PBDB Collection

Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Arachnida - Opiliones - Samoidae

	Pellobunus proavus n. sp. Cokendolpher 1987	Cokendolpher 1987	1 specimen
	USNM 5230
Myriapoda - Polydesmida - Pyrgodesmidae

	Docodesmus brodzinskyi n. sp. Shear 1981	Shear 1981	1 specimen
	In J. Brodzinsky collection, Santo Domingo
Myriapoda - Siphonophorida - Siphonophoridae

	Siphonocybe sp. Pocock 1903	Shear 1981	1 specimen
	In J. Brodzinsky collection, Santo Domingo
Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae

	Rhegmoclemina (Neorhegmoclemina) sp. Cook 1955	Cook 1990	2 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Neorhegmoclemina
Insecta - Diptera - Milichiidae

	Milichiella hennigi n. sp. Brake 2006	Brake 2006	1 specimen
	USNM Ent 00028676
Insecta - Diptera - Drosophilidae

	Drosophilinae informal indet. A Rondani 1856	Grimaldi 1987	1 specimen
	USNM 8512

	Drosophila (Drosophila) succini n. sp. Grimaldi 1987	Grimaldi 1987	1 specimen
	USNM 8512 (1 measurement)

	Drosophila (Hirtodrosophila) paleothoracis Grimaldi 1987	Grimaldi 1987	1 specimen
	recombined as Hirtodrosophila paleothoracis
	USNM 10664 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Tephritidae

	Problepharoneura antiqua n. gen., n. sp. Norrbom and Condon 1999	Norrbom and Condon 1999	1 specimen
	USNM ENT 00028651
Insecta - Diptera - Tanypezidae

	Neotanypeza dominicana n. sp. Lonsdale and Apigian 2010	Lonsdale and Apigian 2010	1 specimen
	USNM 7457
Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

	Apocephalus succineus Brown 2000	Brown 2000	2 specimens
	USNM-IP 3804
Insecta - Diptera - Scenopinidae

	Metatrichia pria Yeates and Grimaldi 1993	Yeates and Grimaldi 1993	1 specimen
	USNM 12495 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae

	Anthrax succini n. sp. Greenwalt and Evenhuis 2015	Greenwalt et al. 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 508762 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Tabanidae

	Stenotabanus woodruffi n. sp. Fairchild 1989	Fairchild 1989	1 specimen
	10543
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

	Dasyhelea sp. Kieffer 1913	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	32 specimens
	USNM 2772, 2870, 3076, 3098, 5559, 5611e,c, 7514, 736, 7832, 8271, 9074, 9262, 9490, 9552, 9731, 9758, 10089, 10206, 10378, 10702, 10742, 10771, 10855, 10872, 10907

	Dasyhelea (Sebessia) antilleana n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	recombined as Dasyhelea antilleana
	USNM 8178 (2 measurements)

	Dasyhelea (Sebessia) dominicana Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	2 specimens
	recombined as Dasyhelea dominicana
	USNM 10910, 2771b

	Forcipomyia sp. Meigen 1818	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	108 specimens

	Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) sp. Saunders 1925	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	2 specimens
	USNM 2678, 10015

	Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) frutetosuccinea n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	USNM 10549 (1 measurement)

	Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) tertiaricola n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	2 specimens
	USNM 10039 (2 measurements)

	Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) sp. (Kieffer 1921)	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	9 specimens
	USNM 3061, 7611, 8229, 8484, 9679, 9712, 10774, 10795, 10894

	Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) woodruffi Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	2 specimens
	USNM 8460,10881

	Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) americana n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	USNM 7905 (2 measurements)

	Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) sp. Goetghebuer 1920	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	USNM 8968b

	Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) grimaldii Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	4 specimens
	USNM 2799, 7437, 10879, 10892

	Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sp. (Kieffer 1917)	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	10 specimens
	USNM 2652b, 2826, 3099b, 3709, 7609, 7768, 7871, 9413b, 10651

	Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	7 specimens
	USNM 3099b, 10651, 10868, 10876, 10908

	Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	7 specimens
	USNM 10915, 9202, 10866, 10894, 10897, 2826, 7609 (2 measurements)

	Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) lepidosuccinea n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	USNM 2932b (1 measurement)

	Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) dominicanus n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	3 specimens
	recombined as Atrichopogon dominicanus
	USNM 7875 (5 measurements)

	Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon) sp. Kieffer 1906	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	invalid subgroup of Atrichopogon
	USNM 2652a

	Brachypogon (Isohelea) sp. (Kieffer 1917)	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	95 specimens
	USNM 2580, 2965, 3751, 5346, 5556, 5611, 7359, 7424, 685, 7691, 7781, 8618, 8666, 8681, 9301, 9501, 9514, 9712, 9735, 9862, 9947, 9958, 10083, 10180, 10373,10529, 10728, 10730, 10771, 10888

	Brachypogon (Isohelea) prominuloides n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	USNM 9568 (2 measurements)

	Brachypogon (Isohelea) dominicanus Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	31 specimens
	USNM 2693, 7642, 10729, 10732, 9137a, 9848, 10731, 10734

	Nannohelea informal sp. A Grogan and Wirth 1980	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	USNM 9256

	Baeodasymyia dominicana Szadziewski and Grogan 1994	Szadziewski and Grogan 1994	1 specimen
	USNM 5540

	Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) antilleana n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	2 specimens
	USNM 9501a, USNM 10921, (3 measurements)

	Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) informal sp. A (Kieffer 1917)	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	USNM 11320

	Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) dominicana Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	7 specimens
	USNM 2932, USNM 7615b, USNM 8657, USNM 9425a, USNM 3099a

	Palpomyia wirthorum n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1997	Szadziewski and Grogan 1997	1 specimen
	USNM 10073 b (2 measurements)

	Culicoides (Oecacta) ambericus n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	2 specimens
	recombined as Culicoides ambericus
	USNM 2905, USNM 8968a (2 measurements)

	Culicoides mammalicolus n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	corrected as Culicoides mammalicola
	USNM 3742 (2 measurements)

	Culicoides (Oecacta) sp. (Poey 1853)	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	9 specimens
	USNM 2771a, 2852, 2884, 2903, 5454a, 7639, 8328, 8707, 10900a

	Culicoides (Oecacta) antilleanus n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	Szadziewski and Grogan 1998	1 specimen
	recombined as Culicoides antilleanus
	USNM 9137.b (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

	Helius (Helius) oosterbroeki n. sp. Kopeć et al. 2016	Kopeć et al. 2016	1 specimen
	USNM Brodzinsky/Lopez-Penha 10189 (2 measurements)

	Helius (Helius) neali n. sp. Kopeć et al. 2016	Kopeć et al. 2016	1 specimen
	USNM Brodzinsky/Lopez-Penha 10938 (2 measurements)

	Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) grata (Podenas and Poinar 2001)	Kopeć et al. 2016	1 specimen
	USNM Brodzinsky/Lopez-Penha 5546 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae

	Brachypremna brodzinskii n. sp. Krzemiński 1996	Krzemiński 1996	1 specimen
	USNM 8272
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae

	Calisiopsis brodzinskyorum n. sp. Froeschner 1992	Froeschner 1992	1 specimen
	USNM Brodzinsky/Lopez coll. (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Miridae

	Diphleps yenli Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1993	Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1993	1 specimen
	USNM 12535
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadellidae

	Krisna garciamarquezi n. sp. Dietrich and Vega 1995	Dietrich and Vega 1995	1 specimen
	recombined as Archiokrisna garciamarquezi
	BPLC #8649 (1 measurement)

