Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection): Ypresian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta
- Diptera
- Ceratopogonidae
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Ceratopogonidae indet.
Newman 1834
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-615, 684 | ||||||||||
Stilobezzia sp.
Kieffer 1911
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-515a, 518, 853a | ||||||||||
Eohelea indica n. sp.
Stebner and Szadziewski 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-855 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Gedanohelea gerdesorum n. sp.
Stebner and Szadziewski 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-857, 513, 661 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Serromyia sp.
Meigen 1818
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-647 | ||||||||||
Mantohelea sp.
Szadziewski 1988
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-673 | ||||||||||
Brachypogon sp.
Kieffer 1899
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-508, 851, 854 | ||||||||||
Camptopterohelea odora n. sp.
Stebner et al. 2017
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Stebner et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-859a (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Meunierohelea borkenti n. sp.
Stebner and Szadziewski 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-516 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Meunierohelea orientalis n. sp.
Stebner and Szadziewski 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-858a (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Meunierohelea cambayana n. sp.
Stebner and Szadziewski 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-507 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Meunierohelea aff. cambayana
Stebner and Szadziewski 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-519 | ||||||||||
Forcipomyia sp.
Meigen 1818
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-163, 511a, 511b, 565, 602, 616a, 643, 856, 860, 862a | ||||||||||
Leptoconops sp.
Skuse 1889
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-506, 852a | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Psychodidae
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Sycorax longistyla n. sp.
Wagner et al. 2022
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Wagner et al. 2022 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad 877, 64, 876, 769, 356A, 878, 880 (7 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Dolichopodidae
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Dolichopodidae indet.
Latreille 1809
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Bickel et al. 2022 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-41b, 165, 321b | ||||||||||
Medeterinae indet.
Lioy 1864
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Bickel et al. 2022 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-66, 271, 295, 401, 406, 447, 468, 498 | ||||||||||
Rajpardia grimaldii n. gen., n. sp.
Bickel 2022
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Bickel et al. 2022 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-372 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Sympycninae indet.
Aldrich 1905
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Bickel et al. 2022 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-359, 486 | ||||||||||
Diaphorinae indet.
Schiner 1864
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Bickel et al. 2022 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-65, 176, 177, 378, 481 | ||||||||||
Gujaratmyia rotunda n. gen., n. sp.
Bickel 2022
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Bickel et al. 2022 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-67 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Palaeomedeterus sp.
(Meunier 1895)
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Bickel et al. 2022 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-475 | ||||||||||
Palaeomedeterus cambayensis n. sp.
Bickel 2022
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Bickel et al. 2022 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-476B, 124, 165, 448, 476A, 483; KU 173A (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Campichoetidae
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Pareuthychaeta eoindica n. sp.
Grimaldi 2012
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Grimaldi and Singh 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-227 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Keroplatidae
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Indorrhina sahnii n. gen., n. sp.
Stebner and Grimaldi 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-418 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Palaeognoriste orientale n. sp.
Stebner and Grimaldi 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-887, AMNH Tad-587, Tad-37A, Tad-324 (8 measurements) | ||||||||||
Lygistorrhina indica n. sp.
Stebner and Grimaldi 2017
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Stebner et al. 2017 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-442, AMNH Tad-492, Tad-888 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Diptera
- Chironomidae
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Stempellina stebneri n. sp.
Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020
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Zakrzewska et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-882 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Stempellinella pollex n. sp.
Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020
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Zakrzewska et al. 2020 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-571a, 546 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Gujaratomyia miripes n. gen., n. sp.
Giłka and Zakrzewska 2018
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Zakrzewska et al. 2018 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-607a, b; Tad610 in Zakrzewska et al., 2020 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Tanytarsus spp.
van der Wulp 1874
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Zakrzewska et al. 2020 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-533, 883a, 884 | ||||||||||
Tanytarsus forfex n. sp.
Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020
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Zakrzewska et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-568a (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Tanytarsus ramus n. sp.
Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020
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Zakrzewska et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-521 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Blattodea
- Termitidae
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Nanotermes isaacae n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Grimaldi 2011
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Engel et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIPL Tad-262 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Blattodea
- Stylotermitidae
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Prostylotermes kamboja n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Grimaldi 2011
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Engel et al. 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
BSIPL Tad-321C (2 specimens) (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Parastylotermes krishnai n. sp.
