Seki, Sado Island (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (38.3° N, 138.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 135.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Masaragawa Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: National Science Museum, Tokyo (NSM-PA), some at Sado Museum (SDM-GF) and Niigata University (NURG)

Primary reference: I. Fujiyama. 1985. Early Miocene insect fauna of Seki, Sado Island, Japan, with notes on the occurrence of Cenozoic fossil insects from Sado to San-in District. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 18:35-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114003: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 08.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Lestidae
Lestidae "indet. A", Lestidae "indet. B"
Lestidae "indet. A" Calvert 1901 spread-winged damselfly
NSM-PA12374
Lestidae "indet. B" Calvert 1901 spread-winged damselfly
NSM-PA12375
 Hymenoptera - Cimbicidae
Cimbex sp.
Cimbex sp. Olivier 1790 cimbicid sawfly
NSM-PA12416 (counterpart SDM-GF12)
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Braconidae indet.
Braconidae indet. Nees ab Esenbeck 1811 wasp
NSM-PA12401
 Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae "indet. A", Ichneumonidae "indet. B", Ichneumonidae "indet. C", ? Netelia sp.
Ichneumonidae "indet. A" Latreille 1802 ichneumon wasp
NSM-PA12398
Ichneumonidae "indet. B" Latreille 1802 ichneumon wasp
NSM-PA12399
Ichneumonidae "indet. C" Latreille 1802 ichneumon wasp
NSM-PA12400
? Netelia sp. Gray 1860 ichneumon wasp
NSM-PA12397
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formicidae indet.
Formicidae indet. Latreille 1802 ant
NSM-PA12402-12410, SDM-FK13, NSM-PA12411
 Dicondylia -
Coleoptera indet.
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle
NSM-PA12382
 Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
? Aphodius sp.
? Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle
NSM-PA12380
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae indet., Pentatomidae "indet. B", Pentatomidae "indet. C"
Pentatomidae indet. Leach 1815 stink bug
NSM-PA12377
Pentatomidae "indet. B" Leach 1815 stink bug
NSM-PA12378
Pentatomidae "indet. C" Leach 1815 stink bug
NSM-PA12379
 Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae
Acanthosomatidae indet.
Acanthosomatidae indet. Signoret 1863 shield bug
SDM-GF 11
 Hemiptera - Aphididae
Aphididae indet.
Aphididae indet. Latreille 1802 aphid
NSM-PA12376
 Dermaptera - Diplatyidae
Diplatys (Syndiplatys) protoflavicollis n. sp.
Diplatys (Syndiplatys) protoflavicollis n. sp. Sakai and Fujiyama 1989 earwig
NSM-PA12381
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
? Dolichopodidae indet.
? Dolichopodidae indet. Latreille 1809 long-legged fly
NSM-PA12396
 Diptera - Empididae
Empididae indet.
Empididae indet. Latreille 1804 dagger fly
NSM-PA12395
 Diptera - Mycetophilidae
? Mycetophilidae indet.
? Mycetophilidae indet. Newman 1834 fungus gnat
SDM-GF10
 Diptera - Sciaridae
Sciara sp.
Sciara sp. Meigen 1803 dark-winged fungus gnat
NSM-PA12394
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio sadoensis n. sp.
Bibio sadoensis n. sp. Fujiyama 1985 march fly
NSM-PA12383, 12384-12393, SDM-GF1-8, NUGR5-297a, 296a (NSM-PA12413 is counterpart of SDM-GF1, 12414=SDM-GF3)
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Limoniinae indet.
Limoniinae indet. Speiser 1909 crane fly
SDM-GF9 (counterpart NSM-PA12415)