Burmese amber (PIN collection 5620) (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: A. P. Rasnitsyn and C. Öhm-Kühnle. 2018. Three new female Aptenoperissus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea, Aptenoperissidae): Unexpected diversity of paradoxical wasps suggests insular features of source biome. Cretaceous Research 91:168-175 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194182: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Proctotrupidae
Cresogmus grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.3
Cresogmus grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.3 Rasnitsyn and Kolyada 2022 wasp
PIN 5620/144
 Hymenoptera - Archaeoserphitidae
Archaeoserphites engeli n. sp.7
Archaeoserphites engeli n. sp.7 Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2020 wasp
PIN 5620/78a
 Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Supraserphites margritae n. sp.6, Supraserphites draculi n. gen. n. sp.4, Supraserphites vorontsovi n. sp.6, Supraserphites sidorchukae n. sp.5
Supraserphites margritae n. sp.6 Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2020 wasp
PIN 5620/33a
Supraserphites draculi n. gen. n. sp.4 Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2018 wasp
PIN 5620/4
Supraserphites vorontsovi n. sp.6 Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2020 wasp
PIN 5620/31a
Supraserphites sidorchukae n. sp.5 Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2019 wasp
PIN 5620/7
 Hymenoptera - Falsiformicidae
Siccibythus martynovae n. sp.8, Siccibythus ohmkuhnlei n. sp.8
Siccibythus martynovae n. sp.8 Rasnitsyn et al. 2020 wasp
PIN 5620/22a
Siccibythus ohmkuhnlei n. sp.8 Rasnitsyn et al. 2020 wasp
PIN 5620/49
 Hymenoptera - Embolemidae
Embolemus zherikhini n. sp.1, Embolemus ohmkuhnlei n. sp.1
Embolemus zherikhini n. sp.1 Perkovsky et al. 2021 wasp
PIN 5620/88
Embolemus ohmkuhnlei n. sp.1 Perkovsky et al. 2021 wasp
PIN 5620/87
 Hymenoptera - Plumalexiidae
Plumalexius ohmkuhnlei n. sp.2
Plumalexius ohmkuhnlei n. sp.2 Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2020 wasp
PIN 5620/46a
 Hymenoptera - Aptenoperissidae
Aptenoperissus pusillus n. sp., Aptenoperissus magnifemoris n. sp., Aptenoperissus etius n. sp.
Aptenoperissus pusillus n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2018 wasp
PIN 5620/3
Aptenoperissus magnifemoris n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2018 wasp
PIN 5620/1
Aptenoperissus etius n. sp. Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2018 wasp
PIN 5620/2
1Perkovsky et al. 2021; 2Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2020; 3Rasnitsyn et al. 2022; 4Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2018; 5Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2019; 6Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2020; 7Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2020; 8Rasnitsyn et al. 2020