Celebes copal (Holocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (5.1° S, 119.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 119.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Likely of subfossil origin (can be dissolved in alcohol to extract insects)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: amber

Reposited in the MfN

• Repository: Dresden Museum (some of Viehmeyer's ant types now at Humboldt Museum)

Primary reference: H. Viehmeyer. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14:1-26 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182105: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
"Platythyrea coxalis" = Platythyrea parallela2, Odontomachus saevissimus2, Odontomachus cephalotes2, "Dolichoderus bituberculatus" = Dolichoderus thoracicus2, "Iridomyrmex dimorphus" = Anonychomyrma dimorpha2, "Calomyrmex levissimus" = Calomyrmex laevissimus2, "Camponotus (Colobopsis) vitreus" = Colobopsis vitrea2, Polyrhachis celebensis n. sp.2, Polyrhachis paromalus2, "Polyrhachis restituta n. sp." = Polyrhachis decipiens2, Polyrhachis circumdata n. sp.2, Polyrhachis tibialis2, Polyrhachis continua2, Polyrhachis erosispina2, Polyrhachis levior2, Polyrhachis excitata n. sp.2, Polyrhachis subfossa n. sp.2, Polyrhachis cincta n. sp.2, Polyrhachis inclusa n. sp., Oecophylla smaragdina2, Rhytidoponera araneoides2, "Pristomyrmex parumpunctatus" = Pristomyrmex umbripennis2, Cataulacus resinosus n. sp.2, Pheidole plagiaria2, "Cerapachys conservatus n. sp." = Parasyscia conservata2, "Phyracaces suscitatus n. sp." = Lioponera suscitata2
"Platythyrea coxalis" = Platythyrea parallela2 Smith 1859 ant
Odontomachus saevissimus2 Smith 1858 ant
Odontomachus cephalotes2 Smith 1863 ant
Odontomachus ruficeps subsp. cephalotes
"Dolichoderus bituberculatus" = Dolichoderus thoracicus2 Smith 1860 ant
"Iridomyrmex dimorphus" = Anonychomyrma dimorpha2 Viehmeyer 1912 ant
var. contenta
"Calomyrmex levissimus" = Calomyrmex laevissimus2 Smith 1859 ant
"Camponotus (Colobopsis) vitreus" = Colobopsis vitrea2 Smith 1860 ant
Polyrhachis celebensis n. sp.2 Viehmeyer 1913 ant
Polyrhachis rastellata var. celebensis
Polyrhachis paromalus2 Smith 1863 ant
"Polyrhachis restituta n. sp." = Polyrhachis decipiens2 Roger 1863 ant
1 var. conclusa
Polyrhachis circumdata n. sp.2 Viehmeyer 1913 ant
Polyrhachis tibialis2 Smith 1858 ant
var. parsis
Polyrhachis continua2 Emery 1887 ant
var. revocata
Polyrhachis erosispina2 Emery 1900 ant
Polyrhachis bellicosa var. erosispina
Polyrhachis levior2 Roger 1863 ant
Polyrhachis excitata n. sp.2 Viehmeyer 1913 ant
Polyrhachis subfossa n. sp.2 Viehmeyer 1913 ant
Polyrhachis cincta n. sp.2 Viehmeyer 1913 ant
Polyrhachis dahli var. cincta
Polyrhachis inclusa n. sp. Viehmeyer 1912 ant
Oecophylla smaragdina2 Fabricius 1775 weaver ant
var. celebensis
Rhytidoponera araneoides2 Le Guillou 1842 ant
"Pristomyrmex parumpunctatus" = Pristomyrmex umbripennis2 Smith 1863 ant
Cataulacus resinosus n. sp.2 Viehmeyer 1913 ant
Cataulacus taprobanae var. resinosa
Pheidole plagiaria2 Smith 1860 ant
"Cerapachys conservatus n. sp." = Parasyscia conservata2 Viehmeyer 1913 army ant
"Phyracaces suscitatus n. sp." = Lioponera suscitata2 Viehmeyer 1913 army ant
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Acicnemis fossilis n. sp.1
Acicnemis fossilis n. sp.1 Kleine 1924 snout beetle
1Kleine 1924; 2Viehmeyer 1913