Dominican Amber (NHML/BMNH collection): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae
Oonops seldeni n. sp. Penney 2000
Penney 2000 1 specimen
recombined as Stenoonops seldeni
NHM PI IA 20
Arachnida - Thelyphonida - Hubbardiidae
Mayazomus pseudoannulatus n. sp. Krüger and Dunlop 2010
Krüger and Dunlop 2010 1 specimen
recombined as Antillostenochrus pseudoannulatus
NHM Pal. PI IA 17
Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Sternophoridae
Idiogaryops pumilus (Hoff 1963)
Judson 1998 1 specimen
BMNH Pal JA 43
Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Proanaxipha madgesuttonae n. sp. Heads and Penney 2012
Heads et al. 2012 1 specimen
NHM II 3048 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Termitidae
Constrictotermes electroconstrictus Krishna 1996
Krishna 1996 1 specimen
BMNH In. 64610
Insecta - Trichoptera - Hydropsychidae
Palaehydropsyche fossilis n. gen., n. sp. Wichard 1986
Wichard 1986 1 specimen
BMNH In. 64598 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Eulophidae
Achrysocharoides sp. Girault 1913
Gumovsky 2001 1 specimen
BMNH Pal. PI II 437 (2) (purch. M. McCallum 1993)
Chrysonotomyia dominicana n. sp. Gumovsky 2001
Gumovsky 2001 1 specimen
BMNH Pal. PI II 335 (purch. M. McCallum 1993) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Proplebeia abdita n. sp. Greco and Engel 2011
Greco et al. 2011 1 specimen
NHM II 3044 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Agelaia electra Carpenter and Grimaldi 1997
Carpenter and Grimaldi 1997 1 specimen
Pl II 320
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Odontomachus pseudobauri n. sp. de Andrade 1994
de Andrade 1994 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Anochetus intermedius n. sp. de Andrade 1994
de Andrade 1994 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Nogodinidae
Tainosia quisqueyae n. gen., n. sp. Szwedo and Stroinski 2001
Szwedo and Stroinski 2001 1 specimen
BMNH Pal. PI II 6 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Kinnaridae
Quilessa stolida n. sp. Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2000
Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2000 1 specimen
NHM Pal. PI II 60 (1 measurement)
Oeclidius salaco n. sp. Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2000
Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2000 1 specimen
NHM Pal. PI II 351(1) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Derbidae
Dysimia imprudens n. sp. Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2000
Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2000 1 specimen
NHM Pal. PI II 61 (1 measurement)
Anticedusa dominicana n. sp. Emeljanov 2008
Emeljanov 2008 1 specimen
BMNH Pal. PI II 542 (1 measurement)
Cedusa credula n. sp. Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2000
Emeljanov and Shcherbakov 2000 1 specimen
NHM Pal. PI II 58 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) mexicana n. sp. Kopeć et al. 2016
Kopeć et al. 2016 1 specimen
NHMUK PI II 1870 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Scatopsidae
Procolobostema roseni Amorim 1998
Amorim 1998 24 specimens
Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae
Cratyna interposita n. sp. Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 1 specimen
BMNH Pal. PI II 370(1)
Corynoptera iocosa Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 2 specimens
BMNH Pal. PI II 184, 655-(1)
Corynoptera prisca n. sp. Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 4 specimens
BMNH Pal. PI II 652-(2), 182, 646, 649
Bradysia dimidiata Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 1 specimen
BMNH Pal. PI II 181
Bradysia exoleta Mohrig and Röschmann 2005
Mohrig and Röschmann 2005 1 specimen
BMNH Pal. PI II 180
Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae
Abaristophora (Antipodiphora) domicamberae n. sp. Disney 1996
2 individuals
NHML II 214 male & female in same piece of amber
Puliciphora rontaleri n. sp. Disney 1996
3 individuals
NHML II 536 3 males in the same piece of amber
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.6° North, 70.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.4° North, 69.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:soft parts,original chitin,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Specimens kept in the Natural History Museum of London (British Museum of Natural History); Bob Rontaler (Goldmajor Ltd) supplied some of these specimens
Metadata
Database number:123422
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, A. Delelli, A. Benabbas, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-21 11:28:30 Last modified:2014-04-28 18:25:44
Access level:the public Released:2013-01-21 11:28:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39550. R. H. L. Disney and A. J. Ross. 1996. Abaristophora and Puliciphora (Diptera: Phoridae) from Dominican amber and revisionary notes on modern species. European Journal of Entomology 93:127-135 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

45131 D. S. Amorim. 1998. Amber fossil Scatopsidae (Diptera: Psychodomorpha). I. Considerations on described taxa, Procolobostema roseni, new species, from Dominican Amber, and the position of Procolobostema in the family. American Museum Novitates 3227:1-17 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40106 J. M. Carpenter and D. A. Grimaldi. 1997. Social wasps in amber. American Museum Novitates 3203:1-7 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
44411 M. L. de Andrade. 1994. Fossil Odontomachiti ants from the Dominican Republic (amber collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. VII: Odontomachiti). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 199:1-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45280 A. F. Emeljanov. 2008. Two new genera of the family Derbidae from the new world, with description of Recent and an extinct Miocene new species (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Entomological Review 88:910-915 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50235 A. F. Emeljanov and D. E. Shcherbakov. 2000. Kinnaridae and Derbidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) from the Dominican amber. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2000(7):438-448 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44285 M. K. Greco, P. M. Welz, M. Siegrist, S. J. Ferguson, P. Gallmann, D. W. Roubik, and M. S. Engel. 2011. Description of an ancient social bee trapped in amber using diagnostic radioentomology. Insectes Sociaux 58:487-494 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44784 A. V. Gumovsky. 2001. The status of some genera allied to Chrysonotomyia and Closterocerus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae, Entedoninae), with description of a new species from Dominican Amber. Phegea 29:125-141 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45744 S. W. Heads, D. Penney, and D. I. Green. 2012. A new fossil cricket of the genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae). ZooKeys 229:111-118 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50297 M. L. I. Judson. 1998. A sternophorid pseudoscorpion (Chelonethi) in Dominican amber, with remarks on the family. The Journal of Arachnology 26:419-428 [M. Clapham/A. Benabbas/M. Clapham]
59798 K. Kopeć, I. Kania, and W. Krzemiński. 2016. New and little known crane-fly species of the genera Helius, Elephantomyia and Toxorhina (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Dominican and Mexican amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 19(2.25A):1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5877ETE 1643K. Krishna. 1996. New fossil species of termites of the Subfamily Nasutitermitinae from Dominican and Mexican amber (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 3176:1-13 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]
70739 J. Krüger and J. A. Dunlop. 2010. Schizomids (Arachnida: Schizomida) from Dominican Republic amber. Alavesia 3:43-53 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50726 W. Mohrig and F. Röschmann. 2005. Sciarid flies from Dominican amber (Diptera, Sciaridae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 55:319-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
10546 D. Penney. 2000. Miocene spiders in Dominican amber (Oonopidae, Mysmenidae). Palaeontology 43:343-357 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/M. Clapham]
51549 J. Szwedo and A. J. Ross. 2003. Cedusa baylissae sp. nov. from Oligocene/Miocene Mexican amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 12:37-46 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40347 J. Szwedo and A. Stroinski. 2001. Tainosia quisqueyae gen. and sp. nov. from the Oligocene/Miocene Dominican amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Nogodinidae). Genus 12:29-34 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
53541 W. Wichard. 1986. Köcherfliegen des Dominikanischen Bernsteins V. Palaehydropsyche fossilis gen. n. sp. n. (Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 21:189-195 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]