PBDB Collection

UCMP B-8413, Ixhuatan, Rio Tapilula (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Chiapas amber, Mexican amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.3° N, 92.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 89.2° 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. E. Emerson. 1971. Tertiary Fossil Species of the Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera), Phylogeny of Genera, and Reciprocal Phylogeny of Associated Flagellata (Protozoa) and the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 146:243-304 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138881: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Archaeognatha - Meinertellidae	? Neomachilellus sp.⁵ ? Neomachilellus sp.⁵ Wygodzinsky 1953 rock bristletail UCMP 13105
Diptera - Psychodidae	Psychodinae indet.⁴, Threticus sp.⁴ Psychodinae indet.⁴ Newman 1834 moth fly UCMP 10387 (B-8413-146) Threticus sp.⁴ Eaton 1904 moth fly UCMP 10388 (B-8413-149)
Diptera - Keroplatidae	"Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae² "Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae² Rondani 1856 predatory fungus gnat B-8413-40, 41 ("Platyura or Orfelia")
Diptera - Mycetophilidae	Exechiini indet.² Exechiini indet.² Enderlein 1936 fungus gnat B-8413-156
Blattodea - Kalotermitidae	Calcaritermes vetus¹ Calcaritermes vetus¹ Emerson 1969 termite B-8413-128b
Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae	Coptotermes sucineus Coptotermes sucineus Emerson 1971 termite B-8413-128b, 62
Blattodea - Mastotermitidae	Mastotermes electromexicus³ Mastotermes electromexicus³ Krishna and Emerson 1983 termite B-8413-126
Coleoptera - Curculionidae	"Zygops durhami n. sp." = Geratozygops durhami⁶, Cryptorhynchus "sp. 2"⁶, aff. Cryptorhynchus "sp. 1"⁶, "Cryptorhynchus hurdi n. sp." = Neoulosomus (Neoulosomus) hurdi⁶ "Zygops durhami n. sp." = Geratozygops durhami⁶ Zimmerman 1971 snout beetle UCMP 10177 Cryptorhynchus "sp. 2"⁶ Illiger 1807 snout beetle UCMP 10179 aff. Cryptorhynchus "sp. 1"⁶ Illiger 1807 snout beetle UCMP 10180 "Cryptorhynchus hurdi n. sp." = Neoulosomus (Neoulosomus) hurdi⁶ Zimmerman 1971 snout beetle UCMP 10178

¹Emerson 1969; ²Gagné 1980; ³Krishna and Emerson 1983; ⁴Stebner and Solórzano Kraemer 2014; ⁵Wygodzinsky 1971; ⁶Zimmerman 1971