	? Agallia sp. Curtis 1833	Dietrich and Vega 1995	1 specimen
	BLPC 8653

	Jassoqualus hispaniolensis n. sp. Dietrich and Vega 1995	Dietrich and Vega 1995	1 specimen
	BPLC #5618 (1 measurement)

	Cicadellini indet. Latreille 1825	Dietrich and Vega 1995	1 specimen
	BLPC 7629

	Xestocephalus sp. Baker 1915	Dietrich and Vega 1995	36 specimens
	BLPC 2512, 2675-2677, 2679, 2681, 2682, 2684-2686, 2690-2692, 2861, 5078, 5533, 5567, 5603, 5626, 7076, 7086, 7096, 7402, 7419, 7479, 7630, 7632, 7633, 7635, 7638, 7640, 7641, 7649, 7651, 7657, 7658

	Dikraneurini indet. McAtee 1926	Dietrich and Vega 1995	1 specimen
	BLPC 7653
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aetalionidae

	Aetalionini indet. Spinola 1850	Dietrich and Dietz 1993
Insecta - Plecoptera - Perlidae

	Dominiperla antigua n. gen., n. sp. Stark and Lentz 1992	Stark and Lentz 1992	1 specimen
	BPLC 5658 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Tridactylidae

	Archaeoellipes ? engeli Heads 2010	Gorochov 2010	1 specimen
	NMNH 503419 (Brodzinsky/Lopez-Pena coll) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae

	Miophlugis rostratus n. gen., n. sp. Gorochov 2010	Gorochov 2010	1 specimen
	NMNH 504426 (Brodzinsky/Lopez-Pena coll) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

	Proanaxipha ? latoca Vickery and Poinar 1994	Gorochov 2010	7 specimens
	NMNH 502986, 503253, 503257, 504373, 504397, 504436, 504456 (1 measurement)

	? Grossoxipha feminea n. sp. Gorochov 2010	Gorochov 2010	3 specimens
	NMNH 502292, 504395, 505727 (Brodzinsky/Lopez-Pena coll) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

	? Cyrtoxipha electrina n. sp. Gorochov 2010	Gorochov 2010	1 specimen
	NMNH 504374 (Brodzinsky/Lopez-Pena coll) (1 measurement)

	? Cyrtoxipha illegibilis n. sp. Gorochov 2010	Gorochov 2010	1 specimen
	NMNH 506712 (Brodzinsky/Lopez-Pena coll) (1 measurement)

	Abanaxipha longispina Vickery and Poinar 1994	Gorochov 2010	2 specimens
	NMNH 502562, 504374 (Brodzinsky/Lopez-Pena coll) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Mogoplistidae

	Pseudarachnocephalus latiusculus n. sp. Gorochov 2010	Gorochov 2010	1 specimen
	NMNH 502773 (Brodzinsky/Lopez-Pena coll)

	Pseudarachnocephalus dominicanus n. gen., n. sp. Gorochov 2010	Gorochov 2010	2 specimens
	NMNH 504396, 504366, 504387 (Brodzinsky/Lopez-Pena coll) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Zoraptera - Zorotypidae

	Zorotypus palaeus n. sp. Poinar 1988	Poinar 1988	1 specimen
	BPLC 7406
Insecta - Blattodea

	Erucoblatta semicaeca n. gen., n. sp. Gorochov and Anisyutkin 2007	Gorochov 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 503476 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Pseudophyllodromiidae

	Euthlastoblatta sp. Hebard 1917	Gutiérrez and Pérez-Gelabert 2000	2 specimens

	Plectoptera sp. Saussure 1864	Gutiérrez and Pérez-Gelabert 2000	2 specimens

	Plectoptera electrina n. sp. Gorochov and Anisyutkin 2007	Gorochov 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 504367 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Blattodea - Corydiidae

	Holocompsa nigra n. sp. Gorochov and Anisyutkin 2007	Gorochov 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 502411 (2 measurements)

	Holocompsa abbreviata n. sp. Gorochov and Anisyutkin 2007	Gorochov 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 504367 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Crabronidae

	Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) electrum n. sp. Antropov 1995	Antropov 1995	1 specimen
	USNM 8429 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Scolebythidae

	Dominibythus inopinatus n. gen., n. sp. Prentice and Poinar 1996	Prentice et al. 1996	1 specimen
	recombined as Pristapenesia inopinata
	USNM 7594 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera

	Scelioninae indet. Thomson 1858	Talamas and Buffington 2015	17 specimens
	USNM 504043, 506135

	Calotelea sp. Westwood 1837	Talamas and Buffington 2015	40 specimens

	Macroteleia sp. Westwood 1835	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 505551

	Telenomus sp. Haliday 1833	Talamas and Buffington 2015	13 specimens
	USNM 502995(x4), 503179, 503344, 503436, 504018, 504359(x2), 504521, 505745

	Paridris yumai n. sp. Talamas 2015	Talamas and Buffington 2015	5 specimens
	USNM 503175 (ENT00977548), 504379, 504846, 505333, 506231

	Embioctonus sp. Masner 1980	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 504343

	Spiniteleia sp. Masner 1980	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 504039

	Calliscelio sp. Ashmead 1893	Talamas and Buffington 2015	4 specimens
	USNM 504070, 504078, 504092, 504432

	Aradophagus sp. Ashmead 1893	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 504808

	Duta sp. Nixon 1933	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 503993

	Gryon sp. Haliday 1833	Talamas and Buffington 2015	11 specimens
	USNM 501977, 502177, 503169, 503174, 503967, 503972, 504024, 504108, 504092, 505932(x2)

	Probaryconus sp. Kieffer 1908	Talamas and Buffington 2015	16 specimens

	Psilanteris sp. Kieffer 1916	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 505541

	Idris sp. Foerster 1856	Talamas and Buffington 2015	70 specimens

	Odontacolus sp. Kieffer 1910	Talamas and Buffington 2015	4 specimens
	USNM 502761, 503341, 504084, 504087

	Opisthacantha sp. Ashmead 1893	Talamas and Buffington 2015	3 specimens
	USNM 501975, 503753, 504090

	Embidobia sp. Ashmead 1896	Talamas and Buffington 2015	2 specimens
	USNM 501905, 504068

	Leptoteleia sp. Kieffer 1908	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 504061

	Triteleia sp. Kieffer 1906	Talamas and Buffington 2015	3 specimens
	USNM 502381, 503983, 503988

	Plaumannion fistulosum n. sp. Talamas 2015	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 502963 (ENT00903996) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Platygastridae

	Parabaeus sp. Kieffer 1910	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 504900

	Fidiobia sp. Ashmead 1894	Talamas and Buffington 2015	67 specimens

	Platygastrinae indet. Haliday 1833	Talamas and Buffington 2015	6 specimens
	USNM 502389, 503261, 504094, 504104, 504689, 505436

	Inostemma sp. Haliday 1833	Talamas and Buffington 2015	1 specimen
	USNM 505077

	Leptacis sp. Förster 1856	Talamas and Buffington 2015	3 specimens
	USNM 502309, 503693, 505564

	Platygaster sp. Latreille 1809	Talamas and Buffington 2015	11 specimens
	USNM 501972, 503056, 503901, 503969, 504268, 504359, 504537, 505070, 505208, 505406, 505995

	Allostemma sp. Masner and Huggert 1989	Talamas and Buffington 2015	3 specimens
	USNM 502077, 502310, 504115
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Argidae

	Didymia davisi n. sp. Smith 1992	Smith and Poinar 1992	1 specimen
	NMNH 10500 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Pseudoneureclipsidae

	Antillopsyche oliveri Wichard 1985	Wichard 2007	1 specimen
Insecta - Trichoptera - Glossosomatidae

	Cubanoptila mederi n. sp. Wichard 1989	Wichard 1989	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Leptoceridae

