Mexican amber (IHNFG collection) (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° N, 89.0° 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

Collection methods: Repository: Museo de Paleontología Eliseo Palacios Aguilera, Instituto de Historia Natural y Ecología, Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Primary reference: W. Wichard and M. M. Solorzano. 2006. First caddisfly species from Mexican amber (Insecta: Trichoptera). Zootaxa 1378:37-48 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125758: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 22.03.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Coenagrionidae
Nehalennia sp.6
Nehalennia sp.6 Selys-Longchamps 1850 narrow-winged damselfly
IHNFG-4896
 Ephemeroptera - Leptohyphidae
Leptohyphes sp.7
Leptohyphes sp.7 Eaton 1882 mayfly
MPCh 6133 IHNFA 233
 Ephemeroptera - Leptophlebiidae
? Leptophlebiidae indet.7
? Leptophlebiidae indet.7 Banks 1900 mayfly
MPCh 5948 IHNFA 048
 Trichoptera - Hydropsychidae
Plectropsyche alvarezi n. sp.
Plectropsyche alvarezi n. sp. Wichard and Solorzano 2006 net-spinning caddisfly
IHNFA 067, IHNFA 088
 Trichoptera - Pseudoneureclipsidae
Antillopsyche mexicana n. sp.
Antillopsyche mexicana n. sp. Wichard and Solorzano 2006 caddisfly
IHNFA 232, IHNFA 232
 Trichoptera - Xiphocentronidae
Xiphocentron (Xiphocentron) chiapasi
Xiphocentron (Xiphocentron) chiapasi Wichard and Solorzano 2006 caddisfly
IHNFA 028
 Trichoptera - Glossosomatidae
Culoptila aguilerai n. sp.
Culoptila aguilerai n. sp. Wichard and Solorzano 2006 caddisfly
IHNFA 014, IHNFA 088
Arachnida
 Pseudoscorpiones - Chthoniidae
Paraliochthonius miomaya n. sp.5
Paraliochthonius miomaya n. sp.5 Judson 2016 pseudoscorpion
IHNFG-5299, 5300
 Araneae - Thomisidae
Thomisidae indet.1
Thomisidae indet.1 Sundevall 1833 crab spider
IHNFT-162
 Araneae - Salticidae
Lyssomanes sp.4
Lyssomanes sp.4 Hentz 1845 spider
IHNE 5964
 Araneae - Selenopidae
Selenops sp.1
Selenops sp.1 Latreille 1819 wall crab spiders
IHNFT-161
 Araneae - Theridiidae
Episinus penneyi n. sp.2
Episinus penneyi n. sp.2 García-Villafuerte 2006 cobweb spider
IHNFG-2895
 Araneae - Theraphosidae
Hemirraghus sp.3
Hemirraghus sp.3 Simon 1903 tarantula
IHNFT-166
1García-Villafuerte 2006; 2García-Villafuerte 2006; 3García-Villafuerte 2009; 4García-Villafuerte and Penney 2003; 5Judson 2016; 6Ross et al. 2016; 7Solórzano Kraemer 2007