PBDB Collection

Burmese amber (SMNS coll): Early/Lower Cenomanian, Myanmar

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae

	Burmorchestina sp. Wunderlich 2008	Haug et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS-P-BU-338
Arachnida - Araneae - Psilodercidae

	Priscaleclercera sp. Wunderlich 2017	Haug et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS-P-BU-338
Arachnida - Solifugae

	Cushingia ellenbergeri n. gen., n. sp. Dunlop et al. 2015	Dunlop et al. 2015	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-161 (from Ellenberger collection)
Insecta - Permopsocida - Archipsyllidae

	Mydiognathus eviohlhoffae n. gen., n. sp. Yoshizawa and Leinhard 2016	Yoshizawa and Leinhard 2016	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-174 (2 measurements)

	Psocorrhyncha burmitica Huang et al. 2016	Huang et al. 2016	2 specimens
	synonym of Mydiognathus eviohlhoffae
	SMNS Bu-157, 135
Insecta - Plecoptera - Petroperlidae

	Branchioperla ianstewarti n. gen., n. sp. Sroka and Staniczek 2019	Sroka and Staniczek 2019	1 specimen
	SMNS-BU310 (2 measurements)

	Lapisperla keithrichardsi n. gen., n. sp. Sroka et al. 2018	Sroka et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-313

	Petroperla mickjaggeri n. gen., n. sp. Sroka et al. 2018	Sroka et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-79
Insecta - Plecoptera - Perlidae

	Acroneuriinae indet. Klapalek 1914	Sroka et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-99

	Electroneuria ronwoodi n. gen., n. sp. Sroka et al. 2018	Sroka et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-306

	Largusoperla sp. Chen et al. 2018	Sroka et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-228

	Largusoperla brianjonesi n. sp. Sroka et al. 2018	Sroka et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-311

	Largusoperla charliewattsi n. sp. Sroka et al. 2018	Sroka et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-10

	Largusoperla billwymani n. sp. Sroka et al. 2018	Sroka et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-229

	Largusoperla micktaylori n. sp. Sroka et al. 2018	Sroka et al. 2018	2 specimens
	SMNS BU-227, BU-312
Insecta - Blattodea

	Spinka fussa Vršanský et al. 2019	Vršanský et al. 2019	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-235
Insecta - Blattodea - Manipulatoridae

	Manipulator modificaputis n. gen., n. sp. Vršanský and Bechly 2015	Vršanský and Bechly 2015	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-116 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

	Cratovitisma bechlyi n. sp. Podstrelená 2018	Podstrelená and Sendi 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-298 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Alienoptera - Alienopteridae

	Alienopteridae indet. Bai et al. 2016	Luo et al. 2022	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-297
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Embolemidae

	Ponomarenkoa ellenbergeri n. sp. Olmi et al. 2013	Xu et al. 2013	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-108 (2 measurements)

	Ampulicomorpha janzeni n. sp. Olmi et al. 2014	Olmi et al. 2014	2 specimens
	SMNS BU-21, 22 (Janzen coll) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Dryinidae

	Pseudodryinus burmensis n. sp. Olmi et al. 2014	Olmi et al. 2014	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-106 (2 measurements)

	Burmadryinus cenomanianus n. gen., n. sp. Olmi et al. 2014	Olmi et al. 2014	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-105 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Maimetshidae

	Burmaimetsha concava n. gen., n. sp. Perrichot 2013	Perrichot 2013	2 specimens
	JV-Bu-Hym01, 02 (Velten coll)

	Maimetshasia kachinensis n. gen., n. sp. Perrichot 2013	Perrichot 2013	1 specimen
	JWJ-Bu-Hym37 (Janzen coll)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Diversinitidae

	Diversinitus attenboroughi n. gen., n. sp. Haas et al. 2018	Haas et al. 2018	2 specimens
	SMNS Bu-4, 5

	Burminata caputaeria n. gen., n. sp. Haas et al. 2018	Haas et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-304

	Glabiala barbata n. gen., n. sp. Haas et al. 2018	Haas et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-303
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Evaniidae

	Cretevania bechlyi n. sp. Jennings et al. 2013	Jennings et al. 2013	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-2
Insecta - Trichoptera - Polycentropodidae

	Neureclipsis burmanica n. sp. Wichard and Wang 2016	Wichard and Wang 2016	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-173 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Trichoptera - Psychomyiidae

	Palerasnitsynus ohlhoffi n. gen., n. sp. Wichard et al. 2011		1 specimen
	R. Ohlhoff coll (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ripiphoridae

	Ripidiinae indet. Gerstaecker 1855	Batelka et al. 2019	15 specimens
	SMNS BU-60
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

