Dominican amber (Florida State Collection of Arthropods): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic
collected 1977
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Ephemeroptera
- Leptophlebiidae
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Borinquena parva n. sp.
Staniczek 2003
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Staniczek 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Anamorphidae
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Discolomopsis dominicana n. gen., n. sp.
Shockley 2006
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Shockley 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Erotylidae
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Notaepytus quisqueya n. sp.
Keller and Skelley 2019
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Keller and Skelley 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Dacne (Dacne) brodzinskyi n. sp.
Skelley 1997
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Skelley 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Scarabaeidae
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Leptorhyparus quadricornis n. sp.
Skelley 2021
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Skelley 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Priscyparus quisqueyensis n. gen., n. sp.
Skelley 2021
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Skelley 2021 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Torymidae
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Neopalachia bouceki n. sp.
Grissell 1980
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Gummilumpus bouceki | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Zophodetus woodruffi n. gen., n. sp.
Grissell 1980
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Dolichoderus dibolia n. sp.
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
corrected as Dolichoderus dibolius | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Ceratopogonidae
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Dasyhelea sp.
Kieffer 1913
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 452, 1004/P.A., 1157, 1171, 1359/MM, 1645, 1807, 13003, 13007, 13016 | ||||||||||
Dasyhelea (Sebessia) dominicana n. sp.
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Dasyhelea dominicana | ||||||||||
FSCA 650 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Dasyhelea (Sebessia) hispaniolae n. sp.
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Dasyhelea hispaniolae | ||||||||||
FSCA 13005 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia informal sp.
Meigen 1818
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 13008, 13009, 13012, 1279, 1708, 1802, 13006, 13013 | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) sp.
Meigen 1818
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 1702, 13015 | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) grimaldii
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 2213, 504, 528, 13004 | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) fusiparamera n. sp.
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FSCA 1616 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sp.
(Kieffer 1917)
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 463, 1409, 1743, 2170, 13001 | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 13002, 13001 | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 1726, 13011 | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) woodruffi n. sp.
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FSCA 2289 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Culicoides (Oecacta) sp.
(Poey 1853)
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 1573, 1862a, 2235 | ||||||||||
Culicoides (Oecacta) hispanicolus n. sp.
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Culicoides hispanicola | ||||||||||
FSCA 978/P.A (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Brachypogon (Isohelea) sp.
(Kieffer 1917)
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
FSCA 367, 371-E.V., 1062-E.V., 1078-E.V., 1573, 1304 | ||||||||||
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) sp.
Kieffer 1899
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FSCA 1573 | ||||||||||
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus n. sp.
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FSCA 1794a (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Nannohelea sp.
Grogan and Wirth 1980
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Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
FSCA 853 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Salticidae
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Lyssomanes galianoae n. sp.
Reiskind 1989
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Reiskind 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Lyssomanes pristinus | ||||||||||
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 | Collection dates: | 1977 |
Collection method comments: Woodruff collection at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods; purchased in 1977 or 1978 with NSF funding. |
Metadata
Database number: | 123857 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Delelli, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2012-02-01 05:53:37 | Last modified: | 2014-04-28 18:25:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-02-01 05:53:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
44495. | E. E. Grissell. 1980. New Torymidae from Tertiary amber of the Dominican Republic and a world list of fossil torymids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82:252-259 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
69017 | O. Keller and P. E. Skelley. 2019. A new species of Notaepytus Skelley, 2009 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini) from Dominican amber. Zootaxa 4609:191-195 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
56106 | J. Reiskind. 1989. The potential use of amber fossils in the study of the biogeography of spiders in the Caribbean with the description of a new species of Lyssomanes from Dominican amber (Araneae: Salticidae). Biogeography of the West Indies: Past, Present, and Future 217-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40619 | F. W. Shockley. 2006. Discolomopsis dominicana, a new genus and species of Endomychidae (Coleoptera) from Dominican amber. Insecta Mundi 20:211-214 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
51540 | P. E. Skelley. 1997. A new species of Dacne Latreille from Dominican amber, with a key and checklist to the known species of Dacne (Erotylidae: Dacninae). Annales Zoologici 47:49-53 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
78709 | P. E. Skelley. 2021. A new species of Leptorhyparus Howden, 2003 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini) in amber from the Dominican Republic, with comments on extant species. Insecta Mundi 892:1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
78707 | P. E. Skelley. 2021. New genus of Rhyparini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) in amber from the Dominican Republic. Insecta Mundi 896:1-5 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40236 | A. H. Staniczek. 2003. New fossil mayflies from Dominican amber (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 341:1-22 [M. Clapham/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] | |
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] | |
5207 | ETE 919 | E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 3. The Subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche 92(1):17-37 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] |