PBDB Collection

Baltic Amber, Judge Fritsch (Goldap) collection: Priabonian, Russian Federation

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Arachnida - Acariformes - Unduloribatidae

	Scutoribates perornatus Sellnick 1919	Sidorchuk and Norton 2010	8 specimens
	KMA 197-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (Frisch 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Arachnida - Acariformes - Archaeorchestidae

	Strieremaeus illibatus Sellnick 1919	Sidorchuk and Norton 2011	4 specimens
	KMA 197-34, 35, 36, 37 (Fritsch 34, 35, 36, 37)

	Plategeocranus sulcatus (Karsch 1884)	Sidorchuk and Norton 2011	2 specimens
	KMA 197-22, 54 (Fritsch 55, 54)
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

	Ormosia beurleni Alexander 1931	Alexander 1931	1 specimen
	recombined as Ormosia (Oreophila) beurleni
	Nr. 90

	Erioptera (Erioptera) perspicillata (Meunier 1906)	Alexander 1931	7 specimens
	Nr. 18 (block with 6 male, 1 female)

	Erioptera (Empeda) minuta (Meunier 1899)	Alexander 1931
	recombined as Cheilotrichia (Empeda) minuta
	"several of both sexes"

	Tanymera fritschi n. gen., n. sp. Alexander 1931	Alexander 1931	1 specimen
	Nr. 59 (1 measurement)

	Polymera (Polymera) magnifica (Meunier 1906)	Alexander 1931	1 specimen
	Nr. 92

	Pseudolimnophila vulcana (Meunier 1906)	Alexander 1931	1 specimen
	Nr. 7

	Thaumastoptera electra n. sp. Alexander 1931	Alexander 1931	1 specimen
	Nr. 43 (1 measurement)

	Elephantomyia longirostris (Loew 1851)	Alexander 1931	1 specimen
	recombined as Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) longirostris
	Nr. 95

	Trichoneura vulgaris Loew 1850	Alexander 1931
	recombined as Trichoneura (Trichoneura) vulgaris
	"Numerous specimens of both sexes"
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Heterothripidae

	Protothrips speratus n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 6 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Stenurothripidae

	Opadothrips fritschianus n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 23 (2 measurements)

	Opadothrips sexspinosus n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 53
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae

	Archankothrips pugionifer n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 2 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Merothripidae

	Merothrips fritschi n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 1 (2 measurements)

	Praemerothrips hoodi n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 55
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae

	Thripidae indet. Stevens 1829	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Fritsch 15

	Praedendrothrips avus n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 4 (2 measurements)

	Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) bagnalli n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	recombined as Protoxythrips bagnalli
	Nr. 26

	Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) vigil n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	recombined as Protoxythrips vigil
	Nr. 54

	Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) conclusus Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	2 specimens
	recombined as Protoxythrips conclusus
	Nr. 40, 49

	Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) crassicornis n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	recombined as Protoxythrips crassicornis
	Nr. 51

	Oxythrips sepultus Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	recombined as Protoxythrips sepultus
	Nr. 11 (2 measurements)

	Oxythrips (Protoxythrips) fritschi n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	recombined as Protoxythrips fritschi
	Nr. 69

	Anaphothrips vicinus n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	recombined as Protanaphothrips vicinus
	Nr. 59

	Anaphothrips arcanus n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 61

	Anaphothrips magniceps n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 63

	Anaphothrips perspicuus n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	3 specimens
	Nr. 7, 10; Nr. 30 in Priesner, 1929 (4 measurements)

	Lipsanothrips skwarrae n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 25

	Taeniothrips ? connaticornis (Bagnall 1924)	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	original and current combination Physothrips connaticornis
	Nr. 24

	Taeniothrips (Physothrips) resinae n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 3 (2 measurements)

	Taeniothrips inclusus n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 33

	Taeniothrips (Physothrips) repositus n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	10 specimens
	recombined as Taeniothrips repositus
	Nr. 13, 17, 19, 21, 22; Nr. 35, 52, less certainly 24, 29, 48 in Priesner, 1929 (1 measurement)

	Taeniothrips ? clavicornis (Bagnall 1924)	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 36

	Archaeothrips latipennis n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	2 specimens
	Nr. 14; Nr. 50 in Priesner 1929 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae

	Promelanthrips spiniger n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	recombined as Archanakothrips spiniger
	Nr. 43

	? Aeolothrips sp. Haliday 1836	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 16
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Phlaeothripidae

	Cephenothrips laticeps n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 42

	Treherniella fossilis n. sp. Priesner 1929	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 47

	Haplothrips sp. Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843	Priesner 1929	1 specimen
	Nr. 32

	Proleeuwenia succini n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 9 (1 measurement)

	? Symphyothrips longicauda n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 12 (2 measurements)

	Necrothrips nanus n. gen., n. sp. Priesner 1924	Priesner 1924	1 specimen
	Nr. 20 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bethylidae

	Eupsenella crastina (Brues 1923)	Brues 1933	2 specimens
	recombined as Lytopsenella crastina
	Nr. 127, 142
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Chrysididae

	Palaeobethyloides longiceps Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalyridae

	Prodinapsis minor n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 214

	Prodinapsis succinalis Brues 1923	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 119
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae

	Blacus crassicornis Brues 1933	Brues 1933	6 specimens
	recombined as Eubazus (Calyptus) crassicornis
	Nr. 69, 101, 105, 203, 217, 255

	Electroblacus facialis Brues 1933	Brues 1933	2 specimens
	recombined as Blacus (Electroblacus) facialis
	Nr. 98, 104

