Baltic Amber, Senckenberg Frankfurt (SMF) collection: Priabonian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Proboscisthrips mammuthoides n. gen., n. sp. Ulitzka 2017
Ulitzka 2017 1 specimen
SMF T 19263 (MU-Fos-12/1)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Merothripidae
Praemerothrips hoodi Priesner 1929
Ulitzka 2015 1 specimen
SMF T 19264 (Ulitzka No. MU-Fos 13/1) (1 measurement)
Merothrips balticus n. sp. Ulitzka 2015
Ulitzka 2015 1 specimen
SMF T 19265 (Ultizka No. MU-Fos 29/1) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae
Rhipidothripoides juttae n. sp. Ulitzka 2015
Ulitzka 2015 1 specimen
SMF T 19262 (Ulitzka No. MU-Fos 27/1) (2 measurements)
Mymarothrips groehni n. sp. Ulitzka 2015
Ulitzka 2015 1 specimen
SMF T 19263 (Ulitzka No. MU-Fos 36/1) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Metalasius pumilus (Mayr 1868)
Boudinot et al. 2022 1 specimen
SMF Be 1226
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Embolemidae
Embolemus excitus n. sp. Perrichot and Engel 2011
Perrichot and Engel 2011 1 specimen
Be-806 (coll. Wunderlich)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megachilidae
Ctenoplectrella sp. Cockerell 1909
Engel and Davis 2021 1 specimen
SMF Be 413
Glyptapis disareolata Engel 2001
Engel and Davis 2021 1 specimen
SMF Be 9327
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Boreallodape baltica Engel 2001
Engel and Davis 2021 1 specimen
SMF Be 9325
Haidomelikertes uraeus n. gen., n. sp. Engel 2021
Engel and Davis 2021 1 specimen
SMF Be 14263a (2 measurements)
Melikertes (Melikertes) stilbonotus (Engel 1998)
Engel and Davis 2021 3 specimens
SMF Be 359, Be 9328 (x2)
Succinapis goeleti Engel 2001
Engel and Davis 2021 9 specimens
SMF Be 12410, Be 12411 (x2), Be 9330 (x6)
Aethemelikertes emunctorii n. gen., n. sp. Engel 2021
Engel and Davis 2021 1 specimen
SMF Be 14262a (2 measurements)
Protobombus (Protobombus) sp. Cockerell 1908
Engel and Davis 2021 1 specimen
SMF Be 9332
Protobombus (Protobombus) hirsutus (Cockerell 1908)
Engel and Davis 2021 2 specimens
SMF Be 9326
Insecta - Trichoptera - Helicopsychidae
Palaeohelicopsyche serricornis Ulmer 1912
1 specimen
u705 (coll. Gwinner)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Phryganeidae
Phryganea singularis Ulmer 1912
1 specimen
u704 (coll. Gwinner)
Phryganea picea Pictet and Hagen 1856
4 specimens
Coll. Gwinner
Insecta - Trichoptera - Lepidostomatidae
Electraulax longiuscula n. sp. Ulmer 1912
1 specimen
recombined as Lepidostoma longiuscula
u702
Electraulax breviuscula n. sp. Ulmer 1912
1 specimen
recombined as Lepidostoma breviuscula
u701
Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Plectrocnemia lata (Pictet and Hagen 1856)
5 specimens
1 from Gwinner collection
Plectrocnemia barbata (Pictet and Hagen 1856)
7 specimens
original and current combination Polycentropus barbatus
5 from Gwinner collection
Holocentropus incertus (Pictet and Hagen 1856)
2 specimens
1 from Gwinner collection, 1 from L. von Heyden
Holocentropus vetustus (Germar 1813)
1 specimen
Insecta - Trichoptera
Archaeotinodes hageni Ulmer 1912
1 specimen
coll. Gwinner
Archaeotinodes grossa (Hagen 1856)
1 specimen
Insecta - Trichoptera - Dipseudopsidae
Phylocentropus simplex Ulmer 1912
1 specimen
Coll. Gwinner
Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Pseudosencera baltica n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin et al. 2018
Makarkin et al. 2018 1 specimen
SMF-Be-2518
? Nothochrysa sp. MacLachlan 1868
Makarkin et al. 2018 1 specimen
SMF-Be-2464
Insecta - Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae
Proneuronema minor Makarkin et al. 2016
Makarkin et al. 2016 1 specimen
SMF Be 2535 (ex. Weiterschan 1655) (1 measurement)
Proneuronema gradatum n. sp. Makarkin et al. 2016
Makarkin et al. 2016 2 specimens
SMF Be 2534 (ex. Weiterschan 1620), Be 376 (ex. Weiterschan 1390) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Elektrithone expectata n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin et al. 2014
Makarkin et al. 2014 1 specimen
SMF Be 2374 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Paleosisyra minor n. sp. Wichard et al. 2016
Wichard et al. 2016 1 specimen
SMF Be 2519 (ex. Weiterschan 1551) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Eoplatypus jordali n. gen., n. sp. Peris et al. 2017
Peris et al. 2017 2 specimens
SMF Be 2548, Be 2547
Insecta - Odonata - Synlestidae
Synlestidae informal indet. specimen 9 Tillyard 1917
Bechly and Wichard 2008 1 specimen
SMF VI 1332 (larve von 324, coll. Saulius)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Baetiscidae
Balticobaetisca bispinata Staniczek et al. 2022
Staniczek et al. 2022 1 specimen
SMF Be 411 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Micropezidae
Electrobata myrmecia n. gen., n. sp. Hennig 1965
Hennig 1965 1 specimen
No. 19114
Insecta - Diptera - Sciomyzidae
Sepedonites baltica Hennig 1965
Hennig 1965 1 specimen
No. 19116
Insecta - Diptera - Acroceridae
Cyrtinella flavinigra Gillung and Winterton 2017
Gillung and Winterton 2017 2 specimens
SMF Be 1267a, b
Villalites electrica n. gen., n. sp. Hennig 1966
Hennig 1966 1 specimen
SMF 19115 (1 measurement)
Arachnida - Araneae - Archaeidae
Archaea paradoxa Koch and Berendt 1854
Carbuccia et al. 2020 1 specimen
SMF Be 5080
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:38.00000 - 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:body,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SMF
Collection method comments: Collections in Natur-Museum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main
Metadata
Database number:123928
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-02 09:31:00 Last modified:2015-03-25 17:13:49
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-02 09:31:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

39959. G. Ulmer. 1912. Die Trichopteren des baltischen Bernsteins. Beiträge zur Naturkunde Preussens 10:1-380 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

45144 G. Bechly and W. Wichard. 2008. Damselfly and dragonfly nymphs in Eocene Baltic amber (Insecta: Odonata), with aspects of their palaeobiology. Palaeodiversity 1:37-73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79055 B. E. Boudinot, M. L. Borowiec, and M. M. Prebus. 2022. Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius, the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47:113-151 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
73867 B. Carbuccia, H. M. Wood, C. Rollad, A. Nel, and R. Garrouste. 2020. A new Myrmecarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae) species from Oise amber (earliest Eocene, France). BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin 191(24):1-5 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
77877 M. S. Engel and S. R. Davis. 2021. New genera of melikertine bees with facial modifications in Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Melittology 103:1-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
64436 J. P. Gillung and S. L. Winterton. 2017. A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic amber. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16:325-350 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39904 W. Hennig. 1965. Die Acalyptratae des Baltischen Bernsteins. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 145:1-215 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45431 W. Hennig. 1966. Spinnenparasiten der Familie Acroceridae im Baltischen Bernstein. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 165:1-21 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
52319 V. N. Makarkin, S. Wedmann, and T. Weiterschan. 2014. First record of the family Ithonidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 3796:385-393 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
60685 V. N. Makarkin, S. Wedmann, and T. Weiterschan. 2016. A new genus of Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera) from Baltic amber, with a critical review of the Cenozoic Megalomus-like taxa and remarks on the wing venation variability of the family. Zootaxa 4179:345-370 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66649 V. N. Makarkin, S. Wedmann, and T. Weiterschan. 2018. The first green lacewings from the late Eocene Baltic amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63:527-537 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
63243 D. Peris, M. M. Solórzano Kraemer, S. M. Smith and A. I. Cognato. 2017. Eoplatypus jordali gen.n. et sp.n., the first described Platypodinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Baltic amber. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 75:185-194 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44491 V. Perrichot and M. S. Engel. 2011. A new micropterous species of Embolemus Westwood from Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Embolemidae). Annales de Paléontologie 97:1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
82437 A. H. Staniczek, A. P. Storari, and R. J. Godunko. 2022. Revised systematics, phylogeny, and paleontology of the mayfly family Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80:389-409 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57180 M. R. Ulitzka. 2015. Two new species of Aeolothripidae from Baltic Tertiary amber (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Palaeodiversity 8:89-94 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61610 M. R. Ulitzka. 2015. Praemerothrips hoodi Priesner, 1929 and Merothrips balticus sp. nov. - two new fossils of thrips from Baltic Tertiary amber (Thysanoptera: Merothripidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 125:213-216 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66939 M. R. Ulitzka. 2017. Revision of the fossil Melanthripidae from Baltic Tertiary (Eocene) amber including a new genus (Insecta: Thysanoptera) . Entomologische Zeitschrift 127:205-212 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
60228 W. Wichard, S. Wedmann, and T. Weiterschan. 2016. Spongillaflies (Neuroptera, Sisyridae) in Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4158:117-125 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]