Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection) (Eocene of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (21.4° N, 73.1° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 63.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Age 50-52 Ma based on microfossils

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Reposited in the AMNH

• Material collected in January 2009, 2010, and 2011 and split among BSIPL, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India; AMNH, American Museum of Natural History, New York, and SEMC, Snow Entomological Collections, Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence. Type material is presently in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (AMNH) and the Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie, und Paläontologie, Bonn, Germany (SIPB), but primary types will eventually be transferred to the amber collection of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India

Primary reference: M. S. Engel, D. A. Grimaldi, H. Singh and P. C. Nascimbene. 2011. Webspinners in early Eocene amber from western India (Insecta: Embiodea). ZooKeys 148:197-208 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124463: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Stylotermitidae
Prostylotermes kamboja n. gen. n. sp.3 Engel and Grimaldi 2011 termite
BSIPL Tad-321C (2 specimens)
Parastylotermes krishnai n. sp.3 Engel and Grimaldi 2011 termite
BSIPL Tad-277, AMNH Tad-96
 Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Rhinotermitidae indet.3 Froggatt 1897 termite
AMNH Tad-155
? Zophotermes sp.3 Engel 2011 termite
AMNH Tad-95, Tad-278, SEMC-F000157, AMNH Tad-304
Zophotermes ashoki n. gen. n. sp.3 Engel and Singh 2011 termite
BSIPL Tad-42, AMNH Tad-97
 Blattodea - Termitidae
Nanotermes isaacae n. gen. n. sp.3
Nanotermes isaacae n. gen. n. sp.3 Engel and Grimaldi 2011 termite
BSIPL Tad-262
 Embioptera - Scelembiidae
Kumarembia hurleyi n. gen. n. sp.
Kumarembia hurleyi n. gen. n. sp. Engel and Grimaldi 2011 webspinners
AMNH Tad-261-A, Tad-253
 Hemiptera - Leptopodidae
Archaesalepta schuhi n. gen. n. sp.5
Archaesalepta schuhi n. gen. n. sp.5 Grimaldi and Engel 2013 spiny-legged bug
BSIP Tad-15
 Hemiptera - Margarodidae
Heteromargarodes hukamsinghi n. sp.16 Vea and Grimaldi 2015 scale insect
BSIPL Tad-139
 Hemiptera - Diaspididae
Normarkicoccus cambayae n. gen. n. sp.16
Normarkicoccus cambayae n. gen. n. sp.16 Vea and Grimaldi 2015 armoured scale insect
BSIPL Tad-135
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
Melikertini indet.4 Engel 2001 bee
AMNH Tad-179
Melikertes (Paramelikertes) gujaratensis n. sp.4 Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013 bee
AMNH Tad-41-A
Melikertes (Melikertes) kamboja n. sp.4 Engel and Ortega-Blanco 2013 bee
AMNH Tad-272-A, STB-092-T10
? Protobombus sp.4 Cockerell 1908 bee
AMNH Tad-41-A
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Trichelyon tadkeshwarense n. gen. n. sp.10
Trichelyon tadkeshwarense n. gen. n. sp.10 Ortega-Blanco and Engel 2012 wasp
BSIPL Tad-420
 Neuroptera - Coniopterygidae
Spiloconis eominuta n. sp.6 Grimaldi and Engel 2013 dustywing
BSIP Tad-316D, AMNH Tad-316B
 Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Protorthaltica setosella n. gen. n. sp.8, Cambaltica paleoindica n. gen. n. sp.8, Davidaltica cambayensis n. gen. n. sp.8
Protorthaltica setosella n. gen. n. sp.8 Nadein 2019 flea beetle
BSIP Tad-89
Cambaltica paleoindica n. gen. n. sp.8 Nadein 2019 flea beetle
BSIP Tad-265
Davidaltica cambayensis n. gen. n. sp.8 Nadein 2019 flea beetle
BSIP Tad-342, 258, 87
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Paleosorius cambayensis n. gen. n. sp.9, Yprezethinus grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.11, Protoclaviger trichodens n. gen. n. sp.12
