Madagascar copal (Heiss collection, Tiroler Landesmuseum) (Holocene of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (12.5° S, 49.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 49.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, amber

Collection methods: Repository: Tiroler Landesmuseum

Primary reference: E. Guilbert and E. Heiss. 2016. First fossil records of Tingidae from Madagascan Copal with description of two new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 48:1081-1090 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183970: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.01.2017

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Tingidae
Gitava fusca Schouteden 1957 lace bug
Hovatlas invaginatus Duarte Rodrigues 1992 lace bug
Cysteochila copal n. sp. Guilbert and Heiss 2016 lace bug
Cysteochila impressa Horvath 1910 lace bug
Phatnoma madagascariensis n. sp. Guilbert and Heiss 2016 lace bug