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
Borinquena parva n. sp. Staniczek 2003
Staniczek 2003 1 specimen
Insecta - Coleoptera - Anamorphidae
Discolomopsis dominicana n. gen., n. sp. Shockley 2006
Shockley 2006 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Erotylidae
Notaepytus quisqueya n. sp. Keller and Skelley 2019
Keller and Skelley 2019 1 specimen
Dacne (Dacne) brodzinskyi n. sp. Skelley 1997
Skelley 1997 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Leptorhyparus quadricornis n. sp. Skelley 2021
Skelley 2021 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Priscyparus quisqueyensis n. gen., n. sp. Skelley 2021
Skelley 2021 3 specimens
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Torymidae
Neopalachia bouceki n. sp. Grissell 1980
1 specimen
recombined as Gummilumpus bouceki
(1 measurement)
Zophodetus woodruffi n. gen., n. sp. Grissell 1980
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Dolichoderus dibolia n. sp. Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 1 specimen
corrected as Dolichoderus dibolius
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Dasyhelea sp. Kieffer 1913
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
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
recombined as Dasyhelea dominicana
FSCA 650 (2 measurements)
Dasyhelea (Sebessia) hispaniolae n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
recombined as Dasyhelea hispaniolae
FSCA 13005 (2 measurements)
Forcipomyia informal sp. Meigen 1818
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 16 specimens
FSCA 13008, 13009, 13012, 1279, 1708, 1802, 13006, 13013
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) sp. Meigen 1818
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 2 specimens
FSCA 1702, 13015
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) grimaldii Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 4 specimens
FSCA 2213, 504, 528, 13004
Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) fusiparamera n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
FSCA 1616 (2 measurements)
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sp. (Kieffer 1917)
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 7 specimens
FSCA 463, 1409, 1743, 2170, 13001
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 2 specimens
FSCA 13002, 13001
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 2 specimens
FSCA 1726, 13011
Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) woodruffi n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
FSCA 2289 (1 measurement)
Culicoides (Oecacta) sp. (Poey 1853)
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 3 specimens
FSCA 1573, 1862a, 2235
Culicoides (Oecacta) hispanicolus n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
recombined as Culicoides hispanicola
FSCA 978/P.A (2 measurements)
Brachypogon (Isohelea) sp. (Kieffer 1917)
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 6 specimens
FSCA 367, 371-E.V., 1062-E.V., 1078-E.V., 1573, 1304
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) sp. Kieffer 1899
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
FSCA 1573
Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
FSCA 1794a (2 measurements)
Nannohelea sp. Grogan and Wirth 1980
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
FSCA 853
Arachnida - Araneae - Salticidae
Lyssomanes galianoae n. sp. Reiskind 1989
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]
5207ETE 919E. 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]