Colombian copal, Santander (DuBois coll): Holocene, Colombia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Pseudomyrmex sp. Lund 1831
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Neivamyrmex iridescens Borgmeier 1950
Gnamptogenys sp. Roger 1863
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Pheidole sp. Westwood 1840
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Zacryptocerus sp. Ashmead 1905
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
synonym of Cephalotes
Atta sp. Fabricius 1804
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Strumigenys sp. Smith 1860
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Smithistruma sp. Brown 1948
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
synonym of Strumigenys
Crematogaster sp. Lund 1831
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Myrmecina sp. Curtis 1829
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Solenopsis sp. Westwood 1840
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Linepithema sp. Mayr 1866
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Forelius sp. Emery 1888
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Dolichoderus sp. Lund 1831
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Tapinoma sp. Forster 1850
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Azteca sp. Forel 1878
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Paratrechina sp. Motschoulsky 1863
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Camponotus sp. Mayr 1861
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Platythyrea sp. Roger 1863
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Odontomachus sp. Latreille 1804
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Pachycondyla sp. Smith 1858
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
Hypoponera sp. Santschi 1938
DuBois and LaPolla 1999
see common names

Geography
Country:Colombia State/province:Santander
Coordinates: 6.5° North, 73.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.5° North, 73.5° West
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: personal collection of M.B. DuBois
Metadata
Database number:213295
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2020-08-28 14:58:02 Last modified:2020-11-26 22:16:31
Access level:the public Released:2020-08-28 14:58:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

73625. M. B. DuBois. 1998. The first fossil Dorylinae with notes on fossil Ecitoninae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 109:136-142 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

74507 M. B. DuBois and J. S. LaPolla. 1999. A preliminary review of Colombia ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) preserved in copal. Entomological News 110:162-172 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]