Dominican amber (SMNS coll): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Chthoniidae
Schawaller 1980 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2651-W-1
Schawaller 1980 1 specimen
SMNS Do-897-K-6
Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Withiidae
? Parawithius sp. Chamberlin 1931
Schawaller 1981 2 specimens
SMNS Do-119-K-3, Do-718-K-1
    = Dolichowithius sp. Beier 1932
Judson 2010
Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Chernetidae
Americhernes sp. Muchmore 1976
Schawaller 1980 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2500-B-1 (Tritonymph)
Pachychernes sp. Beier 1932
Schawaller 1980 1 specimen
SMNS Do-118-K-2 (Protonymph, ?effossus n. sp.)
Schawaller 1980 1 specimen
SMNS Do-612-K-10
Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Cheiridiidae
Schawaller 1981 4 specimens
SMNS Do-553-K-2, 553-K-1, 553-K-3, 570-K-1
Arachnida - Araneae - Uloboridae
Miagrammopes sp. Pickard-Cambridge 1869
Schawaller 1982 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3342-M-1
Wunderlich 2004
Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae
Tama sp. Simon 1882
Schawaller 1981 3 specimens
SMNS Do-3307-M-1
Penney 2006
Written "Neotama" but Neotama synonymized in same paper; also Do-3583-B and Do-3547-M
Arachnida - Araneae - Salticidae
? Sarinda sp. Peckham and Peckham 1892
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3476-M
Arachnida - Araneae - Selenopidae
Schawaller 1984 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3940-B-1
Arachnida - Araneae - Tetragnathidae
Schawaller 1982 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3591-D-1
Arachnida - Araneae - Thomisidae
Komisumena rosae n. gen., n. sp. Ono 1981
Ono 1981 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2528-B-1
Arachnida - Araneae - Oxyopidae
? Oxyopes sp. Latreille 1804
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
SMNS Do-3300, 4975
Arachnida - Araneae - Pholcidae
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
F934/DB/AR/PHO/CJW
Arachnida - Araneae - Ochyroceratidae
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3063-E
Arachnida - Araneae - Dipluridae
? Ischnothele sp. Ausserer 1875
Schawaller 1982 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2247-K-1
Arachnida - Amblypygi - Phrynidae
Schawaller 1979 1 specimen
SMNS Do-1703-K-1
Arachnida - Scorpiones
Scorpiones indet. Latreille 1817
Schawaller 1982 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2981-W-1
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae
Schawaller 1982 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3399-M-1
Schawaller 1979 1 specimen
SMNS Do-1460-1
Malacostraca - Isopoda - Philosciidae
Philosciidae indet. Kinahan 1857
Schmalfuss 1984 10 specimens
SMNS Do-3348-M, Do-3315-M, Do-3382-M, Do-3331-M, Do-700-K, Do-1910-B, Do-3868-M,Do-496-K, Do-389-K, Do-430-K
Malacostraca - Isopoda - Platyarthridae
Trichorhina sp. Budde-Lund 1908
Schmalfuss 1984 4 specimens
SMNS Do-457-K(x2), Do-120-K, Do-388-K
Malacostraca - Isopoda - Sphaeroniscidae
Schmalfuss 1980 8 specimens
SMNS Do-1494-K-1, Do-1503K-1, Do-1433-K(x2); Do-2989-E, Do-3239-M, Do-3352-M, Do-457-K in Schmalfuss 1984
Malacostraca - Isopoda - Pseudarmadillidae
Schmalfuss 1984 4 specimens
SMNS Do-4157-M-1, Do-4156-M-1, Do-3349-M
Schmalfuss 1984 11 specimens
SMNS Do-2403-K-1, Do-3381-M-1, Do-4612-B(x6), Do-579-K, Do-457-K(x2)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Leptophlebiidae
Staniczek 2003 1 specimen
SMNS DO-5384-H
Staniczek 2003 1 specimen
SMNS DO-3904-M
Staniczek 2003 1 specimen
SMNS DO-3276-M
Insecta - Odonata - Coenagrionidae
Bechly 2000 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5687 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tingidae
Golub et al. 2008 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5506-M (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Miridae
Herczek 2011 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4116 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Popov 1987 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3390-M (1 measurement)
Popov 1989 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3319-E
Popov 1989 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3861-M-1
Popov 1989 2 specimens
SMNS Do-3043-E, Do-3067-E
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae
Heiss and Poinar 2012 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4940-H (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Ochteridae
Popov and Heiss 2014 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4667-B (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cerocephalidae
van de Kamp et al. 2014 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4171-B
Krogmann 2013 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5757-1
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Dryinidae
Olmi and Guglielmino 2011 1 specimen
Olmi et al. 2011 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Olmi and Bechly 2001 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4494-M
Olmi and Bechly 2001 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4066-M
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
de Andrade 1995 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4629-B (1 measurement)
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5487
