Burmese amber (RSM collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, Canada (RSM)

Primary reference: P. F. D. Cockx and R. C. McKellar. 2016. First record of the family Scolebythidae (Hymenoptera) in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 67:133-139 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166234: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 06.02.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Buserphites myanmarensis n. sp.2 Herbert and McKellar 2021 wasp
RSKM P3306.61
Mesoserphites engeli n. sp.2 Herbert and McKellar 2021 wasp
RSKM P3306.62
Mesoserphites viraneacapitis n. sp.2 Herbert and McKellar 2021 wasp
RSKM P3306.30d
Mesoserphites scutatus n. sp.2 Herbert and McKellar 2021 wasp
RSKM P3306.30a, 30b, 30c
Mesoserphites annulus n. gen. n. sp.2 Herbert and McKellar 2021 wasp
RSKM P3306.60
Mesoserphites giganteus n. sp.2 Herbert and McKellar 2021 wasp
RSKM P3306.63
 Hymenoptera - Falsiformicidae
Siccibythus musculosus n. gen. n. sp.
Siccibythus musculosus n. gen. n. sp. Cockx and McKellar 2016 wasp
RSM P3306.002
 Hymenoptera - Pemphredonidae
Colmepsiterona cumcarena n. gen. n. sp.1
Colmepsiterona cumcarena n. gen. n. sp.1 Cockx and McKellar 2018 aphid wasp
RSM P3306.004a, b, P3306.005
 Hymenoptera - Scolebythidae
Cursoribythus silvestris n. gen. n. sp.
Cursoribythus silvestris n. gen. n. sp. Cockx and McKellar 2016 wasp
RSM P3306.003