	Myamalycocerus vitalii n. gen., n. sp. Fanti and Ellenberger 2016	Fanti and Ellenberger 2016	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-230 (Aung Bar Maw mine) (1 measurement)

	Hukawngichthyurus kyawkhaingwini n. gen., n. sp. Fanti and Ellenberger 2018	Fanti and Ellenberger 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-336

	Sanaungulus curtipennis n. gen., n. sp. Fanti et al. 2018	Fanti et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-305
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

	Festenus gracilis n. sp. Żyła et al. 2017	Żyła et al. 2017	9 specimens
	SMNS Bu-119/1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Histeridae

	Cretonthophilus tuberculatus n. gen., n. sp. Caterino et al. 2015	Caterino et al. 2015	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-162 (formerly Wunderlich F2787/Bu/CJW) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Babinskaiidae

	Gigantobabinskaia godunkoi n. gen., n. sp. Makarkin and Staniczek 2019	Makarkin and Staniczek 2019	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-339 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Mantispidae

	Mantispidae indet. Leach 1815	Haug et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SMNS-P-BU-338
Insecta - Neuroptera - Nevrorthidae

	Cretarophalis patrickmuelleri n. gen., n. sp. Wichard 2017	Wichard 2017	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-296 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Vietnamellidae

	Burmella clypeata n. sp. Godunko et al. 2021	Godunko et al. 2021	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-321 (2 measurements)

	Burmella paucivenosa n. gen., n. sp. Godunko et al. 2021	Godunko et al. 2021	1 specimen
	SMNS BU-179 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

	Burmalindenia imperfecta n. gen., n. sp. Schädel and Bechly 2016	Schädel and Bechly 2016	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-94
Insecta - Odonata - Burmacoenagrionidae

	Burmagrion marijanmatoki n. gen., n. sp. Möstel et al. 2017	Möstel et al. 2017	2 specimens
	SMNS Bu-158 (female and three wings of another specimen) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Platycnemididae

	Yijenplatycnemis huangi Zheng et al. 2017	Zheng et al. 2017	1 specimen
	SMNS Bu-137 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Mesomegaloprepidae

	Mesomegaloprepus magnificus Huang et al. 2017	Huang et al. 2017	3 specimens
	SMNS Bu-231
see common names

Geography

Country:	Myanmar
Coordinates:	26.4° North, 96.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	12.4° North, 93.8° East
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text

Time

Period:	Cretaceous	Epoch:	Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:	Cenomanian	10 m.y. bin:	Cretaceous 5
Key time interval:	Early/Lower Cenomanian
Age range of interval:	100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:	maximum 98.79 ± 0.62 Ma (U/Pb)

Stratigraphy

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	amber
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: "reddish-orange amber..."or "transparent yellow amber"
Environment:	terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: "...inclusions in the piece are numerous frass pellets and wood fragments, further suggestive (besides body form) of arboreal/wood nesting habits of the ant..."

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,amber
Size of fossils:	mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	SMNS
Collection method comments: Donated to Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (ex coll. Rainer Ohlhoff, Saarbrücken).

Metadata

Database number:	123053
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2012-01-10 16:03:11	Last modified:	2016-06-06 20:43:58
Access level:	the public	Released:	2012-01-10 16:03:11
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

39306.

W. Wichard, E. Ross, and A. J. Ross. 2011. Palerasnitsynus gen. n. (Trichoptera, Psychomyiidae) from Burmese amber. ZooKeys 130:323-330 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