	Setodes resinacapta n. sp. Wichard 1995	Wichard 1995	1 specimen
	USNM 5023 ENT-I-7049 (1 measurement)

	Setodes aureoinclusa n. sp. Wichard 1995	Wichard 1995	1 specimen
	USNM 9096 ENT-I-10680 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae

	Ochrotrichia (Ochrotrichia) chaulioda n. sp. Wells and Wichard 1989	Wells and Wichard 1989	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Ochrotrichia (Ochrotrichia) denaia n. sp. Wells and Wichard 1989	Wells and Wichard 1989	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Ochrotrichia aliceae n. sp. Wichard 2000	Wichard 2000	1 specimen
	USNM 9981 ENT-I-17891 (1 measurement)

	Leucotrichia adela n. sp. Wells and Wichard 1989	Wells and Wichard 1989	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Riodinidae

	Voltinia dramba n. sp. Hall et al. 2004	Hall et al. 2004	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

	Cryptocephalus kheelorum n. sp. Chamorro and Bukejs 2015	Bukejs and Chamorro 2015	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)

	Delocrania sp. Guerin-Meneville 1844	Santiago-Blay et al. 1996	1 specimen
	"precise origin unavailable", "may be deposited at NMNH"
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

	Tropirhinus palpebratus n. sp. Franz and Zhang 2017	Franz and Zhang 2017	1 specimen
	USNM 505319 (1 measurement)

	Diaprepes anticus n. sp. Franz and Zhang 2017	Franz and Zhang 2017	1 specimen
	USNM 505325 (1 measurement)

	Dryophthorus acarophilus n. sp. Davis and Engel 2006	Davis and Engel 2006	1 specimen
	USNM 502865 (2 measurements)

	Stenommatus pulvereus n. sp. Davis and Engel 2006	Davis and Engel 2006	2 specimens
	USNM 502681, 505478 (2 measurements)

	Mesocordylus longiscapus n. sp. Davis and Engel 2009	Davis and Engel 2009	1 specimen
	USNM 506758 (2 measurements)

	Cenocephalus quasiexquisitus n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007		1 specimen
	USNM 505815 (2 measurements)

	Cossonus hinojosai n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 505580 (Woodruff 10029) (2 measurements)

	Stenotrupis breviscapus n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	3 specimens
	USNM 505344 (Woodruff 9793), 504857 (Woodruff 9304), 505354 (Woodruff 9803) (2 measurements)

	Dryotribus amplioculus n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 505329 (Woodruff 9778) (2 measurements)

	Paralicus abnormis n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 505350 (Woodruff 9799) (2 measurements)

	Caulophilus falini n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 505815 (Woodruff 10265)

	Caulophilus ashei Davis and Engel 2006	Davis and Engel 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 506622 (Woodruff 11495) (2 measurements)

	Caulophilus bennetti n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 505352 (Woodruff 9801) (2 measurements)

	Caulophilus swensoni n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	2 specimens
	USNM 502877 (Woodruff 5660), 502666 (Woodruff 5439) (2 measurements)

	Micromimus orcus n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	2 specimens
	USNM 505348 (Woodruff 9797), 505324 (Woodruff 9773) (2 measurements)

	Proeces longirostrum n. sp. Davis and Engel 2007	Davis and Engel 2007	1 specimen
	USNM 502728 (Woodruff 5501) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

	Nesocyrtosoma minisculum n. sp. Hopp and Ivie 2009	Hopp and Ivie 2009	1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lycidae

	Cessator brodzinskyi n. sp. Ferreira and Ivie 2017	Ferreira and Ivie 2017	1 specimen
	(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae

	Syndesus ambericus n. sp. Woodruff 2009	Woodruff 2009	1 specimen
	USNM #502873
see common names

Geography

Country:	Dominican Republic
Coordinates:	19.6° North, 70.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	19.4° North, 69.6° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval:	20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	amber
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,soft parts,original chitin,amber
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	USNM

Metadata

Database number:	122473
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham, J. Karr, A. Delelli
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2011-12-29 10:39:27	Last modified:	2022-06-14 23:01:58
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-12-29 10:39:27
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

35824.

