Borneo amber (GPIH collection) (Miocene of Malaysia)

Where: Sarawak, Malaysia (2.7° N, 113.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.8° N, 115.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Amber comes from the Nyalau Formation of early Middle Miocene age.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Jorg Wunderlich

Primary reference: Y. A. Popov and W. Weitschat. 2005. "Emesites" voigti n. gen. n. sp. - the first Emesina (Insecta: Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from the Borneo amber. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 89:173-178 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154233: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.02.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Reduviidae
Emesites voigti n. gen. n. sp.
Emesites voigti n. gen. n. sp. Popov and Weitschat 2005 thread-legged bug
GPIH 4394