Accra Copal (Evers collection) (Holocene of Ghana)

Where: Ghana (5.6° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 0.2° W)

• 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. 1910. Contribution á la fauna des diptères du copal récent de Zanzibar, de Madagascar et d'Accra. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 34:140-148 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152186: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Asteiidae
Asteia magnifica n. sp. Meunier 1910 fly
no. 196, 198
 Diptera -
Leria insatiabilis n. sp. Meunier 1910 fly
no. 197
 Diptera - Phoridae
"Aphiochaeta obstricta n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) obstricta
"Aphiochaeta obstricta n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) obstricta Meunier 1910 scuttle fly
no. 2