Zanzibar Copal (Evers collection) (Holocene of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.2° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 39.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of M. Evers, junior of Altona-Bahrenfeld (Hambourg)

Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1905. Nouvelles recherches sur quelques Diptères et Hyménoptères du copal fossile "dit de Zanzibar". Revue Scientifique du Bourbonnais et du Centre de la France 18:204-215 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140788: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.03.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Trentepohlia sp.7 Bigot 1854 crane fly
no. 293
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
"Empheria maculata n. sp." = Neoempheria maculata3, Exechia erupta n. sp.3
"Empheria maculata n. sp." = Neoempheria maculata3 Meunier 1907 fungus gnat
no. 33
Exechia erupta n. sp.3 Meunier 1907 fungus gnat
no. 32
 Diptera - Keroplatidae
Platyura exigua n. sp.3 Meunier 1907 predatory fungus gnat
no. 34
 Diptera - Sciaridae
Sciara radians n. sp.7 Meunier 1910 dark-winged fungus gnat
no. 14
 Diptera - Asilidae
Leptogaster erecta n. sp.2 Meunier 1906 grass fly
no. 16
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
"Nematoproctus alsiosus n. sp." = Diaphorus alsiosus7, "Teuchophorus sobrius n. sp." = Chaetogonopteron sobrium7
"Nematoproctus alsiosus n. sp." = Diaphorus alsiosus7 Meunier 1910 long-legged fly
no. 26
"Teuchophorus sobrius n. sp." = Chaetogonopteron sobrium7 Meunier 1910 long-legged fly
no. 293
 Diptera - Phoridae
"Phora copalina n. sp." = Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina, "Phora ethiopia n. sp." = Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia, "Aphiochaeta obruta n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) obruta6, "Aphiochaeta praepedita n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) praepedita5, "Aphiochaeta infossa n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) infossa5, "Aphiochaeta inclusa n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) inclusa5
"Phora copalina n. sp." = Megaselia (Megaselia) copalina Meunier 1905 scuttle fly
no. 7, 8
"Phora ethiopia n. sp." = Megaselia (Megaselia) ethiopia Meunier 1905 scuttle fly
no. 6
"Aphiochaeta obruta n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) obruta6 Meunier 1910 scuttle fly
no. 131, 115
"Aphiochaeta praepedita n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) praepedita5 Meunier 1910 scuttle fly
no. 185
"Aphiochaeta infossa n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) infossa5 Meunier 1910 scuttle fly
no. 20
"Aphiochaeta inclusa n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) inclusa5 Meunier 1910 scuttle fly
no. 130
 Diptera - Platystomatidae
Ceroxys ethiopia n. sp.4 Meunier 1908 signal fly
 Diptera - Muscidae
Pyrellia viridissima n. sp.4 Meunier 1908 house fly
 Diptera -
Leriella crassifemorata n. gen. n. sp.4
Leriella crassifemorata n. gen. n. sp.4 Meunier 1908 fly
 Diptera - Micropezidae
Micropeza prompta n. sp.2 Meunier 1906 stilt-legged fly
no. 15
 Diptera -
Leria insaturabilis n. sp.7 Meunier 1910 fly
no. 273
 Diptera - Sciomyzidae
Heleomyza humilis n. sp.7 Meunier 1910 marsh fly
no. 111
 Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
"Calyoza ramosa n. sp." = Calyoza staphylinoides2
"Calyoza ramosa n. sp." = Calyoza staphylinoides2 Hope 1837 flat wasp
no. 10
 Hymenoptera -
Ceratobaeus incertus n. sp. Meunier 1905 wasp
no. 3
 Hymenoptera - Platygastridae
"Mesidia minuta n. sp." = Aphelinus minutus
"Mesidia minuta n. sp." = Aphelinus minutus Meunier 1905 wasp
no. 1
 Psocodea - Lepidopsocidae
Thylacella eversiana n. gen. n. sp.1
Thylacella eversiana n. gen. n. sp.1 Enderlein 1911 scaly-winged bark louse
coll. J. Evers