PBDB Collection

UCMP B-8425, Simojovel region (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

• Specimens in UC Museum of Paleontlogy, Berkeley

Primary reference: R. J. Gagné. 1980. Mycetophilidae and Sciaridae (Diptera) in Mexican amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82(1):152 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140369: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera - Psychodidae	Trichomyia sp.⁴, Psychoda rusti n. sp.⁶ Trichomyia sp.⁴ Haliday 1839 moth fly UCMP 10396, 10397 (B-8425-93, 94) Psychoda rusti n. sp.⁶ Stebner and Solórzano Kraemer 2014 moth fly UCMP 10395 (B-8425-92)
Diptera - Hybotidae	Chaetodromia pulchra n. sp.⁵ Chaetodromia pulchra n. sp.⁵ Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005 dance fly UCMP 50025 (B-8425-148)
Diptera - Dolichopodidae	Peloropeodes paleomexicana n. sp.¹ Peloropeodes paleomexicana n. sp.¹ Bickel 2016 long-legged fly B-8425-151
Diptera - Keroplatidae	"Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae "Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae Rondani 1856 predatory fungus gnat B-8425-102 ("Platyura or Orfelia")
Blattodea - Termitidae	Nasutitermes electrinus² Nasutitermes electrinus² Krishna 1996 termite B-8425-63
Hymenoptera -	Palaeogryon muesebecki³ Palaeogryon muesebecki³ Masner 1969 wasp B-8425-173

¹Bickel and Solórzano Kraemer 2016; ²Krishna 1996; ³Masner 1969; ⁴Solórzano Kraemer 2007; ⁵Solórzano Kraemer et al. 2005; ⁶Stebner and Solórzano Kraemer 2014