S. R. Davis and M. S. Engel. 2007. A new ambrosia beetle in Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Alavesia 1:121-124 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

5182	ETE 894	A. V. Antropov. 1995. A new species of the genus Trypoxylon Latreille (Hymenoptera; Sphecidae) from Dominican amber. Paleontological Journal 29(1):172-177 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
39788		I. Brake. 2006. Diverse Milichiella Giglio-Tos (Diptera: Milichiidae) in Miocene Dominican amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution 37:371-394 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]
86290		B. V. Brown. 2000. Revision of the "Apocephalus miricauda-group" of ant-parasitizing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 482:1-62 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55515		A. Bukejs and M. L. Chamorro. 2015. Two new fossil species of Cryptocephalus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Baltic and Dominican amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 117:116-125 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45381		E. F. Cook. 1990. Fossil Scatopsidae from Dominican amber. In A. J. Boucot (ed.), Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution 389-390 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40332		S. R. Davis and M. S. Engel. 2006. Dryophthorine weevils in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 109(3):191-198 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]
45164		S. R. Davis and M. S. Engel. 2007. Cossonine weevils in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 39:803-820 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51657		S. R. Davis and M. L. Engel. 2009. An orthognathine weevil of the genus Mesocordylus in Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 59:233-238 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
63721		C. H. Dietrich and L. L. Dietz. 1993. Superfamily Membracoidea (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). II. Cladistic analysis and conclusions. Systematic Entomology 18:297-311 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5187	ETE 899	C. H. Dietrich and F. E. Vega. 1995. Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from Dominican Amber. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88(3):263-270 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/J. Karr]
61999		V. S. Ferreira and M. A. Ivie. 2017. The first fossil species of the extant genus Cessator Kazantsev (Coleoptera: Lycidae): a new Leptolycini from Dominican amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71:57-60 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61568		N. Franz and G. Y. Zhang. 2017. Three new species of entimine weevils in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 5(e10469):1-32 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45306		R. C. Froeschner. 1992. The flat bug genus Calisiopsis Champion: a review with descriptions of three new species, including one from Dominican Republic amber (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105:32-39 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48863		A. V. Gorochov. 2007. New and little known orthopteroid insects (Polyneoptera) from fossil resins: communication 2. Paleontological Journal 41:156-166 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5027		A. V. Gorochov. 2010. New and little known orthopteroid insects (Polyneoptera) from fossil resins: communication 3. Paleontological Journal 44:434-450 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
39934		A. V. Gorochov. 2010. New and little-known orthopteroid insects (Polyneoptera) from fossil resins: communication 4. Paleontological Journal 44:657-671 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
56783		D. E. Greenwalt, J. G. Wingerath, and N. L. Evenhuis. 2015. Two new and disparate fossil bee flies (Bombyliidae: Anthracinae) from the Americas and reassessment of Anthrax dentoni Lewis, 1969. Palaeontologia Electronica 18(3.51A):1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5188	ETE 900	D. A. Grimaldi. 1987. Amber fossil Drosophilidae (Diptera), with particular reference to the Hispaniolan taxa. American Museum Novitates 2880:1-23 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
45337		E. Gutiérrez and D. E. Pérez-Gelabert. 2000. Annotated checklist of Hispaniolan cockroaches. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 126:423-445 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40272		J. P. W. Hall, R. K. Robbins, and D. J. Harvey. 2004. Extinction and biogeography in the Caribbean: new evidence from a fossil riodinid butterfly in Dominican amber. The Royal Society 271:797-801 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]
64496		K. J. Hopp and M. A. Ivie. 2009. A revision of the West Indian genus Nesocyrtosoma Marcuzzi (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The Coleopterists Society Monograph 8:1-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