Engel and Grimaldi 2011
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Engel et al. 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
BSIPL Tad-277, AMNH Tad-96 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Blattodea
- Rhinotermitidae
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Rhinotermitidae indet.
Froggatt 1897
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Engel et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-155 | ||||||||||
? Zophotermes sp.
Engel 2011
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Engel et al. 2011 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-95, Tad-278, SEMC-F000157, AMNH Tad-304 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Zophotermes ashoki n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Singh 2011
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Engel et al. 2011 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
BSIPL Tad-42, AMNH Tad-97 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Embioptera
- Scelembiidae
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Kumarembia hurleyi n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Grimaldi 2011
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2 specimens | |||||||||
AMNH Tad-261-A, Tad-253 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Braconidae
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Trichelyon tadkeshwarense n. gen., n. sp.
Ortega-Blanco and Engel 2012
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Ortega-Blanco et al. 2012 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
BSIPL Tad-420 | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
- Apidae
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? Protobombus sp.
Cockerell 1908
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Engel et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-41-A (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Melikertini indet.
Engel 2001
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Engel et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-179 | ||||||||||
Melikertes (Melikertes) kamboja n. sp.
Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
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Engel et al. 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-272-A, STB-092-T10 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Melikertes (Paramelikertes) gujaratensis n. sp.
Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013
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Engel et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-41-A (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Neuroptera
- Coniopterygidae
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Spiloconis eominuta n. sp.
Grimaldi and Engel 2013
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Grimaldi et al. 2013 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-316D, AMNH Tad-316B (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Protorthaltica setosella n. gen., n. sp.
Nadein 2019
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Nadein and Perkovsky 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-89 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Davidaltica cambayensis n. gen., n. sp.
Nadein 2019
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Nadein and Perkovsky 2019 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-342, 258, 87 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Cambaltica paleoindica n. gen., n. sp.
Nadein 2019
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Nadein and Perkovsky 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-265 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Staphylinidae
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Paleosorius cambayensis n. gen., n. sp.
Ortega-Blanco et al. 2013
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Ortega-Blanco et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
SEMC-F000134 | ||||||||||
Protoclaviger trichodens n. gen., n. sp.
Parker and Grimaldi 2014
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Parker and Grimaldi 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-490 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Yprezethinus grimaldii n. gen., n. sp.
Parker 2022
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Parker 2022 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad-130 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Diaspididae
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Normarkicoccus cambayae n. gen., n. sp.
Vea and Grimaldi 2015
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Vea and Grimaldi 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIPL Tad-135 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Margarodidae
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Heteromargarodes hukamsinghi n. sp.
Vea and Grimaldi 2015
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Vea and Grimaldi 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIPL Tad-139 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Leptopodidae
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Archaesalepta schuhi n. gen., n. sp.
Grimaldi and Engel 2013
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Grimaldi et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIP Tad-15 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Amblypygi
- Paracharontidae
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Paracharonopsis cambayensis n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Grimaldi 2014
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Engel and Grimaldi 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH Tad 456 | ||||||||||
Arachnida
- Araneae
- Archaeidae
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Myrmecarchaea sp.