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5383 (1 measurement)
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 21 specimens
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4163 (1 measurement)
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 27 specimens
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 1 specimen
SMNS Do-1980 (1 measurement)
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 4 specimens
SMNS Do-3326, 3792, 4479, 4711
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 2 specimens
SMNS Do-618, 4162 (2 measurements)
Baroni Urbani 1995 1 specimen
SMNS Do-1645-K (illustrated in Schlee, 1980)
Baroni Urbani 1995 3 specimens
SMNS Do-4440, 4434, 3708-a (1 measurement)
Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 1994 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4909-1 (1 measurement)
Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 1994 5 specimens
SMNS Do-3854-1 - 5 (2 measurements)
Baroni Urbani 1980 9 specimens
SMNS Do-377-K-1-9 (numbers 7-9 donated to NHMB as PE154/1-3) (1 measurement)
Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003 2 specimens
SMNS Do-5188, 4253
Baroni Urbani 1994 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4112 (1 measurement)
de Andrade 1994 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2215 (1 measurement)
de Andrade 1994 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3968
Baroni Urbani 1980 1 specimen
SMNS Do-834-K-1 (2 measurements)
de Andrade 1994 2 specimens
SMNS Do-3346, 4015 (1 measurement)
de Andrade 1994 2 specimens
SMNS Do-5479, 3734 (2 measurements)
de Andrade 1994 2 specimens
SMNS Do-2846-1,2 (1 measurement)
de Andrade 1994 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3955 (1 measurement)
de Andrade 1994 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4192 (1 measurement)
Baroni Urbani 1980 17 specimens
SMNS Do-996 (9 workers); in Baroni-Urbani & Wilson: Do-4931-M (4 workers), Do-4484-M (4 workers) (2 measurements)
de Andrade 1998 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4130-1 (1 measurement)
de Andrade 1998 4 specimens
SMNS Do-3854-1 -4 (1 measurement)
Baroni Urbani 1980 1 specimen
SMNS Do-926-K-1 (1 measurement)
Baroni Urbani 1980 1 specimen
SMNS Do-1172-K-1 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Viertler et al. 2023 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3441-M (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Belokobylskij and Hovorka 2022 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2886-D (2 measurements)
Insecta - Siphonaptera - Pulicidae
Perrichot and Beaucournu 2012 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5724
Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Szadziewski and Grogan 1997 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2698 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Grund 2005 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5503-M (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae
Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021 1 specimen
SMNS Do-369-K
Solórzano-Kraemer et al. 2021 1 specimen
SMNS Do-1059-K (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Acroceridae
Grimaldi 1995 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5374-H
Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae
Grund and Hauser 2005 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3495-M (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
Schmalfuss 1979 1 specimen
SMNS Do-45-K (2 measurements)
Grund 2012 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3187-W (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Skartveit and Bechly 2013 5 specimens
SMNS Do-3784-M (x3), Do-1367-K, Do-1307-K (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Peñalver and Grimaldi 2006 53 specimens
SMNS Do-5514-M (8 male, 37 female, 8 indet)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Pseudoneureclipsidae
Wichard 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5715 (1 measurement)
Wichard 1985 3 specimens
SMNS Do-5708, 819-K-1, 2720-D-1 (1 measurement)
Wichard 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5714 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Ecnomidae
Austrotinodes sp. Schmid 1955
Wichard 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-4143-M (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae
Wichard 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5716 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Philopotamidae
Wichard 1983 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5707 (1 measurement)
Wichard 1983 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5706 (1 measurement)
Wichard 1983 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5705 (1 measurement)
Wichard 2007 3 specimens
SMNS Do-5713, 4121-M, 5718 (1 measurement)
Wichard 1983 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3386-M-1 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydropsychidae
Wichard 2007 2 specimens
SMNS Do-820-K, 5719 (1 measurement)
Wichard 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-2219-K
Insecta - Trichoptera - Helicopsychidae
Johanson and Wichard 1996 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5698 (formerly Wichard DB 12) (1 measurement)
Johanson and Wichard 1996 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5720 (formerly Wichard DB 11) (1 measurement)
