PBDB Collection

Burmese amber, Kachin amber (QUST collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 8.3° N, 105.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China (QUST)

Primary reference: R. X. Jiang, Z. H. Liu, and S. Wang. 2019. Fossil evidence for sexual dimorphism in Monotomidae beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 102:7-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201881: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.06.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Blattodea - Arceotermitidae	Arceotermes hospitis n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Arceotermes hospitis n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Engel and Jiang 2021 termite QUST-INSECT-0015
Diptera - Dolichopodidae	Pristinmicrophor hukawngensis n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Pristinmicrophor hukawngensis n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Tang et al. 2019 long-legged fly QUST Y13-1
Coleoptera - Buprestidae	Burmagrilus cretacus n. gen. n. sp.² Burmagrilus cretacus n. gen. n. sp.² Jiang et al. 2021 jewel beetle QUST-INSECT-0015
Coleoptera - Bostrichidae	"Alitrepanum aladelicatum n. gen. n. sp." = Poinarinius aladelicatus⁷, Poinarinius kachinus n. sp.⁹, Poinarinius vetus n. sp.⁹ "Alitrepanum aladelicatum n. gen. n. sp." = Poinarinius aladelicatus⁷ Peng et al. 2022 false powderpost beetle QUST-SHUO-0001, 0002 Poinarinius kachinus n. sp.⁹ Wang et al. 2024 false powderpost beetle QUST-SHUO-23002 Poinarinius vetus n. sp.⁹ Wang et al. 2024 false powderpost beetle QUST-SHUO-23001
Coleoptera - Monotomidae	Cretakarenni birmanicus, Cretolenax carinatus⁶ Cretakarenni birmanicus Peris and Delclòs 2015 root eating beetle QUST-INSECT-0003 Cretolenax carinatus⁶ Liu et al. 2019 root eating beetle QUST-INSECT-004
Coleoptera - Lophocateridae	"Mesolophocateres pengweii" = Burmacateres longicoxa¹⁰ "Mesolophocateres pengweii" = Burmacateres longicoxa¹⁰ Kolibáč and Peris 2020 beetle QUST-INSECT-0007
Coleoptera - Histeridae	"Onthophilus yingae n. sp." = Carinumerus yingae³ "Onthophilus yingae n. sp." = Carinumerus yingae³ Jiang et al. 2020 clown beetle QUST-INSECT-0010
Coleoptera - Synteliidae	Syntelia sunwukong n. sp.⁴ Syntelia sunwukong n. sp.⁴ Jiang and Wang 2021 beetle QUST-INSECT-0006
Coleoptera - Staphylinidae	Micropeplus pengweii n. sp.¹, Cretotrichopsenius burmiticus⁵ Micropeplus pengweii n. sp.¹ Jiang et al. 2020 rove beetle QUST-INSECT-0005 Cretotrichopsenius burmiticus⁵ Cai et al. 2017 rove beetle QUST-INSECT-0015

¹Jiang et al. 2020; ²Jiang et al. 2021; ³Jiang et al. 2020; ⁴Jiang and Wang 2021; ⁵Jiang et al. 2021; ⁶Liu et al. 2019; ⁷Peng et al. 2022; ⁸Tang et al. 2019; ⁹Wang et al. 2024; ¹⁰Yu et al. 2020