68062		J. Batelka, J. Prokop, H. Pohl, M. Bai, W. W. Zhang and R. G. Beutel. 2019. Highly specialized Cretaceous beetle parasitoids (Ripiphoridae) identified with optimized visualization of microstructures. Systematic Entomology 44:396-407 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57202		M. S. Caterino, K. Wolf-Schwenninger, and G. Bechly. 2015. Cretonthophilus tuberculatus, a remarkable new genus and species of hister beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4052:241-245 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55483		J. A. Dunlop, T. L. Bird, J. O. Brookhart and G. Bechly. 2015. A camel spider from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 56:265-273 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65011		F. Fanti, A. L. Damgaard, and S. Ellenberger. 2018. Two new genera of Cantharidae from Burmese amber of the Hukawng Valley (Insecta, Coleoptera). Cretaceous Research 86:170-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61211		F. Fanti and S. Ellenberger. 2016. Myamalycocerus vitalii: A new genus and species of soldier beetle in Burmese amber (Coleoptera Cantharidae). Cretaceous Research 71:166-169 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66697		F. Fanti and S. Ellenberger. 2018. A new fossil genus of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: A probable case of adaptive convergence. Cretaceous Research 92:201-204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
76874		R. J. Godunko, A. V. Martynov, and A. H. Staniczek. 2021. First fossil record of the mayfly family Vietnamellidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from Burmese Amber confirms its Oriental origin and gives new insights into its evolution. ZooKeys 1036:99-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65406		M. Haas, R. A. Burks, and L. Krogmann. 2018. A new lineage of Cretaceous jewel wasps (Chalcidoidea: Diversinitidae). PeerJ 6:e4633 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67621		J. T. Haug, P. Müller, and C. Haug. 2018. The ride of the parasite: a 100-million-year old mantis lacewing larva captured while mounting its spider host. Zoological Letters 4(31):1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61393		D. Y. Huang, D. Azar, C. Y. Cai, S. Maksoud, A. Nel and G. Bechly. 2017. Mesomegaloprepidae, a remarkable new damselfly family (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 73:1-13 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
58413		D. Y. Huang, G. Bechly, P. Nel, M. S. Engel, J. Prokop, D. Azar, C. Y. Cai, T. Kamp, A. H. Staniczek, R. Garrouste, L. Krogmann, T. Santos Rolo, T. Baumbach, R. Ohlhoff, A. S. Shmakov, T. Bourgoin, and A. Nel. 2016. New fossil insect order Permopsocida elucidates major radiation and evolution of suction feeding in hemimetabolous insects (Hexapoda: Acercaria). Scientific Reports 6(23004):1-9 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45460		J. T. Jennings, L. Krogmann, and S. L. Mew. 2013. Cretevania bechlyi sp. nov., from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae). Zootaxa 3609:91-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79301		C. H. Luo, R. G. Beutel, M. S. Engel, K. Liang, L. Q. Li, J. H. Li, C. P. Xu, P. Vršanský, E. A. Jarzembowski and B. Wang. 2022. Life history and evolution of the enigmatic Cretaceous-Eocene Alienopteridae: A critical review. Earth-Science Reviews 225(103914) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70868		V. N. Makarkin and A. H. Staniczek. 2019. A new large-sized genus of Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea: Nymphidoidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 104(104196) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61870		C. Möstel, M. Schorr, and G. Bechly. 2017. A new stem-coenagrionoid genus of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4243:177-186 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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53567		M. Olmi, Z. F. Xu, and A. Guglielmino. 2014. Descriptions of new fossil taxa of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Burmese amber (Myanmar). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54:703-714 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
44867		V. Perrichot. 2013. New maimetshid wasps in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Annales de Paléontologie 99:67-77 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70985		L. Podstrelená and H. Sendi. 2018. Cratovitisma Bechly, 2007 (Blattaria: Umenocoleidae) recorded in Lebanese and Myanmar ambers. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 310:121-129 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
59074		M. Schädel and G. Bechly. 2016. First record of Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4103:537-549 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66444		P. Sroka, A. H. Staniczek, and B. C. Kondratieff. 2018. 'Rolling' stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. PeerJ 6:e5354 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
70841		P. Sroka and A. H. Staniczek. 2019. Retention of cervical and abdominal gills in the adult of a new fossil stonefly (Insecta, Plecoptera, Petroperlidae) from mid-Cretacous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 107(104277) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55259		P. Vršanský and G. Bechly. 2015. New predatory cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria: Manipulatoridae fam. n.) from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Geologica Carpathica 66:133-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67781		P. Vršanský, L. Šmídová, H. Sendi, P. Barna, P. Müller, S. Ellenberger, H. Wu, X. Y. Ren, X. J. Lei, D. Azar, J., T. Su, W. Y. Deng, X. H. Shen, J. Lv, T. Bao, and G. Bechly. 2019. Parasitic cockroaches indicate complex states of earliest proved ants. Biologia 74:65-89 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61911		W. Wichard. 2017. Family Nevrorthidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeodiversity 10:1-5 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57890		W. Wichard and B. Wang. 2016. New Cretaceous caddisflies from Burmese amber (Insecta, Trichoptera). Cretaceous Research 61:129-135 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50163		Z. F. Xu, M. Olmi, and J. H. He. 2013. Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Zootaxa 3614:1-460 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
58023		K. Yoshizawa and C. Leinhard. 2016. Bridging the gap between chewing and sucking in the hemipteroid insects: new insights from Cretaceous amber. Zootaxa 4079:229-245 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61926		D. R. Zheng, A. Nel, E. A. Jarzembowski, S. C. Chang, H. C. Zhang, F. Y. Xia, H. Y. Liu and B. Wang. 2017. Extreme adaptations for probable visual courtship behaviour in a Cretaceous dancing damselfly. Scientific Reports 7(44932):1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
62105		D. Żyła, S. Yamamoto, K. Wolf-Schwenninger and A. Solodovnikov. 2017. Cretaceous origin of the unique prey-capture apparatus in megadiverse genus: stem lineage of Steninae rove beetles discovered in Burmese amber. Scientific Reports 7(45904):1-15 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]