PBDB Collection

Rovno amber (MAIG collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (51.3° N, 26.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 22.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Likely roughly contemporaneous with late Eocene Baltic amber

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Amber Inclusions, University of Gdansk

Primary reference: A. A. Legalov, V. Y. Nazarenko, and E. E. Perkovsky. 2019. New weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Rovno amber. Paleontological Journal 53:1045-1059 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207959: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.03.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Coleoptera - Dermestidae	Attagenus (Aethriostoma) gedanicissimus n. sp.⁵ Attagenus (Aethriostoma) gedanicissimus n. sp.⁵ Bukejs et al. 2020 skin beetle MAIG 6278
Coleoptera - Monotomidae	Rovnoeurops mckellari n. gen. n. sp.² Rovnoeurops mckellari n. gen. n. sp.² Alekseev and Bukejs 2022 root eating beetle MAIG 6814
Coleoptera - Erotylidae	Zavaljus lyubarskyi n. sp.³ Zavaljus lyubarskyi n. sp.³ Alekseev and Bukejs 2022 pleasing fungus beetle MAIG 6815 (ex. Damzen JDC9905R)
Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae	Atomaria (Anchicera) perkovskyi n. sp.⁸ Atomaria (Anchicera) perkovskyi n. sp.⁸ Lyubarsky and Bukejs 2022 silken fungus beetle MAIG-632 (ex. Damzen JDC-10149R)
Coleoptera - Silvanidae	Cathartosilvanus perkovskyi n. sp.¹, Austronausibius aenigmatista n. sp.⁴ Cathartosilvanus perkovskyi n. sp.¹ Alekseev and Bukejs 2021 beetle MAIG 6784 Austronausibius aenigmatista n. sp.⁴ Alekseev and Bukejs 2022 beetle MAIG 6816 (ex. Damzen JDC-10169R)
Coleoptera - Curculionidae	Paonaupactus katyae n. sp. Paonaupactus katyae n. sp. Legalov et al. 2019 snout beetle MAIG 5981
Coleoptera - Brentidae	Toxorhynchus europeoeocenicus n. sp.⁶ Toxorhynchus europeoeocenicus n. sp.⁶ Bukejs and Legalov 2020 weevil MAIG 6684
Coleoptera - Ptilodactylidae	Ptilodactyla odnosum n. sp.⁹ Ptilodactyla odnosum n. sp.⁹ Telnov et al. 2022 beetle MAIG 6710 (ex. Damzen JDC-9231)
Coleoptera - Lycidae	Damzenium rivnense n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Damzenium rivnense n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Kazantsev and Bocak 2022 net-winged beetle MAIG-6827 (ex. Damzen JDC-10268R)

¹Alekseev and Bukejs 2021; ²Alekseev and Bukejs 2022; ³Alekseev and Bukejs 2022; ⁴Alekseev and Bukejs 2022; ⁵Bukejs et al. 2020; ⁶Bukejs and Legalov 2020; ⁷Kazantsev and Bocak 2022; ⁸Lyubarsky and Bukejs 2022; ⁹Telnov et al. 2022