East Africa Copal (Coburg collection): Holocene, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Helluomorpha protogaea n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
NMC 4191
Chlaenius electrinus n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
NMC 4194
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cleridae
Clerus succini n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Clerinae
NMC 4193
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Serica sp. MacLeay 1819
1 specimen
NMC 4192
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Geometridae
Angerona electrina n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
NMC 4177
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Chrysididae
Chrysis viridicyanea n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
NMC 4184
Insecta - Hemiptera
Poeocera venulosa n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Fulgoroidea
NMC 4175
Insecta - Hemiptera - Ricaniidae
Ricania multinervis n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
NMC 4178
Insecta - Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Pentatoma schaurothi n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
NMC 4188
Insecta - Hemiptera - Cercopidae
Cercopis aurata n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
replaced by Cercopis giebeli
NMC 4187
Insecta - Mantodea - Amorphoscelidae
Chaetoessa brevialata n. sp. Giebel 1862
2 specimens
recombined as Amorphoscelis brevialata
NMC 4176
Insecta - Mantodea - Chaeteessidae
Chaetoessa burmeisteri n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
Insecta - Blattodea - Pseudophyllodromiidae
Blatta elliptica n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
recombined as Namablatta elliptica
NMC 4190
Insecta - Blattodea - Blaberidae
Blatta ruficeps n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
recombined as Eustegasta ruficeps
NMC 4189
Insecta - Diptera - Tachinidae
Tachina succini n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
recombined as Drino (Palexorista) succini
NMC 4171
Insecta - Diptera - Pyrgotidae
Eriphia setosa n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
recombined as Campylocera setosa
NMC 4173
Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Lomatia gracilis n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
recombined as Petrorossia gracilis
NMC 4180
Insecta - Diptera - Culicidae
Culex loewi n. sp. Giebel 1862
1 specimen
synonym of Toxorhynchites brevipalpis
NMC 4179
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Platydactylus minutus n. sp. Giebel 1862
(3 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Tanzania
Coordinates: 6.9° South, 39.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° South, 39.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Giebel and some later workers considered this to be Baltic amber, but Hennig (1966) demonstrated that the inclusions were extant east African species and argued that the provenance was from copal instead. Spectroscopic analysis demonstrates that "it is clear that the samples of copal containing Lomatia and Tachina are from a leguminous source. In fact, the resin probably is from a species of Trachylobium which occurs in East Africa. It is somewhat similar to Copaifera which produces the West African copals. However, resin from Trachylobium appears more similar than those from Copaifera." (White, 1977)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Naturkunde-Museum Coburg
Metadata
Database number:129861
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:R. Sehtia, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-06-29 06:15:39 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-06-29 06:15:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

49447. C. Giebel. 1862. Wirbelthier und Insektenreste im Bernstein. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaft 20:311-321 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

49449 W. Hennig. 1966. Einige Bemerkungen über die Typen der von Giebel 1862 angeblich aus dem Bernstein beschriebenen Insektenarten. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 162:1-7 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49448 H. Wermuth. 1966. Der Status von †Platydactylus minutus Giebel 1862 (Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 163:1-6 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49450 G. B. White. 1977. Culex loewi Giebel, 1862 (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae): request for suppression under the plenary powers so as to conserve Toxorhynchites brevipalpis Theobald, 1901. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 33:228-232 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]