Randeck Maar (Schempp collection) (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.6° N, 9.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Randeck Maar Formation, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• Early/Middle Miocene (Burdigalian, Karpatian, MN 5, ca. 16–18 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified, carbonaceous lime mudstone

• Volcanic lake
• Bituminous laminites ("dysodiles") and laminated, varve-like limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the SMNS

• Repository: private collection of Karl Schempp (possibly now at SMNS)

Primary reference: L. Armbruster. 1938. Versteinerte Honigbienen aus dem obermiocänen Randecker Maar. Archiv für Bienenkunde 19:97-133 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127613: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 19.05.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Flies assumed to come from this collection because specimen numbers have similar format to Prohalictus schemppi.
Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Halictidae
"Prohalictus schemppi n. sp." = Halictus schemppi
"Prohalictus schemppi n. sp." = Halictus schemppi Armbruster 1938 sweat bee
No. 5074
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
"Hauffapis scheuthlei" = Apis armbrusteri, "Hauffapis scheeri" = Apis armbrusteri
"Hauffapis scheuthlei" = Apis armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 Armbruster's honey bee
No. 70, 72
"Hauffapis scheeri" = Apis armbrusteri Zeuner 1931 Armbruster's honey bee
No. 69, 71, 73
 Diptera - Keroplatidae
"Promacrocera archaica n. gen. n. sp." = Macrocera archaica
"Promacrocera archaica n. gen. n. sp." = Macrocera archaica Armbruster 1938 predatory fungus gnat
No. 3257
 Diptera - Sciaridae
"Lycoria milleri n. sp." = Sciara milleri, "Lycoria dietleni n. sp." = Sciara dietleni, "Lycoria ehrati n. sp." = Sciara ehrati, "Lycoria seemanni n. sp." = Sciara seemanni, "Lycoria braeuhaeuseri n. sp." = Sciara braeuhaeuseri, "Lycoria quenstedti n. sp." = Sciara quenstedti, "Lycoria deffneri n. sp." = Sciara deffneri, "Lycoria lengersdorfi n. sp." = Sciara lengersdorfi, "Lycoria hoelzlei n. sp." = Sciara hoelzlei, "Lycoria fraasi n. sp." = Sciara fraasi, "Lycoria joossi n. sp." = Sciara joossi, "Lycoria wageri n. sp." = Sciara wageri, "Lycoria hennigi n. sp." = Sciara hennigi, "Lycoria kluepfeli n. sp." = Sciara kluepfeli, "Lycoria berckhemeri n. sp." = Sciara berckhemeri, "Lycoria pompeckii n. sp." = Sciara pompeckii, "Lycoria branconis n. sp." = Sciara branconis, "Lycoria endrissi n. sp." = Sciara endrissi
"Lycoria milleri n. sp." = Sciara milleri Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 13083
"Lycoria dietleni n. sp." = Sciara dietleni Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3243, 3249, 3320, 3408, 7521, 13132
"Lycoria ehrati n. sp." = Sciara ehrati Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
"Lycoria seemanni n. sp." = Sciara seemanni Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3087, 3139, 3157, 3161, 3175, 3219, 3227, 3230, 3245, 12228a, 13083, 13133
"Lycoria braeuhaeuseri n. sp." = Sciara braeuhaeuseri Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3229, 3416, 13033, 13053
"Lycoria quenstedti n. sp." = Sciara quenstedti Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3265, 3332, 3353, 3377, 5264, 7614
"Lycoria deffneri n. sp." = Sciara deffneri Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
"Lycoria lengersdorfi n. sp." = Sciara lengersdorfi Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3219
"Lycoria hoelzlei n. sp." = Sciara hoelzlei Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3157, 3193, 3203, 3278, 3312, 3314, 3390, 4577, 7381, 12056
"Lycoria fraasi n. sp." = Sciara fraasi Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3283, 3367, 13131, 13162
"Lycoria joossi n. sp." = Sciara joossi Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3280
"Lycoria wageri n. sp." = Sciara wageri Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3259
"Lycoria hennigi n. sp." = Sciara hennigi Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3081, 3144, 3158, 13028, 13151
"Lycoria kluepfeli n. sp." = Sciara kluepfeli Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3290
"Lycoria berckhemeri n. sp." = Sciara berckhemeri Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3322, 7376, 7446, 12392
"Lycoria pompeckii n. sp." = Sciara pompeckii Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3167, 3289, 3291, 3292, 3348, 3363, 3366, 3373, 3376, 3384, 7384, 15005
"Lycoria branconis n. sp." = Sciara branconis Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 5171
"Lycoria endrissi n. sp." = Sciara endrissi Armbruster 1938 dark-winged fungus gnat
No. 3397, 7382, 7514, 13035, 13101
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Proleia landrocki n. gen. n. sp., Prophthinia coelosides n. sp., Prophthinia leides n. sp., "Paraleia rhymosides n. sp." = Armbrusteleia rhymosides, "Paraleia minor n. sp." = Armbrusteleia minor, Promycetomyia neoempherides n. gen. n. sp., Pronovakia incerta n. gen. n. sp., Prodocosia rondaniellides n. gen. n. sp., Proallodia delopsides n. sp., Proallodia rhymosides n. sp., Proepicypta obesa n. gen. n. sp., Prophronia dynatosomides n. gen. n. sp., Protrichonta delopsides n. gen. n. sp., Prodelopsis exechides n. sp., Prodelopsis epicyptides n. sp., Proapolephthisa manotides n. gen. n. sp., Prohadroneura dziedzickides n. gen. n. sp.
Proleia landrocki n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 9062
Prophthinia coelosides n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3335
Prophthinia leides n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3136, 13094
"Paraleia rhymosides n. sp." = Armbrusteleia rhymosides Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3159, 3147, 3165, 3217, 3351, ?3421
"Paraleia minor n. sp." = Armbrusteleia minor Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3178(7566), 3263, 3423
Promycetomyia neoempherides n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 13050, 3251, 3224
Pronovakia incerta n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3383
Prodocosia rondaniellides n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3134, 3114
Proallodia delopsides n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3413
Proallodia rhymosides n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3213, 13069
Proepicypta obesa n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3153
Prophronia dynatosomides n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3189
Protrichonta delopsides n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3371
Prodelopsis exechides n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 4032
Prodelopsis epicyptides n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3285(3218)
Proapolephthisa manotides n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 7535
Prohadroneura dziedzickides n. gen. n. sp. Armbruster 1938 fungus gnat
No. 3064