	Blacus fritschii n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 38

	Meteorus interstitialis n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 119

	Phanerotoma baltica n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 283

	Ascogaster praevolans n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 19

	Ascogaster robusta n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 108

	Ascogaster pinicola Brues 1933	Brues 1933	4 specimens
	Nr. 66, 83, 165, 166

	Ephedrus primordialis n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	9 specimens
	Nr. 61, 70, 75, 84, 146, 157, 159, 282, 286

	Aspicolpus similis n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 122

	Eocardiochiles fritschii n. gen., n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 28

	Electrohelcon foveatus n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 263

	Miracoides proteus Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 219

	Rhogas fritschii n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	recombined as Rogas fritschii
	Nr. 239

	Rhyssalus brevicornis Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	Nr. 298

	Microtypus brevicornis Brues 1933	Brues 1933	3 specimens
	Nr. 107, 14, 243
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Evaniidae

	Evania (Parevania) remanea Brues 1933	Brues 1933	2 specimens
	recombined as Parevania remanea
	Nr. 242, 253
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Aulacidae

	Micraulacinus fritschii n. sp. Brues 1933	Brues 1933	1 specimen
	recombined as Aulacus fritschii
	Nr. 59
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

	Arthropterus fritschi n. sp. Wasmann 1929		1 specimen
	recombined as Pleurarthropterus (Balticarthropterus) fritschi

	Arthropterus aterrimus n. sp. Wasmann 1929		1 specimen
	recombined as Pleurarthropterus (Balticarthropterus) aterrimus
Insecta - Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae

	Heminiphetia fritschi n. gen., n. sp. Enderlein 1930	Enderlein 1930	1 specimen
	recombined as Semidalis fritschi
	(2 measurements)

	Archiconis electrica n. gen., n. sp. Enderlein 1930	Enderlein 1930	1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
Collembola - Symphypleona - Sminthuridae

	Allacma plumosa Handschin 1926	Handschin 1926	1 specimen
	F. 395
Collembola - Poduromorpha - Hypogastruridae

	Hypogastrura protoviatica n. sp. Handschin 1926	Handschin 1926	1 specimen
	F. 412 (1 measurement)
Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Entomobryidae

	Entomobrya pilosa (Koch and Berendt 1854)	Handschin 1926	10 specimens
	F. 239, 242, 355, 369, 385, 388, 394, 397, 410, 418
Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Isotomidae

	Isotoma protocinerea Handschin 1926	Handschin 1926	2 specimens
	recombined as Vertagopus protocinereus
	F. 411, 417 (1 measurement)
Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Tomoceridae

	Tomocerus taeniatus (Koch and Berendt 1854)	Handschin 1926	3 specimens
	F. 389, 391, 413
see common names

Geography

Country:	Russian Federation	State/province:	Kaliningrad
Coordinates:	54.9° North, 19.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	53.9° North, 15.2° East
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Priabonian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:	Priabonian
Age range of interval:	37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy comments: According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	amber
Includes fossils?	Y
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	amber
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Material in the private collection of Judge Dr. Fristch (Goldap i. Pr.). Fritsch material now in two museums in Kaliningrad, including the KMA—Kaliningrad Museum of Amber and MWO—Museum of the World Ocean.

Metadata

Database number:	127170
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2012-04-28 07:57:47	Last modified:	2018-03-18 18:04:50
Access level:	the public	Released:	2012-04-28 07:57:47
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

41333.

E. Wasmann. 1929. Die Paussiden des baltischen Bernsteins und die Stammesgeschichte der Paussiden. Bernstein-Forschungen 1:1-110 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

63786		V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2017. New fossil taxa of Ischalia Pascoe (Coleoptera: Ischaliidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4323:229-238 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
10199	ETE	C. P. Alexander. 1931. Crane-flies of the Baltic Amber (Diptera). Bernstein-Forschungen 2:1-135 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]
10187	1%	C. T. Brues. 1933. The Parasitic Hymenoptera of the Baltic Amber. Bernstein-Forschungen 3:4-178 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]
53854		G. Enderlein. 1930. Die Klassifikation der Coniopterygiden auf Grund der recenten und fossilen Gattungen. Archiv für Klassifikatorische und Phylogenetische Entomologie 1(2):98-114 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49185		E. Handschin. 1926. Revision der Collembolen des baltischen Bernsteins. Entomologische Mitteilungen 15:211-223 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49186		E. Handschin. 1926. Revision der Collembolen des baltischen Bernsteins. Entomologische Mitteilungen 15:330-342 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50463		H. Priesner. 1924. Bernstein-Thysanopteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen 13:130-151 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41334		H. Priesner. 1929. Bernstein-Thysanopteren II. Bernstein-Forschungen 1:111-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53477		E. A. Sidorchuk and R. A. Norton. 2010. Redescription of the fossil oribatid mite Scutoribates perornatus, with implications for systematics of Unduloribatidae (Acari: Oribatida). Zootaxa 2666:45-67 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53475		E. A. Sidorchuk and R. A. Norton. 2011. The fossil mite family Archaeorchestidae (Acari, Oribatida) I: redescription of Strieremaeus illibatus and synonymy of Strieremaeus with Archaeorchestes. Zootaxa 2993:34-58 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53476		E. A. Sidorchuk and R. A. Norton. 2011. The fossil mite family Archaeorchestidae (Acari, Oribatida) II: redescription of Plategeocranus sulcatus and family-group relationships. Zootaxa 3051:14-40 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]