Johanson and Wichard 1996 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5699 (formerly Wichard DB 13) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Calamoceratidae
Wichard 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5717 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydroptilidae
Wichard 1981 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5703 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Glossosomatidae
Wichard 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5712 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydrobiosidae
Wichard 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-5711 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Strepsiptera - Protelencholacidae
1 specimen
SMNS Do-7-K-1
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Schawaller 1981 5 specimens
SMNS Do-119-K-1, 2, 3, 4; Do-718-K-1 (8 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae
Batelka et al. 2011 2 specimens
SMNS Do-5734, 5736 (3 measurements)
Batelka et al. 2011 6 specimens
SMNS Do-5733, 5735, 5737, 5738 (3 specimens), 5739 (Jan Batelka amber collection) (9 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
Kaszab and Schwaller 1984 1 specimen
SMNS Do-3240-M-1
Insecta - Coleoptera - Leiodidae
Perreau et al. 2021 2 specimens
SMNS DO1468K, DO489K
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Jenkins Shaw et al. 2023 1 specimen
SMNS Do-556-K (1 measurement)
Irmler 2003 2 specimens
SMNS Do-1410-K, ?Do-206-K (1 measurement)
Irmler 2003 3 specimens
SMNS Do-176-K, Do-250-K, Do-1852-U (1 measurement)
Irmler 2003 3 specimens
SMNS Do-189-K, Do-4177-M, Do-2405-K (1 measurement)
Irmler 2003 1 specimen
SMNS Do-449-K (1 measurement)
Osoriellus sp. Fagel 1959
Irmler 2003 2 specimens
SMNS Do-326-K, Do-381-K (1 measurement)
Irmler 2003 1 specimen
Do-631-K (1 measurement)
Irmler 2003 1 specimen
Do-488-K (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Micromalthidae
Perkovsky 2007 1 specimen
SMNS Do-623-K
Insecta - Archaeognatha - Meinertellidae
Sturm and Poinar 1997 4 specimens
Enoplea - Mermithida - Mermithidae
Poinar 1984 2 specimens
SMNS Do-3201-W-1, 2
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.6° North, 70.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.8° North, 66.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian - Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval: 20.45 - 13.82 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
Museum repositories:SMNS
Metadata
Database number:122474
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr, A. Louderback, A. Delelli
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-12-29 10:47:50 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-12-29 10:47:50
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
39978. R. Kinzelbach. 1979. Das erste neotropische Fossil der Fächerflügler (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Insecta, Strepsiptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 52:1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

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44413 C. Baroni Urbani. 1980. Anochetus corayi n. sp., the first fossil Odontomachiti ant (amber collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. II: Odontomachiti). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 55:1-6 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44601 C. Baroni Urbani. 1980. The Ant Genus Gnamptogenys in Dominican Amber (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. IV: Ectatommini). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 67:1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44615 C. Baroni Urbani. 1980. The first fossil species of the Australian ant genus Leptomyrmex in amber from the Dominican Republic (Amber collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. III: Leptomyrmicini). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 62:1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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39784 J. Batelka, M. S. Engel, Z. H. Falin and J. Prokop. 2011. Two new ripidiine species in Dominican amber with evidence of aggregative behaviour of males frozen in the fossil record (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). European Journal of Entomology 108:275-286 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]
36968 G. Bechly. 2000. A new fossil damselfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae: Ischnurinae) from Dominican Amber. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 299:1-9 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
83043 S. A. Belokobylskij and T. Hovorka. 2022. A new fossil euphorine genus and species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with the longest known ovipositor from Dominican amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93:71-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44411 M. L. de Andrade. 1994. Fossil Odontomachiti ants from the Dominican Republic (amber collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VII: Odontomachiti). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 199:1-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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44410 M. L. de Andrade. 1998. First description of fossil Acanthostichus from Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 71:269-274 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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39851 V. B. Golub, Y. A. Popov, and E. Guilbert. 2008. Phymacysta stysi, a new species of lace bug from Dominican amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tinginae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2):485-490 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli]
