PBDB Collection

Omoto, Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (33.4° N, 131.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 131.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hirabaru Formation, Chibanian (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• 0.60±0.13 Ma fission-track ages from pumice layer just above fossil unit.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, carbonaceous siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Hayashi, K. Yahiro, and E. Kitabayashi. 2005. Middle Pleistocene fossil insects from the Hirabaru Formation of Kitsuki City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 32:227-234 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165700: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Dicondylia -	Coleoptera indet. Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
Coleoptera - Dytiscidae	Dytiscidae indet., Ilybius sp., Dytiscus sp. Dytiscidae indet. Leach 1815 predaceous diving beetle Ilybius sp. Erichson 1832 predaceous diving beetle Dytiscus sp. Linnaeus 1758 predaceous diving beetle
Coleoptera - Gyrinidae	Gyrinus sp. Gyrinus sp. Geoffroy 1762 whirligig beetle
Coleoptera - Carabidae	Carabidae indet., Carabus (Apotomopterus) maacki, Carabus (Ohomopterus) sp., Carabus (Ohomopterus) japonicus, "Pterostichinae indet." = Pterostichini, Oodini indet., Synuchus sp. Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle Carabus (Apotomopterus) maacki Morawitz 1862 ground beetle Carabus (Ohomopterus) sp. Reitter 1896 ground beetle Carabus (Ohomopterus) japonicus Motschulsky 1857 ground beetle "Pterostichinae indet." = Pterostichini Bonelli 1810 ground beetle Oodini indet. Laferte-Senectere 1851 ground beetle Synuchus sp. Gyllenhal 1810 ground beetle
Coleoptera - Elateridae	Elateridae indet. Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae	Chrysomelidae indet., Donaciinae indet., Donacia spp., Donacia flemora, Donacia cf. versicolorea, "Donacia vulgaris" = Donacia (Donaciomima) vulgaris, Donacia (Cyphogaster) sp., Plateumaris sp. Chrysomelidae indet. Latreille 1802 leaf beetle Donaciinae indet. Kirby 1837 leaf beetle Donacia spp. Fabricius 1775 leaf beetle Donacia flemora Goecke 1944 leaf beetle Donacia cf. versicolorea Brahm 1790 leaf beetle "Donacia vulgaris" = Donacia (Donaciomima) vulgaris Zschach 1788 leaf beetle Donacia (Cyphogaster) sp. Goecke 1934 leaf beetle Plateumaris sp. Thomson 1859 reed leaf beetle
Coleoptera - Curculionidae	Curculionidae indet. Curculionidae indet. Latreille 1802 snout beetle
Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae	Scarabaeidae indet., Aphodius sp., Cetoniinae indet. Scarabaeidae indet. Latreille 1802 scarab beetle Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle Cetoniinae indet. Leach 1815 flower chafer
Coleoptera - Staphylinidae	Staphylinidae indet. Staphylinidae indet. Latreille 1802 rove beetle
Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae	Hydrophilidae indet., Coelostoma sp., Hydrochara sp., Hydrochara libera, Hydrophilus sp. Hydrophilidae indet. Latreille 1802 water scavenger beetle Coelostoma sp. Brullé 1835 water scavenger beetle Hydrochara sp. Berthold 1827 water scavenger beetle Hydrochara libera Sharp 1884 water scavenger beetle Hydrophilus sp. Geoffroy 1762 water scavenger beetle
Dicondylia -	Lepidoptera indet. Lepidoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 moth