RAI DA16 core, Ra'irua Swamp, Raivavae (Holocene of French Polynesia)

Also known as Rairua Swamp

Where: Austral Islands, French Polynesia (23.9° S, 147.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.9° S, 147.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 150-200 cm depth, estimated age 1000-1500 years BP

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; unlithified peat

Size class: microfossils

Collected by N. Porch, T. Lewis in 2016

Collection methods: core,

• Repository: B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Primary reference: J. Kolibáč, M. Bocakova, J. K. Liebherr, T. Ramage, and N. Porch. 2020. Extinct and extant Pacific Trogossitidae and the evolution of Cleroidea (Coleoptera) after the Late Triassic biotic crisis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191:846-882 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219259: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Trogossitidae
Tenebroides (Polynesibroides) raivavae n. sp. Kolibáč and Porch 2020 bark gnawing beetle
 Coleoptera - Zopheridae
Pycnomerus raivavae n. sp. Porch and Greig 2020 ironclad beetle
Pycnomerus vavitu Porch and Greig 2020 ironclad beetle
Pycnomerus rairua Porch and Greig 2020 ironclad beetle