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51576 M. Grund. 2005. Chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Dominican amber. Ablabesmyia electrohispaniolana, sp. n. and paleoecological indications due to subfamily proportions. Insect Systematics & Evolution 36:29-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61281 M. Grund. 2012. A long-beaked fungus gnat in Dominican amber (Diptera: Lygistorrhinidae). Annales Zoologici 62:639-642 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48632 M. Grund and M. Hauser. 2005. Pachygaster hymenaea sp. nov. and P. antiqua James, 1971 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Neotropical ambers. Zootaxa 1061:29-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45447 E. Heiss and G. O. Poinar. 2012. The first Carventinae species in Miocene Dominican Amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 3268:47-54 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39544 A. Herczek. 2011. First record of the plant bug subfamily Psallopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Miridae) from Dominican amber, with a description of a new species of the genus Psallops USINGER, 1946. Polish Journal of Entomology 80:689-697 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45459 U. Irmler. 2003. Osoriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Dominican Amber. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 342:1-16 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84946 J. Jenkins Shaw, A. V. Shavrin, K. Kairišs and A. Solodovnikov. 2023. Paraphloeostiba dominicana sp. nov.: The first omaliine rove beetle from Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 127(104412) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51043 K. A. Johanson and W. Wichard. 1996. Caddis flies of Dominican amber X. Fossil species of Helicopsychidae (Trichoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 79:195-209 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48860 M. L. I. Judson. 2010. Redescription of Chelifer eucarpus Dalman (Arachnida, Chelonethi, Withiidae) and fi rst records of pseudoscorpions in copal from Madagascar and Colombia. Palaeodiversity 3:33-42 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45011 Z. Kaszab and W. Schwaller. 1984. Eine neue Schwarzkäfer-Gattung und -Art aus Dominikanischem Bernstein (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 109:1-6 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44110 L. Krogmann. 2013. First fossil record of cerocephaline wasps with a description of a new genus and species from Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Cerocephalinae). Historical Biology 25:43-49 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39952 M. Olmi and G. Bechly. 2001. New parasitic wasps from Baltic amber (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Dryinidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 306:1-58 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
54501 M. Olmi, A. Guglielmino, and M. Vollaro. 2011. Revision of fossil species of Dryinus belonging to constans group, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae). Zootaxa 2981:43-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48666 M. Olmi and A. Guglielmino. 2011. Revision of fossil species of Dryinus belonging to lamellatus group, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae). ZooKeys 130:505-514 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47371 H. Ono. 1981. Erstnachweis einer Krabbenspinne (Thomisidae) in Dominikanischem Bernstein (Stuttgarter Bernsteinsammlung: Arachnida, Araneae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 73:1-13 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45138 E. Peñalver and D. Grimaldi. 2006. Assemblages of mammalian hair and blood-feeding midges (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Miocene amber. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 96:177-195 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47519 D. Penney. 2006. Tertiary neotropical Hersiliidae (Arthropoda, Araneae) with new combinations for the extant fauna and comments on historical biogeography of the family. Palaeontology 49:899-906 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45525 E. E. Perkovsky. 2007. On the find of adult Micromalthus (Coleoptera, Micromalthidae) in Dominican amber. Paleontological Journal 41:626-628 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
75401 M. Perreau, D. Haelewaters, and P. Tafforeau. 2021. A parasitic coevolution since the Miocene revealed by phase‑contrast synchrotron X‑ray microtomography and the study of natural history collections. Scientific Reports 11(2672) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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