Dominican amber (Liedtke collection) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collection methods: Repository: collection G. Liedtke, Itzehoe

Primary reference: R. K. Kinzelbach. 1983. Fächerflügler aus dem dominikanischen Bernstein (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Myrmecolacidae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 26:29-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160250: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae
Stichotrema aff. beckeri de Oliveira and Kogan 1959 twisted-winged parasite