Burmese amber (PIN collection 5608) (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

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: D. E. Shcherbakov. 2017. First record of the Cretaceous family Mimarachnidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) in amber. Russian Entomological Journal 26:389-392 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190961: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.01.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Blephariceridae
Zwickina minaevi n. gen. n. sp.7
Zwickina minaevi n. gen. n. sp.7 Lukashevich and Vorontsov 2022 net-winged midge
PIN 5608/202
 Hemiptera - Mimarachnidae
Burmissus raunoi n. gen. n. sp.
Burmissus raunoi n. gen. n. sp. Shcherbakov 2017 planthopper
PIN 5608/2
 Hemiptera - Jubisentidae
Psilargus anufrievi n. gen. n. sp.8
Psilargus anufrievi n. gen. n. sp.8 Shcherbakov 2020 planthopper
PIN 5608/106
 Hemiptera - Inoderbidae
Inoderbe rapunzel n. gen. n. sp.10
Inoderbe rapunzel n. gen. n. sp.10 Shcherbakov and Emeljanov 2021 planthopper
PIN 5608/204
 Hemiptera - Dorytocidae
Dorytocus ornithorhynchus n. gen. n. sp.1
Dorytocus ornithorhynchus n. gen. n. sp.1 Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2018 planthopper
PIN 5608/3, 4, 5
 Hemiptera - Derbidae
Derbachile aschei n. sp.2, Derbachile hochae n. gen. n. sp.2, Achiderbe obrienae n. gen. n. sp.2
Derbachile aschei n. sp.2 Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2020 planthopper
PIN 5608/123a, 123b,129, 130
Derbachile hochae n. gen. n. sp.2 Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2020 planthopper
PIN 5608/134
Achiderbe obrienae n. gen. n. sp.2 Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2020 planthopper
PIN 5608/126
 Lophioneurida - Lophioneuridae
Iotacypha zherikhini n. gen. n. sp.9
Iotacypha zherikhini n. gen. n. sp.9 Shcherbakov et al. 2024 winged insect
PIN 5608/173, 19b, 128f, 279, 281, 280
 Hymenoptera - Ohlhoffiidae
Myanmephialtites bashkuevi n. gen. n. sp.3
Myanmephialtites bashkuevi n. gen. n. sp.3 Jouault et al. 2020 wasp
PIN 5608/55
 Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Buratina truncata n. gen. n. sp.6, Protosiphoniella anthophila n. gen. n. sp.6, Khobotun elephantinus n. gen. n. sp.6, Sidorchukatia gracilis n. gen. n. sp.6
Buratina truncata n. gen. n. sp.6 Khramov 2019 spongillafly
PIN 5608/11
Protosiphoniella anthophila n. gen. n. sp.6 Khramov 2019 spongillafly
PIN 5608/13
Khobotun elephantinus n. gen. n. sp.6 Khramov 2019 spongillafly
PIN 5608/14
Sidorchukatia gracilis n. gen. n. sp.6 Khramov 2019 spongillafly
PIN 5608/12
 Neuroptera - Berothidae
Osmyloberotha simpla n. gen. n. sp.4
Osmyloberotha simpla n. gen. n. sp.4 Khramov 2021 beaded lacewing
PIN 5608/277
 Mecoptera - Pseudopolycentropodidae
Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus5, Dualula kachinensis5
Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus5 Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn 2005 scorpionfly
PIN 5608/39
Dualula kachinensis5 Lin et al. 2019 scorpionfly
PIN 5608/68
1Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2018; 2Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2020; 3Jouault et al. 2020; 4Khramov 2021; 5Khramov et al. 2020; 6Khramov et al. 2019; 7Lukashevich and Vorontsov 2022; 8Shcherbakov 2020; 9Shcherbakov et al. 2024; 10Shcherbakov and Emeljanov 2021