Zanzibar Copal (Kunow 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: small collection sent by M. Künow of Zoological Museum at Königsberg

Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1901. Nouvelles recherches sur quelques Cecidomyidae et Mycetomyilidae de l'ambre et description d'un noveau genre et d'une nouvelle espèce de Cecidomyidae du copal de l'Afrique. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles (Mémoires) 25:183-202 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140791: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
"Stenoptera kiefferi n. gen. n. sp." = Neostenoptera kiefferi
"Stenoptera kiefferi n. gen. n. sp." = Neostenoptera kiefferi Meunier 1901 gall midge
 Diptera - Tachinidae
Thryptocera media n. sp. Meunier 1905 fly
no. 15
 Hymenoptera - Pteromalidae
Plutothrix minutissima n. sp. Meunier 1905 chalcid wasp
no. 20