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

Where: Santander, Colombia (6.5° N, 73.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° N, 73.5° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of M.B. DuBois

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213295: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Pseudomyrmex sp. Lund 1831 ant
Crematogaster sp. Lund 1831 ant
Myrmecina sp. Curtis 1829 ant
Solenopsis sp. Westwood 1840 ant
"Strumigenys sp." = Strumigenys Smith 1860 ant
"Smithistruma sp." = Strumigenys Smith 1860 ant
Atta sp. Fabricius 1804 ant
"Zacryptocerus sp." = Cephalotes Latreille 1802 ant
Pheidole sp. Westwood 1840 ant
Neivamyrmex iridescens Borgmeier 1950 army ant
Camponotus sp. Mayr 1861 ant
Paratrechina sp. Motschoulsky 1863 ant
Pachycondyla sp. Smith 1858 ant
Hypoponera sp. Santschi 1938 ant
Odontomachus sp. Latreille 1804 ant
Platythyrea sp. Roger 1863 ant
Tapinoma sp. Forster 1850 ant
Dolichoderus sp. Lund 1831 ant
Forelius sp. Emery 1888 ant
Linepithema sp. Mayr 1866 ant
Azteca sp. Forel 1878 ant
Gnamptogenys sp. Roger 1863 ant