Burmese amber (IMQC collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Montreal Insectarium (IMQC), with paratypes in private collections of Royce Cumming and Stephane Le Tirant

Primary reference: R. T. Cumming and S. Le Tirant. 2021. Review of the Cretaceous †Archaeatropidae and †Empheriidae and description of a new genus and species from Burmese amber (Psocoptera). Faunitaxys 9(16):1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220289: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Psocodea - Archaeatropidae
Heliadesdakruon morganae n. gen. n. sp.
Heliadesdakruon morganae n. gen. n. sp. Cumming and Le Tirant 2021 bark louse
IMQC-BA-003; paratypes 001, 002, 005, 006, 007, 008, 015, 017, 021, 024, 025, 026, 028, 030, 034, 035, 036
 Hemiptera - Coreidae
Ferriantenna gracenuoxichenae n. sp.2 Cumming et al. 2024 leaf-footed bug
IMQC GM12170200548
Ferriantenna excalibur n. gen. n. sp.1 Cumming and Le Tirant 2021 leaf-footed bug
IMQC BHM10200800678