Radoboj (K.K. Montanistischen Collection) (Miocene of Croatia)

Where: Croatia (46.2° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Likely early Sarmatian (MN7) in age, based on foraminifera (Bajraktarevic, 1984) and siliceous microfossils (Galovic, 2003) from localities in the vicinity of Krapina.

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• The deposits of Radoboj are marine deposits accumulated in a shallow epicontinental sea, possibly in a lagoon. In addition to insects, marine fish and algae have been found in Radoboj. The formation of the Pannonian Basin System commenced in the Early and the Middle Miocene as the consequence of the continental collision of the African (=Apulian) and European plates, and deposition in the entire basin was influenced by important extensional tectonics.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Kaiserlich-Königliche Montanistische Museum

Primary reference: O. Heer. 1849. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Zweiter Theil: Henschrecken, Florfliegen, Aderflügler, Schmetterlinge und Fliegen 1-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117761: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Cicadellidae
"Acocephalus crassiusculus n. sp." = Aphrodes crassiusculus1, Tettigonia morio n. sp.1, Typhlocyba bremii n. sp.1
"Acocephalus crassiusculus n. sp." = Aphrodes crassiusculus1 Heer 1853 leafhopper
Tettigonia morio n. sp.1 Heer 1853 leafhopper
Typhlocyba bremii n. sp.1 Heer 1853 leafhopper
 Hemiptera - Cercopidae
"Cercopis fasciata" = Cercopis oswaldi1, Cicadellites pallidus n. sp.1, Cicadellites nigriventris n. sp.1, "Cercopis haidingeri" = Locrites haidingeri1
"Cercopis fasciata" = Cercopis oswaldi1 Dmitriev 2020 froghopper
Cicadellites pallidus n. sp.1 Heer 1853 froghopper
Occurs with Aphis morloti and Formica occultata
Cicadellites nigriventris n. sp.1 Heer 1853 froghopper
"Cercopis haidingeri" = Locrites haidingeri1 Heer 1853 froghopper
 Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae
"Aphrophora spumifera" = Ptyelus spumiferus1
"Aphrophora spumifera" = Ptyelus spumiferus1 Heer 1853 froghopper
 Hemiptera - Nabidae
"Nabis livida" = Nabis lividus1, "Nabis vagabunda n. sp." = Nabis vagabundus1
"Nabis livida" = Nabis lividus1 Heer 1853 true bug
"Nabis vagabunda n. sp." = Nabis vagabundus1 Heer 1853 true bug
 Hemiptera - Heterogastridae
Heterogaster troglodytes n. sp.1 Heer 1853 true bug
 Hemiptera - Aphididae
"Aphis macrostyla n. sp." = Greenidea macrostyla1, "Aphis morloti" = Greenidea morloti1
"Aphis macrostyla n. sp." = Greenidea macrostyla1 Heer 1853 aphid
"Aphis morloti" = Greenidea morloti1 Heer 1853 aphid
 Lepidoptera -
Noctuites effosa n. sp., Noctuites haidingeri n. gen. n. sp.
Noctuites effosa n. sp. Heer 1849 moth
Noctuites haidingeri n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1849 moth
 Lepidoptera - Geometridae
Phalaenites obsoleta n. sp., "Phalaenites crenata n. sp." = Phalaenites crenatus
Phalaenites obsoleta n. sp. Heer 1849 geometer moth
"Phalaenites crenata n. sp." = Phalaenites crenatus Heer 1849 geometer moth
 Lepidoptera - Pieridae
"Pierites freyeri n. gen. n. sp." = Pontia freyeri
"Pierites freyeri n. gen. n. sp." = Pontia freyeri Heer 1849 butterfly
 Diptera -
Agromyza protogaea n. sp. Heer 1849 fly
 Diptera - Limoniidae
"Limnobia debilis n. sp." = Gnophomyia debilis, Rhipidia extincta, Rhipidia picta n. sp., Rhipidia propinqua n. sp., "Limnobia vetusta n. sp." = Limonia vetusta, "Limnobia cingulata n. sp." = Limonia cingulata, "Limnobia tenuis n. sp." = Limonia tenuis
"Limnobia debilis n. sp." = Gnophomyia debilis Heer 1849 crane fly
Rhipidia extincta Unger 1841 crane fly
Rhipidia picta n. sp. Heer 1849 crane fly
Rhipidia propinqua n. sp. Heer 1849 crane fly
"Limnobia vetusta n. sp." = Limonia vetusta Heer 1849 crane fly
"Limnobia cingulata n. sp." = Limonia cingulata Heer 1849 crane fly
"Limnobia tenuis n. sp." = Limonia tenuis Heer 1849 crane fly
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula obtecta n. sp., "Tipula lineata n. sp." = Tipula heeriana, Tipula maculipennis, Tipula varia n. sp.
Tipula obtecta n. sp. Heer 1849 crane fly
"Tipula lineata n. sp." = Tipula heeriana Cockerell 1909 crane fly
Tipula maculipennis Heer 1849 crane fly
Tipula varia n. sp. Heer 1849 crane fly
 Diptera - Asilidae
Asilus bicolor n. sp. Heer 1849 robber fly
 Diptera - Syrphidae
"Syrphus geminatus n. sp." = Platycheirus geminatus, "Syrphus freyeri n. sp." = Platycheirus freyeri, Syrphus haidingeri n. sp.
"Syrphus geminatus n. sp." = Platycheirus geminatus Heer 1849 hover fly
"Syrphus freyeri n. sp." = Platycheirus freyeri Heer 1849 hover fly
Syrphus haidingeri n. sp. Heer 1849 hover fly
 Diptera - Scathophagidae
Cordylura vetusta n. sp. Heer 1849 dung fly
 Diptera - Tephritidae
Psilites bella n. gen. n. sp.
Psilites bella n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1849 fruit fly
 Diptera -
Anthomyia atavina n. sp. Heer 1849 fly
Anthomyia latipennis n. sp. Heer 1849 fly
Dipterites obsoleta n. gen. n. sp. Heer 1849 fly
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Mycetophila pulchella n. sp., Mycetophila nana n. sp., Mycetophila amoena n. sp., "Mycetophila meigeniana" = Gnoriste meigeniana2
Mycetophila pulchella n. sp. Heer 1849 fungus gnat
Mycetophila nana n. sp. Heer 1849 fungus gnat
Mycetophila amoena n. sp. Heer 1849 fungus gnat
"Mycetophila meigeniana" = Gnoriste meigeniana2 Heer 1856 fungus gnat
 Diptera - Sciaridae
Sciara minutula n. sp. Heer 1849 dark-winged fungus gnat
Sciara acuminata n. sp. Heer 1849 dark-winged fungus gnat
 Diptera - Anisopodidae
"Rhyphus maculatus n. sp." = Sylvicola maculata
"Rhyphus maculatus n. sp." = Sylvicola maculata Heer 1849 wood gnat
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio incrassatus n. sp., "Protomyia longa" = Penthetria longa, Bibiopsis murchisonii, "Bibio gracilis" = Penthetria gracilis, "Protomyia anthracina n. sp." = Penthetria anthracina, "Bibiopsis brevicollis n. sp." = Penthetria brevicollis, "Bibio pinguis" = Dilophus pinguis, "Bibio lividus n. sp." = Bibio enterodelus, Bibio linearis n. sp., Plecia lugubris n. sp., "Bibio morio n. sp." = Plecia morio, "Protomyia bucklandi" = Plecia bucklandi
Bibio incrassatus n. sp. Heer 1849 march fly
"Protomyia longa" = Penthetria longa Heer 1849 march fly
Bibiopsis murchisonii Unger 1841 march fly
var. paulo major
"Bibio gracilis" = Penthetria gracilis Unger 1841 march fly
"Protomyia anthracina n. sp." = Penthetria anthracina Heer 1849 march fly
"Bibiopsis brevicollis n. sp." = Penthetria brevicollis Heer 1849 march fly
"Bibio pinguis" = Dilophus pinguis Heer 1849 march fly
NHMW 1842/0050/0022; var. paulo minor
"Bibio lividus n. sp." = Bibio enterodelus Unger 1841 march fly
Bibio linearis n. sp. Heer 1849 march fly
Plecia lugubris n. sp. Heer 1849 love bug
"Bibio morio n. sp." = Plecia morio Heer 1849 love bug
"Protomyia bucklandi" = Plecia bucklandi Heer 1849 love bug