Dominican Amber (MCZ collection): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Formicidae
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Cylindromyrmex electrinus n. sp.
de Andrade 1998
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de Andrade 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Neivamyrmex ectopus n. sp.
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Pseudomyrmex vicinus
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PSW-DA8 | ||||||||||
Pseudomyrmex prioris n. sp.
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PSW-DA15 | ||||||||||
Pseudomyrmex oryctus n. sp.
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PSW-DA4 | ||||||||||
Pseudomyrmex macrops n. sp.
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PSW-DA11, 10 | ||||||||||
Pseudomyrmex thecolor n. sp.
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PSW-DA19, 6 | ||||||||||
Pseudomyrmex baros n. sp.
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
PSW-DA18, 7 | ||||||||||
Pseudomyrmex avitus
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PSW-DA20 | ||||||||||
Pseudomyrmex succinus n. sp.
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
PSW-DA17, 1, 2, 5, 9 | ||||||||||
Pseudomyrmex nexilis n. sp.
Ward 1992
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Ward 1992 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
PSW-DA3, 12, 16 | ||||||||||
Monacis caribbaea n. sp.
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Monacis prolaminata
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Hypoclinea primitiva n. sp.
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Iridomyrmex hispaniolae
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 19 specimens | ||||||||
Tapinoma trochis n. sp.
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Camponotus neotropicus
(Baroni Urbani 1980)
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Wilson 1985 | |||||||||
Iridomyrmex humiloides n. sp.
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Azteca eumeces
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 38 specimens | ||||||||
Azteca alpha n. sp.
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 540 specimens | ||||||||
540 specimens from all collections but not divided | ||||||||||
Zatania electra
LaPolla et al. 2012
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LaPolla et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Platythyrea pumilio n. sp.
de Andrade 2004
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de Andrade 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MZCZ-37 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Paraponera sp.
Smith 1858
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Wilson 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Proceratium dominicanum
de Andrade 2003
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Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
MCZ-31, 34 | ||||||||||
Proceratium poinari
Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003
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Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
MCZ-26-30, 32-33, 35 | ||||||||||
Exocryptocerus jansei
Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
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Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Zacryptocerus obscurus n. sp.
Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
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Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Cephalotes integerrimus
(Vierbergen and Scheven 1995)
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de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
MCZC-10, 17, 24 | ||||||||||
Zacryptocerus squamosus
Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
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Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
MCZC-1,5,6,7,12,14,20,21,22,23 (9 in de Andrade & Baroni Urbani) | ||||||||||
Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus
Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
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Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Cyphomyrmex taino n. sp.
de Andrade 2003
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de Andrade 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MCZC-36 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Ilemomyrmex caecus n. gen., n. sp.
Wilson 1985
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Wilson 1985 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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: | basin |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian - Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Aquitanian (minimum) |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Langhian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.44 - 13.82 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
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: | soft parts,original chitin,amber |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | MCZ |
Collection method comments: Specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Harvard). ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 480, 478, 477 |
Metadata
Also known as: | ETE Locality 799 | ||
Database number: | 21978 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Labandeira, M. Clapham | Enterer: | C. Labandeira, A. Delelli, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 1998-06-09 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2014-03-04 10:07:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-06-09 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
44412. | W. P. MacKay. 1991. Anochetus brevidentatus, new species, a second fossil Odontomachiti ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:138-140 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
40049 | C. Baroni Urbani and M. L. de Andrade. 2003. The ant genus Proceratium in the extant and fossil record (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali - Torino, Monografie 36:1-480 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham] | |
44524 | M. L. de Andrade. 1998. Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 105:581-664 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
44526 | M. L. de Andrade. 2003. First descriptions of two new amber species of Cyphomyrmex from Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Beiträge zur Entomologie 53:131-139 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
44623 | M. L. de Andrade. 2004. A new species of Platythyrea from Dominican amber and description of a new extant species from Honduras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111:643-655 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40586 | M. L. de Andrade and C. Baroni Urbani. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
44640 | J. S. LaPolla, R. J. Kallal, and S. G. Brady. 2012. A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, Zatania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems. Systematic Entomology 37:200-214 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
10545 | D. Penney. 2001. Advances in the taxonomy of spiders in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Arthropoda: Araneae). Palaeontology 44:987-1009 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/M. Clapham] | |
40531 | G. Vierbergen and J. Scheven. 1995. Nine new species and a new genus of Dominican amber ants of the tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Creation Research Society Quarterly 32(3):158-170 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham] | |
44631 | P. S. Ward. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche 99:55-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
48458 | A. L. Wild and F. Cuezzo. 2006. Rediscovery of a fossil dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America. Zootaxa 1142:57-68 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
5205 | ETE 917 | E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 1. Two New Myrmicine Genera and an Aberrant Pheidole. Psyche 92(1):1-9 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/R. Day] |
5206 | ETE 918 | E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 2. The first fossil army ants. Psyche 92:11-16 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/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] |
5208 | ETE 920 | E. O. Wilson. 1986. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 4. A giant ponerine in the genus Paraponera. Israel Journal of Entomology 19:197-200 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham] |