PBDB Collection

Burmese amber (Lingpoge Amber Museum coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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

• coordinate stated in text

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

• "...inclusions in the piece are numerous frass pellets and wood fragments, further suggestive (besides body form) of arboreal/wood nesting habits of the ant..."

• "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Lingpoge Amber Museum (specimen currently housed at NIGP)

Primary reference: B. Wang, F. Y. Xia, T. Wappler, E. Simon, H. C. Zhang, E. A. Jarzembowski, and J. Szwedo. 2015. Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect. eLife 4:e05447 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167760: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
Podocopida - Candonidae	Myanmarcypris hui n. gen. n. sp.¹⁹, Electrocypria burmitei n. gen. n. sp.¹⁹ Myanmarcypris hui n. gen. n. sp.¹⁹ Wang et al. 2020 ostracod BA19005-1-5, 11-36 Electrocypria burmitei n. gen. n. sp.¹⁹ Wang et al. 2022 ostracod BA19005-6, 7, 37-41
Podocopida - Loxoconchidae	Sanyuania sp.¹⁹ Sanyuania sp.¹⁹ ostracod BA19005-8
Insecta
Diptera - Eremochaetidae	Zhenia xiai n. gen. n. sp.²² Zhenia xiai n. gen. n. sp.²² Zhang et al. 2016 fly BA02-15001, BA02-15003
Odonata - Platycnemididae	Yijenplatycnemis huangi²⁵ Yijenplatycnemis huangi²⁵ Zheng et al. 2017 white-legged damselfly BA16200
Hemiptera - Inoderbidae	Ingensala xiai n. gen. n. sp.¹³ Ingensala xiai n. gen. n. sp.¹³ Luo et al. 2022 planthopper BA19006
Hemiptera - Sinoalidae	Fangyuania xiai n. gen. n. sp.³ Fangyuania xiai n. gen. n. sp.³ Chen et al. 2018 froghopper BA16003; 19002, 19003 in Chen et al., 2019
Hemiptera - Procercopidae	Paranthoscytina xiai n. gen. n. sp.⁴, Burmocercopis lingpogensis n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Paranthoscytina xiai n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Fu et al. 2019 froghopper XFY10103 Burmocercopis lingpogensis n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Fu et al. 2019 froghopper XFY10104
Hemiptera - Minlagerrontidae	Minlagerron griphos n. gen. n. sp.² Minlagerron griphos n. gen. n. sp.² Chen et al. 2019 true bug BA16001
Hemiptera - Ortheziidae	Wathondara kotejai n. gen. n. sp. Wathondara kotejai n. gen. n. sp. Simon et al. 2015 ensign scale insect BA14011
Orthoptera - Tridactylidae	Phyllotridactylus wangi n. gen. n. sp.²¹ Phyllotridactylus wangi n. gen. n. sp.²¹ Xu et al. 2022 pygmy mole cricket BA19007
Alienoptera - Alienopteridae	Alienopteridae indet.¹², Teyia branislav n. gen. n. sp.¹⁶ Alienopteridae indet.¹² Bai et al. 2016 winged insect BA17012 Teyia branislav n. gen. n. sp.¹⁶ Vršanský and Wang 2018 winged insect BA17011
Blattodea - Olidae	Ol xiai n. gen. n. sp.¹⁸ Ol xiai n. gen. n. sp.¹⁸ Vršanský and Wang 2017 cockroach BA17100
Blattodea - Mastotermitidae	Anisotermes xiai n. gen. n. sp.²³ Anisotermes xiai n. gen. n. sp.²³ Zhao et al. 2019 termite BA32001
Blattodea - Pabuonqedidae	Pabuonqed eulna¹⁷ Pabuonqed eulna¹⁷ Vršanský 2019 termite
Hymenoptera - Formicidae	Dhagnathos autokrator¹⁴ Dhagnathos autokrator¹⁴ Perrichot et al. 2020 hell ant XA01
Neuroptera -	Phyllochrysa huangi⁹, Electrocaptivus xui n. gen. n. sp.¹, Burmitus tubulifer n. gen. n. sp.¹ Phyllochrysa huangi⁹ Liu et al. 2018 lacewing LPAM BA17003 Electrocaptivus xui n. gen. n. sp.¹ Badano et al. 2018 lacewing BA17101 Burmitus tubulifer n. gen. n. sp.¹ Badano et al. 2018 lacewing BA12013
Neuroptera - Nymphidae	Nymphavus progenitor n. gen. n. sp.¹ Nymphavus progenitor n. gen. n. sp.¹ Badano et al. 2018 split-footed lacewing BA12015
Neuroptera - Babinskaiidae	Calobabinskaia xiai n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Calobabinskaia xiai n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Lu et al. 2021 lacewing LPAM BA-NEU-002
Neuroptera -	Diodontognathus papillatus n. gen. n. sp.¹ Diodontognathus papillatus n. gen. n. sp.¹ Badano et al. 2018 lacewing BA12011, 12012, 12014, 12017
Neuroptera - Mantispidae	Habrosymphrasis xiai n. gen. n. sp.¹⁵ Habrosymphrasis xiai n. gen. n. sp.¹⁵ Shi et al. 2020 mantidfly LPAM BA18001
Neuroptera - Nevrorthidae	Cretarophalis patrickmuelleri¹¹ Cretarophalis patrickmuelleri¹¹ Wichard 2017 lacewing LPAM BA17002
Neuroptera - Dipteromantispidae	Kurtodipteromantispa xiai n. sp.⁷ Kurtodipteromantispa xiai n. sp.⁷ Li et al. 2020 lacewing LPAM BA-NEU-001
Megaloptera - Sialidae	Haplosialodes liui⁸ Haplosialodes liui⁸ Huang et al. 2016 alderfly BA17001
Coleoptera -	Notocupes sp.⁶ Notocupes sp.⁶ Ponomarenko 1964 beetle BA202101
Coleoptera - Cupedidae	"Mallecupes qingqingae" = Mallecupes (Mallecupes) qingqingae⁵ "Mallecupes qingqingae" = Mallecupes (Mallecupes) qingqingae⁵ Jarzembowski et al. 2017 reticulated beetle Figured specimen in Xia et al., 2015
Trichoptera - Odontoceridae	Palaeopsilotreta xiai²⁰ Palaeopsilotreta xiai²⁰ Wichard and Wang 2016 caddisfly BA16001, BA16002
Mecoptera - Aneuretopsychidae	Burmopsyche sp.²⁴ Burmopsyche sp.²⁴ Zhao et al. 2020 scorpionfly BA18002

¹Badano et al. 2018; ²Chen et al. 2019; ³Chen et al. 2018; ⁴Fu et al. 2019; ⁵Jarzembowski et al. 2017; ⁶Li et al. 2023; ⁷Li et al. 2020; ⁸Liu et al. 2017; ⁹Liu et al. 2018; ¹⁰Lu et al. 2021; ¹¹Lu et al. 2018; ¹²Luo et al. 2022; ¹³Luo et al. 2022; ¹⁴Perrichot et al. 2020; ¹⁵Shi et al. 2020; ¹⁶Vršanský et al. 2018; ¹⁷Vršanský et al. 2019; ¹⁸Vršanský and Wang 2017; ¹⁹Wang et al. 2022; ²⁰Wichard and Wang 2016; ²¹Xu et al. 2022; ²²Zhang et al. 2016; ²³Zhao et al. 2019; ²⁴Zhao et al. 2020; ²⁵Zheng et al. 2017