UCMP B-4116, Palo Blanco mine (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Chiapas amber

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.3° N, 92.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 89.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the UCMP

• Specimens in UC Museum of Paleontlogy, Berkeley

Primary reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1963. Chiapas amber spiders. University of California Publications in Entomology 31:1-40 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124469: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Cenocephalus succinicaptus5 Schedl 1962 ambrosia beetle
UCMP 12718, 12719, 12722
 Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Coptotermes sucineus2 Emerson 1971 termite
B-4116-11
 Psocodea - Liposcelididae
"Belaphotroctes similis n. sp." = Belaphotroctes ghesquierei4
"Belaphotroctes similis n. sp." = Belaphotroctes ghesquierei4 Badonnel 1949 booklouse
UCMP 12814
 Diptera - Scatopsidae
Procolobostema obscurum n. sp.1 Cook 1971 minute black scavenger fly
UCMP 13100, 13101
 Diptera - Keroplatidae
"Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae3
"Ceroplatinae indet." = Keroplatidae3 Rondani 1856 predatory fungus gnat
B-4116-3, 4 ("Platyura or Orfelia")
Arachnida
 Araneae - Theridiidae
Pronepos fossilis n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1963 cobweb spider
UCMP 12723
 Araneae - Cheiracanthiidae
"Mimeutychurus paradoxus n. gen. n. sp." = Strotarchus paradoxus
"Mimeutychurus paradoxus n. gen. n. sp." = Strotarchus paradoxus Petrunkevitch 1963 spider
UCMP 12726
 Araneae - Trochanteriidae
Veterator extinctus n. gen. n. sp.
Veterator extinctus n. gen. n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1963 spider
UCMP 12727
 Araneae - Oxyopidae
Planoxyopes eximius n. gen. n. sp.
Planoxyopes eximius n. gen. n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1963 spider
UCMP 12730