Brazilian copal (Holocene of Brazil)

Where: Brazil (5.0° S, 38.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 38.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Gistl collection should be at Zoologische Staatssammlung in München, but specimens can not generally be located there according to Fikacek & Engel, 2011.

Primary reference: J. Gistl. 1831. Kerfe in Copal eingeschlossen. Isis von Oken 1831(3):247-248 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155717: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elater maculatus n. sp. Gistl 1831 click beetle
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Sphaeridium melanarium n. sp. Gistl 1831 water scavenger beetle
 Diptera - Chironomidae
? Chironomus leucomelas n. sp. Gistl 1831 non biting midge
 Diptera - Culicidae
Culex flavus n. sp.
Culex flavus n. sp. Gistl 1831 mosquito