PBDB Collection

Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (MNHN collection) (Miocene of France)

Where: Ardèche, France (44.7° N, 4.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified diatomite and volcaniclastic

• diatomites volcano-sedimentaires

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel and P. Brisac. 1994. Découverte du premier Calopteryx fossile du Miocéne de l'Ardèche (Odonata, Calopterygidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 99(1):27-30 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113893: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 07.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Diptera - Ptychopteridae	Probittacomorpha brisaci n. sp.⁴ Probittacomorpha brisaci n. sp.⁴ Krzemiński et al. 2012 phantom crane fly MNHN F.A46700 coll. Brisac
Odonata - Gomphidae	Gomphidae indet.¹⁰ Gomphidae indet.¹⁰ Rambur 1842 clubtail dragonfly MNHN-LP-R.10447 (coll. Oudard)
Odonata - Corduliidae	Corduliinae indet.¹⁰, ? Somatochlora brisaci n. sp.¹⁰ Corduliinae indet.¹⁰ Selys-Longchamps 1850 green-eyed skimmer MNHN-LP-R.10443 ? Somatochlora brisaci n. sp.¹⁰ Nel et al. 1996 green-eyed skimmer MNHN-LP-R.10420 (coll. Brisac)
Odonata - Aeshnidae	Aeshna andancensi n. sp.¹³, Aeschnophlebia miocenica n. sp.¹³ Aeshna andancensi n. sp.¹³ Nel and Brisac 1994 hawker dragonfly MNHN-LP-R.10403 coll. Brisac Aeschnophlebia miocenica n. sp.¹³ Nel and Escuillé 1994 darner dragonfly MNHN-LP-R.10404 coll Escuille
Odonata -	? Calopterygoidea indet.¹⁴ ? Calopterygoidea indet.¹⁴ Selys-Longchamps 1850 damselfly MNHN IPM-R.07899
Odonata - Calopterygidae	Calopteryx andancensis n. sp. Calopteryx andancensis n. sp. Nel and Brisac 1994 broad-winged damselfly MNHN-LP-R 10410
Odonata - Megapodagrionidae	Vulcagrion andancensis n. sp.¹⁰ Vulcagrion andancensis n. sp.¹⁰ Nel et al. 1996 flatwing MNHN-LP-R.10440 (coll. Nel)
Odonata - Sieblosiidae	Paraoligolestes miocenicus n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Paraoligolestes miocenicus n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Nel and Escuillé 1993 damselfly MNHN-LP-R 10382
Hemiptera -	? Heteroptera indet.¹ ? Heteroptera indet.¹ Latreille 1810 true bug
Hemiptera - Aradidae	Aradus andancensis n. sp.⁵ Aradus andancensis n. sp.⁵ Marchal et al. 2011 flat bug MNHN F.A33748
Hemiptera - Naucoridae	Ilyocoris andancensis n. sp.³ Ilyocoris andancensis n. sp.³ Jattiot et al. 2023 creeping water bug MNHN-F.A71364, 71365, 71366
Blattodea - Kalotermitidae	Kalotermitidae "indet. F"¹⁵, Kalotermitidae "indet. G"¹⁵ Kalotermitidae "indet. F"¹⁵ Froggatt 1897 termite MNHN IPM-R.54347, 54348 Kalotermitidae "indet. G"¹⁵ Froggatt 1897 termite MNHN IPM-R.54349
Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae	Reticulitermes sp.¹⁵ Reticulitermes sp.¹⁵ Holmgren 1913 termite MNHN IPM-R.54351-54364
Blattodea - Termitidae	Termitidae indet.¹⁵ Termitidae indet.¹⁵ Latreille 1802 termite MNHN IPM-R.54332, 54365-54369 (Macrotermes scheuthlei sensu Weidner & Riou, 1986)
Blattodea -	Francotermes bauzilensis¹⁵, Ulmeriella pliocenica n. sp.⁶ Francotermes bauzilensis¹⁵ Weidner and Riou 1986 termite MNHN IPM-R.54205-54215 Ulmeriella pliocenica n. sp.⁶ Nel 1987 termite Coll Nel 74
Hymenoptera - Pamphiliidae	"Acantholyda grangeoni" = Acantholyda erythrocephala⁹ "Acantholyda grangeoni" = Acantholyda erythrocephala⁹ Linnaeus 1758 sawfly MNHN-LP-R 54925 and seven in coll. Brisac
Hymenoptera - Apidae	Apis "sp. I"¹², Apis "sp. J"¹² Apis "sp. I"¹² Linnaeus 1758 honey bee MNHN-LP-R.54921, 54922, 54924, 54926, 55166, 55167(55206), 55169 Apis "sp. J"¹² Linnaeus 1758 honey bee MNHN-LP-R.55168, 55207
Raphidioptera - Raphidiidae	? Ohmella coffini n. sp.⁸ ? Ohmella coffini n. sp.⁸ Nel 1993 snakefly MNHN-LP-R.10411
Megaloptera - Sialidae	Sialis sp.⁷ Sialis sp.⁷ Latreille 1802 alderfly MNHN IPM-R.54247
Coleoptera - Carabidae	Carabus neli n. sp.², Ledouxnebria brisaci n. gen. n. sp.² Carabus neli n. sp.² Deuve 1998 ground beetle coll. P. Brisac Ledouxnebria brisaci n. gen. n. sp.² Deuve 1998 ground beetle coll. P. Brisac
Coleoptera - Curculionidae	Scolytus duplicatus n. sp.¹⁶, Scolytus tshernjaki n. sp.¹⁶, Sitophilus punctatissimus n. sp.¹⁸, "Lixus balazuci n. sp." = Lixus (Eulixus) balazuci¹⁷ Scolytus duplicatus n. sp.¹⁶ Petrov and Zherikhin 2000 bark beetle MNHN IPM-R.55223 Scolytus tshernjaki n. sp.¹⁶ Petrov and Zherikhin 2000 bark beetle MNHN IPM-R.55222 Sitophilus punctatissimus n. sp.¹⁸ Zherikhin 2000 snout beetle MNHN IPM-R.55221 "Lixus balazuci n. sp." = Lixus (Eulixus) balazuci¹⁷ Voisin and Nel 1993 snout beetle MNHN IPM-R.10381
Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae	Cassida sp.¹ Cassida sp.¹ Linnaeus 1758 tortoise beetle
Coleoptera - Cerambycidae	Cerambycidae indet.¹ Cerambycidae indet.¹ Latreille 1802 longhorned beetle

¹Balazuc 1989; ²Deuve 1998; ³Jattiot et al. 2023; ⁴Krzemiński et al. 2012; ⁵Marchal et al. 2011; ⁶Nel 1987; ⁷Nel 1991; ⁸Nel 1993; ⁹Nel 2004; ¹⁰Nel et al. 1996; ¹¹Nel and Escuillé 1993; ¹²Nel et al. 1999; ¹³Nel et al. 1994; ¹⁴Nel and Paicheler 1993; ¹⁵Nel and Paicheler 1993; ¹⁶Petrov and Zherikhin 2000; ¹⁷Voisin and Nel 1993; ¹⁸Zherikhin 2000