PBDB Collection

Khotont locality (PIN collection 4307) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

Also known as Hotont

Where: Ara-Hangayn aymag, Mongolia (47.4° N, 102.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 102.3° E)

When: Hotont Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• Insect workers often place the locality close to Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, but if it is correlative with Baissa and Turga it is likely early Aptian (possibly Barremian).

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: Y.u. A. Popov and D. E. Shcherbakov. 1991. Mesozoic Peloridioidea and their ancestors (Insecta: Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha). Geologica et Palaeontologica 25:215-235 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123464: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 23.01.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham and Lindy Edwards

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Hymenoptera - Braconidae	Cretobraconus mongolensis n. sp.⁴ Cretobraconus mongolensis n. sp.⁴ Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988 wasp PIN 4307 (no number given)
Hymenoptera - Scelionidae	"Scelionidae indet." = Scelioninae³ "Scelionidae indet." = Scelioninae³ Thomson 1858 wasp PIN 4307/10
Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae	Auliepterix minima n. sp.¹ Auliepterix minima n. sp.¹ Kozlov 1989 moth PIN 4307/39
Hemiptera - Karabasiidae	? Karabasiidae indet. ? Karabasiidae indet. Popov 1985 true bug PIN 4307/234 late instar nymph
Hemiptera - Aleyrodidae	Juleyrodes gilli n. sp.⁶ Juleyrodes gilli n. sp.⁶ Shcherbakov 2000 whitefly PIN 4307/231 (outcrop 354/7)
Hemiptera - Juraphididae	Juraphididae indet.⁹, Pterotella formosa n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Juraphididae indet.⁹ Żyła et al. 2014 aphid PIN 4307/160(161) Pterotella formosa n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Wegierek 1991 aphid PIN 4307/42, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49(51)
Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae	Ellinaphidinae indet.¹¹, Secusellinaphis khotontensis n. gen. n. sp.¹¹, Vetellinaphis longalata n. sp.¹¹, Vetellinaphis cracens n. gen. n. sp.¹¹, Primpalaeoaphis khotontensis n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Ellinaphidinae indet.¹¹ Kania and Wegierek 2008 aphid PIN 4307/188, 192, 1297 Secusellinaphis khotontensis n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Żyła and Wegierek 2015 aphid PIN 4307/193,185, 190 Vetellinaphis longalata n. sp.¹¹ Żyła and Wegierek 2015 aphid PIN 4307/186, 1291 Vetellinaphis cracens n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Żyła and Wegierek 2015 aphid PIN 4307/187, 189, 191, 1296 Primpalaeoaphis khotontensis n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Żyła and Wegierek 2013 aphid PIN 4307/184
Hemiptera - Oviparosiphidae	Khotontaphis lachnoides n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Khotontaphis lachnoides n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989 aphid PIN 4307/194
Plecoptera - Baleyopterygidae	Baleyopteryx bibula n. sp.⁷ Baleyopteryx bibula n. sp.⁷ Sinitshenkova 1990 stonefly PIN 4307/15, 1283, 1285 (1283 and 1285 are both nymphs)
Plecoptera - Perlodidae	Derancheperla collaris n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Derancheperla collaris n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Sinitshenkova 1990 perlodid stonefly PIN 4307/1284
Diptera - Chaoboridae	Chachotosha probatus n. gen. n. sp.², ? Chachotosha perplexus n. sp.² Chachotosha probatus n. gen. n. sp.² Lukashevich 1996 phantom midge 17 adults (586,899,1043,1107,1232,1217,961,952,966,1006,177,1091,1100), 462 pupae, 53 larvae ? Chachotosha perplexus n. sp.² Lukashevich 1996 phantom midge 12 adults (1103, 1032, 1044, 1055, 1039, 1096, 1227), 34 pupae, ?7 larvae

¹Kozlov 1989; ²Lukashevich 1996; ³Rasnitsyn et al. 2004; ⁴Rasnitsyn and Sharkey 1988; ⁵Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989; ⁶Shcherbakov 2000; ⁷Sinitshenkova 1990; ⁸Wegierek 1991; ⁹Żyła et al. 2014; ¹⁰Żyła and Wegierek 2013; ¹¹Żyła and Wegierek 2015