PBDB Collection

Burmese amber (National Museum Prague NMPC collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: National Museum, Prague

Primary reference: P. Sroka and A. Nel. 2017. New species of Compsocidae (Insecta, Psocodea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4320:597-600 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189783: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera -	Burmatricha mesozoica⁵ Burmatricha mesozoica⁵ Ševčík et al. 2021 fungus gnat NMPC 54/2020
Diptera - Pleciofungivoridae	Cretopleciofungivora simpsoni⁹ Cretopleciofungivora simpsoni⁹ Zhang et al. 2024 fungus gnat NMPC 144/2021
Coleoptera - Ischaliidae	Prototrichalus "sp. A"⁶, Prototrichalus "sp. B"⁶, Prototrichalus jingpo n. sp.⁶ Prototrichalus "sp. A"⁶ Molina-Olmedo et al. 2020 false fire-colored beetle NM-T3533 (BUR0025) Prototrichalus "sp. B"⁶ Molina-Olmedo et al. 2020 false fire-colored beetle NM-T3534 (BUR0026) Prototrichalus jingpo n. sp.⁶ Telnov and Kundrata 2023 false fire-colored beetle NM-T3535 (BUR0007)
Coleoptera -	Anoeuma lawrencei³ Anoeuma lawrencei³ Li et al. 2021 beetle NM-T3471
Coleoptera - Elateridae	Burmogonus cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.⁸, Burmophysorhinus dusaneki n. gen. n. sp.², Tibionemini indet.¹ Burmogonus cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Triskova et al. 2022 click beetle NMPC NM-T3507 Burmophysorhinus dusaneki n. gen. n. sp.² Kundrata et al. 2023 click beetle NM-T3538 (BUR0016) Tibionemini indet.¹ Motyka et al. 2023 click beetle NMPC NM-T3536, 3537
Coleoptera - Mastigocoleidae	Cretaceocoleus saetosus⁷ Cretaceocoleus saetosus⁷ Tihelka et al. 2022 beetle NMPC NM-T3501
Hemiptera - Mimarachnidae	Cretodorus lijuanae n. sp.⁴ Cretodorus lijuanae n. sp.⁴ Liu and Jiang 2024 planthopper NM-T3546, 3547, 3548, 3549
Psocodea - Compsocidae	Burmacompsocus coniugans n. sp. Burmacompsocus coniugans n. sp. Sroka and Nel 2017 book louse

¹Kundrata et al. 2025; ²Kundrata et al. 2023; ³Li et al. 2021; ⁴Liu et al. 2024; ⁵Ševčík et al. 2021; ⁶Telnov et al. 2023; ⁷Tihelka et al. 2022; ⁸Triskova et al. 2022; ⁹Zhang et al. 2024