mockford 1969 tropical barklouse
UCMP 12670
 Psocodea - Myopsocidae
Myopsocidae indet.6
Myopsocidae indet.6 Enderlein 1901 mouse like barklouse
UCMP 12661
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Cenocephalus succinicaptus10
Cenocephalus succinicaptus10 Schedl 1962 ambrosia beetle
UCMP 12697, 12698
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Ecphylus oculatus n. sp.7
Ecphylus oculatus n. sp.7 Muesebeck 1960 wasp
UCMP 12681
 Hemiptera - Ceratocombidae
Ceratocombus (Ceratocombus) hurdi n. sp.12
Ceratocombus (Ceratocombus) hurdi n. sp.12 Wygodzinsky 1959 true bug
UCMP 12612
unclassified
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Arachnomorpha indet.8
Arachnomorpha indet.8 Lameere 1890
UCMP 12690
1Cook 1971; 2Emerson 1969; 3Emerson 1971; 4Gagné 1973; 5Grimaldi 1987; 6Mockford 1969; 7Muesebeck 1960; 8Petrunkevitch 1963; 9Quate 1961; 10Schedl 1962; 11Snyder 1960; 12Wygodzinsky 1959