Paleosorius cambayensis n. gen. n. sp.9 Ortega-Blanco et al. 2013 rove beetle
SEMC-F000134
Yprezethinus grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.11 Parker 2022 rove beetle
AMNH Tad-130
Protoclaviger trichodens n. gen. n. sp.12 Parker and Grimaldi 2014 rove beetle
AMNH Tad-490
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Tanytarsus spp.19 van der Wulp 1874 non biting midge
BSIP Tad-533, 883a, 884
Tanytarsus ramus n. sp.19 Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020 non biting midge
BSIP Tad-521
Tanytarsus forfex n. sp.19 Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020 non biting midge
BSIP Tad-568a
Gujaratomyia miripes n. gen. n. sp.20 Giłka and Zakrzewska 2018 non biting midge
BSIP Tad-607a, b; Tad610 in Zakrzewska et al., 2020
Stempellina stebneri n. sp.19 Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020 non biting midge
BSIP Tad-882
Stempellinella pollex n. sp.19 Giłka and Zakrzewska 2020 non biting midge
BSIP Tad-571a, 546
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Ceratopogonidae indet.14 Newman 1834 biting midge
AMNH Tad-615, 684
Forcipomyia sp.14 Meigen 1818 biting midge
AMNH Tad-163, 511a, 511b, 565, 602, 616a, 643, 856, 860, 862a
Leptoconops sp.14 Skuse 1889 biting midge
AMNH Tad-506, 852a
Eohelea indica n. sp.14 Stebner and Szadziewski 2017 biting midge
AMNH Tad-855
Meunierohelea orientalis n. sp.14 Stebner and Szadziewski 2017 biting midge
AMNH Tad-858a
Meunierohelea cambayana n. sp.14 Stebner and Szadziewski 2017 biting midge
AMNH Tad-507
Meunierohelea aff. cambayana14 Stebner and Szadziewski 2017 biting midge
AMNH Tad-519
Meunierohelea borkenti n. sp.14 Stebner and Szadziewski 2017 biting midge
AMNH Tad-516
Mantohelea sp.14 Szadziewski 1988 biting midge
AMNH Tad-673
Serromyia sp.14 Meigen 1818 biting midge
AMNH Tad-647
Brachypogon sp.14 Kieffer 1899 biting midge
AMNH Tad-508, 851, 854
Camptopterohelea odora n. sp.15 Stebner et al. 2017 biting midge
AMNH Tad-859a
Gedanohelea gerdesorum n. sp.14 Stebner and Szadziewski 2017 biting midge
AMNH Tad-857, 513, 661
Stilobezzia sp.14 Kieffer 1911 biting midge
AMNH Tad-515a, 518, 853a
 Diptera - Campichoetidae
Pareuthychaeta eoindica n. sp.7 Grimaldi 2012 fly
AMNH Tad-227
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae indet.1 Latreille 1809 long-legged fly
AMNH Tad-41b, 165, 321b
Rajpardia grimaldii n. gen. n. sp.1 Bickel 2022 long-legged fly
AMNH Tad-372
Sympycninae indet.1 Aldrich 1905 long-legged fly
AMNH Tad-359, 486
Medeterinae indet.1 Lioy 1864 long-legged fly
AMNH Tad-66, 271, 295, 401, 406, 447, 468, 498
Gujaratmyia rotunda n. gen. n. sp.1 Bickel 2022 long-legged fly
AMNH Tad-67
Palaeomedeterus sp.1 Meunier 1895 long-legged fly
AMNH Tad-475
Palaeomedeterus cambayensis n. sp.1 Bickel 2022 long-legged fly
AMNH Tad-476B, 124, 165, 448, 476A, 483; KU 173A
Diaphorinae indet.1 Schiner 1864 long-legged fly
AMNH Tad-65, 176, 177, 378, 481
 Diptera - Keroplatidae
Lygistorrhina indica n. sp.13 Stebner and Grimaldi 2017 long beaked fungus gnat
BSIP Tad-442, AMNH Tad-492, Tad-888
Indorrhina sahnii n. gen. n. sp.13 Stebner and Grimaldi 2017 long beaked fungus gnat
BSIP Tad-418
Palaeognoriste orientale n. sp.13 Stebner and Grimaldi 2017 long beaked fungus gnat
BSIP Tad-887, AMNH Tad-587, Tad-37A, Tad-324
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Sycorax longistyla n. sp.17 Wagner et al. 2022 moth fly
AMNH Tad 877, 64, 876, 769, 356A, 878, 880
Arachnida
 Amblypygi - Paracharontidae
Paracharonopsis cambayensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Engel and Grimaldi 2014 whip spider
AMNH Tad 456
 Araneae - Archaeidae
Myrmecarchaea sp.18 Wunderlich 2004 spider
BSIP 41985