Where: Belarus (51.9° N, 26.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 22.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Likely roughly contemporaneous with late Eocene Baltic amber
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: amber
Collection methods: surface (float)
• Repository: Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev)
Primary reference: S. I. Melnitsky and V. D. Ivanov. 2016. New species of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) from the Rovno Amber. Zoosymposia 10:278-291 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185683: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.05.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Erotesis bessylenon n. sp.
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Holocentropus sp. McLachlan 1878 caddisfly |