Burmese amber (Northwest A&F University collection) (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

• "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Insect Museum, Northwest A&F University (NWAFU).

Primary reference: X. D. Wang, C. H. Dietrich, and Y. L. Zhang. 2018. The first fossil Coelidiinae: A new genus and species from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Cretaceous Research 95:146-150 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199606: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.02.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Cicadellidae
Cretacoelidia viraktamathi n. gen. n. sp., Viraktamathus burmensis n. gen. n. sp.1, Kachinella bicolor n. gen. n. sp.1, Burmotettix depressus n. gen. n. sp.1, Burmotettix rugosus n. sp.1, Burmotettix ruber n. sp.1, Burmotettix limpidus n. sp.1
Cretacoelidia viraktamathi n. gen. n. sp. Wang et al. 2018 leafhopper
HO045001
Viraktamathus burmensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Dietrich and Zhang 2022 leafhopper
HF00006
Kachinella bicolor n. gen. n. sp.1 Dietrich and Zhang 2022 leafhopper
HF00005
Burmotettix depressus n. gen. n. sp.1 Dietrich and Zhang 2022 leafhopper
HF00001
Burmotettix rugosus n. sp.1 Dietrich and Zhang 2022 leafhopper
HF00004
Burmotettix ruber n. sp.1 Dietrich and Zhang 2022 leafhopper
HF00003
Burmotettix limpidus n. sp.1 Dietrich and Zhang 2022 leafhopper
HF00002
 Hemiptera - Cixiidae
Acrotiara multigranulata n. gen. n. sp.2, Delphitiara tibiocoronata n. gen. n. sp.2, Pentacarinus kachinensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Acrotiara multigranulata n. gen. n. sp.2 Luo and Bourgoin 2021 cixiid planthopper
HO221990
Delphitiara tibiocoronata n. gen. n. sp.2 Luo and Bourgoin 2021 cixiid planthopper
HO221991
Pentacarinus kachinensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Luo and Bourgoin 2021 cixiid planthopper
HO221992