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