Madasgacar Copal (Evers collection) (Holocene of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (14.3° S, 50.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° S, 50.1° 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. 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 152187: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera -
Herina splendida n. sp. Meunier 1910 fly
no. 128
 Diptera - Chloropidae
Chloropinae indet.1 Rondani 1856 fly
Resembles Siphonella
 Diptera - Tachinidae
Myobia multiciliata n. sp.1 Meunier 1905 fly
no. 1
 Diptera - Phoridae
"Aphiochaeta inflata n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) inflata4, "Aphiochaeta indistincta n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) indistincta4, ? Phora sp.1
"Aphiochaeta inflata n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) inflata4 Meunier 1910 scuttle fly
no. 1
"Aphiochaeta indistincta n. sp." = Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) indistincta4 Meunier 1910 scuttle fly
no. 270
? Phora sp.1 Latreille 1796 scuttle fly
no. 4
 Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
Lestodiplosis kiefferis n. sp.1 Meunier 1905 gall midge
no. 5
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Leptomorphus africanus n. sp.3 Meunier 1907 fungus gnat
no. 31
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Toxorrhina madagascariensis n. sp.2 Meunier 1906 crane fly
 Hymenoptera - Trichogrammatidae
"Microcaetus formidolosus n. gen. n. sp." = Microcaetiscus formidolosus1
"Microcaetus formidolosus n. gen. n. sp." = Microcaetiscus formidolosus1 Meunier 1905 chalcid wasp
no. 3