59798		K. Kopeć, I. Kania, and W. Krzemiński. 2016. New and little known crane-fly species of the genera Helius, Elephantomyia and Toxorhina (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Dominican and Mexican amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 19(2.25A):1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47161		W. Krzemiński. 1996. A revision of fossil Megistocera and Brachypremna (Diptera: Tipulidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 65:275-278 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
48116		O. Lonsdale and K. Apigian. 2010. Description of the first known fossil representative of the family Tanypezidae (Diptera: Schizophora). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 153:213-216 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48744		A. L. Norrbom and M. A. Condon. 1999. Phylogeny of the subfamily Blepharoneurinae. In M. Aluja, A. L. Norrbom (eds.), Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior 135-155 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40424		G. O. Poinar. 1988. Zorotypus palaeus, new species, a fossil Zoraptera (Insecta) in Dominican amber. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96:253-259 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
81906		M. A. Prentice, G. O. Poinar, and R. Milki. 1996. Fossil scolebythids (Hymenoptera: Scolebythidae) from Lebanese and Dominican Amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98:802-811 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5874	ETE 1640	J. A. Santiago-Blay, G. O. Poinar, and P. R. Craig. 1996. Dominican and Mexican amber chrysomelids, with descriptions of two new species. In P. H. A. Jolivet, M. L. Cox (eds.), Chrysomelid Biology, vol. 1: The Classification, Phylogeny and Genetics 413-424 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]
52531		W. A. Shear. 1981. Two fossil millipeds from the Dominican amber (Diplopoda: Chytodesmidae, Siphonophoridae). Myriapodologica 1(8):51-54 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79446		D. R. Smith and G. O. Poinar. 1992. Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae) from Dominican amber. Entomological News 103:117-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40284		B. P. Stark and D. L. Lentz. 1992. Dominiperla antigua (Plecoptera: Perlidae), the first stonefly from Dominican amber. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65:93-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40524		R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1994. Biting midges from Dominican amber. I. A new fossil species of Baeodasymyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96:219-229 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
40528		R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1997. Biting midges from Dominican amber. II. Species of the tribes Heteromyiini and Palpomyiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 18:254-260 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
40392		R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1998. Biting midges from Dominican amber. III. Species of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 12:39-52 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
45712		R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1998. Biting midges from Dominican amber. IV. Species of the tribes Dasyheleini and Forcipomyiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 67:255-290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57511		E. J. Talamas and M. L. Buffington. 2015. Fossil Platygastroidea in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 47:1-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53138		A. Wells and W. Wichard. 1989. Caddisflies of Dominican amber VI. Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 24:41-51 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45755		W. Wichard. 1989. Köcherfliegen des Dominikanischen Bernsteins VII. Fossile Arten der Gattung Cubanoptila Sykora, 1973 (Trichoptera, Glossosomatidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 79:91-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5203	ETE 915	W. Wichard. 1995. Köcherfliegen des Dominikanischen Bernsteins IX. Fossile Leptoceridae der Gattung Setodes Rambur, 1842 (Insecta, Trichoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 78:167-177 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
50920		W. Wichard. 2000. Köcherfliegen des Dominikanischen Bernsteins XI. Ochrotrichia aliceae n. sp., eine neue fossile Hydroptilidae (Insecta, Trichoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 84:241-246 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40323		W. Wichard. 2007. Overview and descriptions of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Dominican amber (Miocene). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 366:1-51 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40581		R. E. Woodruff. 2009. A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber,with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Insecta Mundi 0098:1-10 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]
45757		D. K. Yeates and D. Grimaldi. 1993. A new Metatrichia window fly (Diptera: Scenopinidae) in Dominican amber, with a review of the systematics and biogeography of the genus. American Museum Novitates 3078:1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/O. Alfaro]