Dominican Amber (MCZ collection): Burdigalian - Langhian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Neivamyrmex ectopus n. sp. Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 2 specimens
Cylindromyrmex electrinus n. sp. de Andrade 1998
de Andrade 1998 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Pseudomyrmex prioris n. sp. Ward 1992
Ward 1992 1 specimen
PSW-DA15
Pseudomyrmex vicinus Ward 1992
Ward 1992 1 specimen
PSW-DA8
Pseudomyrmex succinus n. sp. Ward 1992
Ward 1992 5 specimens
PSW-DA17, 1, 2, 5, 9
Pseudomyrmex thecolor n. sp. Ward 1992
Ward 1992 2 specimens
PSW-DA19, 6
Pseudomyrmex oryctus n. sp. Ward 1992
Ward 1992 1 specimen
PSW-DA4
Pseudomyrmex macrops n. sp. Ward 1992
Ward 1992 2 specimens
PSW-DA11, 10
Pseudomyrmex nexilis n. sp. Ward 1992
Ward 1992 3 specimens
PSW-DA3, 12, 16
Pseudomyrmex baros n. sp. Ward 1992
Ward 1992 2 specimens
PSW-DA18, 7
Pseudomyrmex avitus Ward 1992
Ward 1992 1 specimen
PSW-DA20
Zatania electra LaPolla et al. 2012
LaPolla et al. 2012 1 specimen
Azteca alpha n. sp. Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 540 specimens
540 specimens from all collections but not divided
Azteca eumeces Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 38 specimens
Camponotus neotropicus (Baroni Urbani 1980)
Wilson 1985
original and current combination Leptomyrmex neotropicus
Iridomyrmex humiloides n. sp. Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 1 specimen
recombined as Gracilidris humiloides
Monacis prolaminata Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 1 specimen
recombined as Dolichoderus prolaminatus
Monacis caribbaea n. sp. Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 9 specimens
recombined as Dolichoderus caribbaeus
Hypoclinea primitiva n. sp. Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 3 specimens
recombined as Dolichoderus primitivus
Iridomyrmex hispaniolae Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 19 specimens
recombined as Technomyrmex hispaniolae
Tapinoma trochis n. sp. Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 1 specimen
corrected as Tapinoma troche
Platythyrea pumilio n. sp. de Andrade 2004
de Andrade 2004 1 specimen
MZCZ-37 (1 measurement)
Proceratium dominicanum de Andrade 2003
Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003 2 specimens
MCZ-31, 34
Proceratium poinari Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003
Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003 8 specimens
MCZ-26-30, 32-33, 35
Paraponera sp. Smith 1858
Wilson 1986 1 specimen
Ilemomyrmex caecus n. gen., n. sp. Wilson 1985
Wilson 1985 2 specimens
Cyphomyrmex taino n. sp. de Andrade 2003
de Andrade 2003 1 specimen
MCZC-36 (1 measurement)
Cephalotes integerrimus (Vierbergen and Scheven 1995)
de Andrade and Baroni Urbani 1999 3 specimens
MCZC-10, 17, 24
Zacryptocerus squamosus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 10 specimens
recombined as Cephalotes squamosus
MCZC-1,5,6,7,12,14,20,21,22,23 (9 in de Andrade & Baroni Urbani)
Zacryptocerus pseudoaztecus Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 1 specimen
synonym of Cephalotes squamosus
Exocryptocerus jansei Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 1 specimen
recombined as Cephalotes jansei
Zacryptocerus obscurus n. sp. Vierbergen and Scheven 1995
Vierbergen and Scheven 1995 1 specimen
recombined as Cephalotes obscurus
(1 measurement)
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
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Aquitanian (minimum)
Key time interval:Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
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
Museum repositories:MCZ
Collection method comments: Specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Harvard). ETE reference list: 483, 482, 481, 480, 478, 477
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 799
Database number:21978
Authorizer:C. Labandeira, M. Clapham Enterer:C. Labandeira, A. Delelli, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:1998-06-09 00:00:00 Last modified:2014-03-04 10:07:48
Access level:the public Released:1998-06-09 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
44412. W. P. MacKay. 1991. Anochetus brevidentatus, new species, a second fossil Odontomachiti ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:138-140 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

40049 C. Baroni Urbani and M. L. de Andrade. 2003. The ant genus Proceratium in the extant and fossil record (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali - Torino, Monografie 36:1-480 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
44524 M. L. de Andrade. 1998. Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 105:581-664 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44526 M. L. de Andrade. 2003. First descriptions of two new amber species of Cyphomyrmex from Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Beiträge zur Entomologie 53:131-139 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44623 M. L. de Andrade. 2004. A new species of Platythyrea from Dominican amber and description of a new extant species from Honduras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111:643-655 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40586 M. L. de Andrade and C. Baroni Urbani. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44640 J. S. LaPolla, R. J. Kallal, and S. G. Brady. 2012. A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, Zatania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems. Systematic Entomology 37:200-214 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
10545 D. Penney. 2001. Advances in the taxonomy of spiders in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Arthropoda: Araneae). Palaeontology 44:987-1009 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/M. Clapham]
40531 G. Vierbergen and J. Scheven. 1995. Nine new species and a new genus of Dominican amber ants of the tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Creation Research Society Quarterly 32(3):158-170 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]
44631 P. S. Ward. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche 99:55-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48458 A. L. Wild and F. Cuezzo. 2006. Rediscovery of a fossil dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America. Zootaxa 1142:57-68 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
5205ETE 917E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 1. Two New Myrmicine Genera and an Aberrant Pheidole. Psyche 92(1):1-9 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/R. Day]
5206ETE 918E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 2. The first fossil army ants. Psyche 92:11-16 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5207ETE 919E. O. Wilson. 1985. Ants of the Dominican Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 3. The Subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche 92(1):17-37 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]
5208ETE 920E. O. Wilson. 1986. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 4. A giant ponerine in the genus Paraponera. Israel Journal of Entomology 19:197-200 [C. Labandeira/C. Labandeira/M. Clapham]