Wunderlich 2004
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Wood et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSIP 41985 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | India | State/province: | Gujarat |
Coordinates: | 21.4° North, 73.1° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 4.3° South, 63.1° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
Age range of interval: | 56 - 47.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Age 50-52 Ma based on microfossils |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | amber |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts,original chitin,amber |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Collection method comments: Material collected in January 2009, 2010, and 2011 and split among BSIPL, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India; AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, New York, and SEMC, Snow Entomological Collections, Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence. Type material is presently in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH) and the Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, und Paläontologie, Bonn, Germany (SIPB), but primary types will eventually be transferred to the amber collection of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India |
Metadata
Database number: | 124463 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
Created: | 2012-02-16 04:53:40 | Last modified: | 2022-12-30 18:18:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-16 04:53:40 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
40175. | M. S. Engel, D. A. Grimaldi, H. Singh and P. C. Nascimbene. 2011. Webspinners in early Eocene amber from western India (Insecta: Embiodea). ZooKeys 148:197-208 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
83515 | D. J. Bickel, J. Martin, P. Agnihotri and H. Singh. 2022. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Eocene amber deposits of Cambay and Kutch basins, India. Palaeoentomology 5:475-486 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
40183 | M. S. Engel, D. A. Grimaldi, P. C. Nascimbene and H. Singh. 2011. The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera). ZooKeys 148:105-123 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
52166 | M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2014. Whipspiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in amber from the early Eocene and mid-Cretaceous, including maternal care. Novitates Paleoentomologicae 9:1-17 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
49519 | M. S. Engel, J. Ortega-Blanco, P. C. Nascimbene and H. Singh. 2013. The bees of early Eocene Cambay amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Melittology 25:1-12 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
45310 | D. Grimaldi, M. S. Engel, P. C. Nascimbene and H. Singh. 2013. Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera: Aleuropteryginae) in amber from the Eocene of India and the Miocene of Hispaniola. American Museum Novitates 3770:1-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
41206 | D. Grimaldi and H. Singh. 2012. The extinct genus Pareuthychaeta in Eocene ambers (Diptera: Schizophora: Ephydroidea). The Canadian Entomologist 144:17-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
48247 | D. A. Grimaldi, M. S. Engel, and H. Singh. 2013. Bugs in the biogeography: Leptosaldinae (Heteroptera: Leptopodidae) in amber from the Miocene of Hispaniola and Eocene of India. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 86:226-243 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
71108 | K. S. Nadein and E. E. Perkovsky. 2019. Small and common: the oldest tropical Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the lower Eocene Cambay amber of India. Alcheringa 43:597-611 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
48264 | J. Ortega-Blanco, S. Chatzimanolis, H. Singh and M. S. Engel. 2013. The oldest fossil of the subfamily Osoriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), from Eocene Cambay amber (India). The Coleopterists Bulletin 67:304-308 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
44208 | J. Ortega-Blanco, H. Singh, and M. S. Engel. 2012. First amber fossil Rhysipolini (Hymenopera: Braconidae): a new genus and species in early Eocene Cambay amber. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52:585-594 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
83505 | J. Parker. 2022. Transitional morphology and Afrotropical affinity of a bythinoplectine rove beetle from the early Eocene of India (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Palaeoentomology 5:452-460 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
53172 | J. Parker and D. A. Grimaldi. 2014. Specialized myrmecophily at the ecological dawn of modern ants. Current Biology 24:2428-2434 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
62315 | F. Stebner, H. Singh, J. Rust and D. A. Grimaldi. 2017. Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha: Sciaroidea) in early Eocene Cambay amber. PeerJ 5(e3313):1-25 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
60475 | F. Stebner, R. Szadziewski, P. T. Rühr, H. Singh, J. U. Hammel, G. M. Kvifte, and J. Rust. 2016. A fossil biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from early Eocene Indian amber with a complex pheromone evaporator. Scientific Reports 6(34352):1-6 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
61370 | F. Stebner, R. Szadziewski, H. Singh, S. Gunkel, and J. Rust. 2017. Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Cambay amber indicate that the Eocene fauna of the Indian subcontinent was not isolated. PLoS One 12(1):e0169144 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
54107 | I. M. Vea and D. A. Grimaldi. 2015. Diverse new scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in amber from the Cretaceous and Eocene with a phylogenetic framework for fossil Coccoidea. American Museum Novitates 3823:1-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
84143 | R. Wagner, P. Agnihotri, and H. Singh. 2022. A new species of Sycorax (Sycoracinae: Psychodidae) from the Lower Eocene amber of Tadkeshwar, Gujarat, India. Palaeoentomology 5:319-326 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
78676 | H. M. Wood, H. Singh, and D. A. Grimaldi. 2021. Another Laurasian connection in the Early Eocene of India: Myrmecarchaea spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae). ZooKeys 1071:49-61 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
73267 | M. Zakrzewska, H. Singh, E. Wagner-Wysiecka and W. Giłka. 2020. Minute and diverse in fossil sticky stuff: Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) from early Eocene Indian Cambay amber. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189:1398-1425 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
64893 | M. Zakrzewska, F. Stebner, M. Puchalski, H. Singh, and W. Giłka. 2018. A peculiar leg structure in the first non-biting midge described from Cambay amber, India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:255-261 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |