Dominican amber, El Valle locality (AMNH collection): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae
Procolobostema roseni Amorim 1998
Amorim 1998 2 specimens
AMNH DR-6-43, DR-6-40
Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae
Archicratyna arcana Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 1 specimen
AMNH DR-5-56
Insecta - Diptera - Tephritidae
Protortalotrypeta grimaldii n. gen., n. sp. Norrbom 1994
Norrbom 1994 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Drosophilidae
Miomyia io n. gen., n. sp. Grimaldi 1987
Grimaldi 1987 1 specimen
(2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Brachypogon (Isohelea) dominicanus Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) sp. (Kieffer 1917)
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 2 specimens
AMNH DR-6-23, DR-6-42
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) chrysosuccinea n. sp. Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
AMNH DR-6-35 (1 measurement)
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) antilleana Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
AMNH DR-6-42
Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) domibicolor Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Szadziewski and Grogan 1998 1 specimen
AMNH DR-6-127
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tingidae
Leptopharsa evsyunini n. sp. Golub and Popov 2000
1 specimen
AMNH DR-10-44
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.0° North, 69.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.8° North, 68.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Formation:Yanigua
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Older dates for Dominican amber were Upper Eocene or Oligocene, but it is now dated as Miocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts,original chitin,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH
Metadata
Database number:125970
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-03-28 03:53:55 Last modified:2022-12-03 19:08:55
Access level:the public Released:2012-03-28 03:53:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
40924. V. B. Golub and Y. A. Popov. 2000. New Cenozoic lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S290-S297 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

45131 D. S. Amorim. 1998. Amber fossil Scatopsidae (Diptera: Psychodomorpha). I. Considerations on described taxa, Procolobostema roseni, new species, from Dominican Amber, and the position of Procolobostema in the family. American Museum Novitates 3227:1-17 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5188ETE 900D. A. Grimaldi. 1987. Amber fossil Drosophilidae (Diptera), with particular reference to the Hispaniolan taxa. American Museum Novitates 2880:1-23 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
50726 W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann. 2005. Sciarid flies from Dominican amber (Diptera, Sciaridae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 55:319-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5194ETE 906A. L. Norrbom. 1994. New genera of Tephritidae (Diptera) from Brazil and Dominican amber, with phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Ortalotrypetini. Insecta Mundi 8:1-15 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/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]
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]