PBDB Collection

Bitterfeld amber (Hoffeins collection): Priabonian, Germany
collected by C. Hoffeins, H.W. Hoffeins

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Arachnida - Acariformes - Smarididae

	Fessonia wunderlichi Bartel et al. 2015	Bartel et al. 2015	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 385-3
Arachnida - Araneae - Dictynidae

	Balticocryphoeca curvitarsis Wunderlich 2004	Wunderlich 2004	1 specimen
	No. 949
Arachnida - Araneae - Uloboridae

	? Hyptiomopes sp. Wunderlich 2004	Wunderlich 2004	1 specimen
	801a
Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae

	Theridiidae indet. Sundevall 1833	Wunderlich 2004	1 specimen
	801b
Arachnida - Araneae - Cyatholipidae

	Spinilipus bispinosus Wunderlich 2004	Wunderlich 2004	1 specimen
	No. 680
Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

	Aenigmatias longicornis n. sp. Brown 2016	Brown 2016	2 specimens
	Hoffeins 254/3 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Anthomyzidae

	Protanthomyza tschirnhausi n. sp. Roháček 2013	Roháček 2013	2 specimens
	829-8 (collected at Goitzsche mine 2010), 830-7 (purch. 2010) (4 measurements)

	Lacrimyza christelae n. sp. Roháček 2013	Roháček 2013	1 specimen
	830-5 (collected at Goitzsche mine 1998) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Pseudopomyzidae

	Eopseudopomyza szasziewskii Hoffeins and Woźnica 2013	Hoffeins and Woźnica 2013	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 670-3 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

	Heleodromia starki n. sp. Hoffeins et al. 1997	Hoffeins et al. 1997	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 707 (Goitsche pit) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

	Sylvicola hoffeinsorum Wojtoń et al. 2018	Wojtoń et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SDEI 664-2

	Sylvicola splendida (Meunier 1904)	Wojtoń et al. 2018	1 specimen
	SDEI 664-1
Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

	Antlemon sp. Loew 1871	Hoffeins et al. 2010	1 specimen
	CCHH 1700-1 (Goitszche mine) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Nymphomyiidae

	Nymphomyia succina n. sp. Wagner et al. 2000		1 specimen
	Hoffeins 381/2 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Lepidoptera - Micropterigidae

	Wichardius fossiliphilus Mey 2019	Mey 2019	1 specimen
	CCHH 1420/3
Insecta - Mecoptera - Bittacidae

	Hylobittacus picteti n. sp. Krzemiński 2007	Krzemiński 2007	1 specimen
	DEIM 674/1
Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

	Attagenus balticus Háva et al. 2008	Háva and Alekseev 2015	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 115-1
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae

	Microsoronia hoffeinsorum n. sp. Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2010	Kirejtshuk and Kurochkin 2010	1 specimen
	DEI 276-2 1
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cyclaxyridae

	Neolitochropus bedovoyi (Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2011)	Gimmel and Szawaryn 2020	1 specimen
	CCHH 504-17

	Neolitochropus hoffeinsorum n. gen., n. sp. Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2016	Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2016	1 specimen
	synonym of Neolitochropus bedovoyi
	CCHH 1206-1 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cryptophagidae

	Atomaria (Anchicera) saxonica n. sp. Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018	Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018	1 specimen
	CCHH 1223-4
Insecta - Coleoptera - Erotylidae

	Microzavaljus saxonicum n. gen., n. sp. Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018	Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2018	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1223-1

	Serramorphus rasnitsyni n. gen., n. sp. Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017	Lyubarsky and Perkovsky 2017	1 specimen
	CCHH 26-4 (1 measurement)

	Triplax contienensis n. sp. Alekseev 2014	Alekseev 2014	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1650-4 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Anamorphidae

	Kleinzaches germanicianus n. gen., n. sp. Alekseev and Tomaszewska 2018	Alekseev and Tomaszewska 2018	1 specimen
	CCHH 181-1
Insecta - Coleoptera - Coccinellidae

	Baltosidis sp. Szawaryn 2021	Szawaryn 2021	1 specimen
	CCHH 743-1
Insecta - Coleoptera - Endomychidae

	Trochoideus resinatissimus n. sp. Alekseev and Tomaszewska 2018	Alekseev and Tomaszewska 2018	1 specimen
	CCHH 53-2
Insecta - Coleoptera - Zopheridae

	? Bitoma sp. Herbst 1793	Alekseev and Bukejs 2016	1 specimen
	CCHH 181-3
Insecta - Coleoptera - Aderidae

	Palaeocnopus densipunctatus Alekseev and Grzymala 2015	Alekseev and Grzymala 2015	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 25-4 (1 measurement)

	Palaeocnopus mara n. sp. Alekseev and Grzymala 2015	Alekseev and Grzymala 2015	2 specimens
	Hoffeins 890-1, 609-3 (2 measurements)

	Palaeocnopus saeticornis n. sp. Alekseev and Grzymala 2015	Alekseev and Grzymala 2015	2 specimens
	Hoffeins 890-3, 1049-2 (2 measurements)

	Palaeocnopus glabricornis n. sp. Alekseev and Grzymala 2015	Alekseev and Grzymala 2015	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 890-2 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

	Crepidodera decolorata Nadein and Perkovsky 2010	Bukejs et al. 2016	1 specimen
	CCHH 337-3 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Lithuanicoccidae

	Lithuanicoccus damzeni Koteja 2008	Koteja 2008	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1248-1
Insecta - Hemiptera - Kuwaniidae

	Hoffeinsia foldii Koteja 2008	Koteja 2008	4 specimens
	Hoffeins 1249-1, 0796-1, 0796-2, 0807-3
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aradidae

	Calisius balticus Usinger 1941	Heiss 2013	2 specimens
	Hoffeins 844/1, 2565 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Stenurothripidae

	Stenurothrips brachycerus n. sp. Schliephake 1999	Schliephake 1999	1 specimen
	Nr. 750/1 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae

	Archaeothrips hoffeinsi n. sp. Schliephake 1997	Schliephake 1997	1 specimen
	synonym of Archaeothrips latipennis
	Hoffeins 704 (2 measurements)

	Protoxythrips stenurus Schliephake 1993	Schliephake 2005	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1477/3 (2 measurements)

	Protoxythrips ursulae Schliephake 1993	Schliephake 2001	2 specimens
	Hoffeins 1368/2; 1477/6 in Schliephake, 2005 (2 measurements)

	Protoxythrips conclusus (Priesner 1929)	Schliephake 2005	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1477/5 (2 measurements)

	Eochirothrips mirocornis n. gen., n. sp. Schliephake 1999	Schliephake 1999	1 specimen
	Nr. 272/2 (1 measurement)

	Anaphothrips fuscicaudeus Schliephake 1993	Schliephake 2005	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1477/7 (1 measurement)

	Incertothrips hoffeinsorum n. gen., n. sp. Schliephake 2000	Schliephake 2000	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1294 (1 measurement)

	Frankliniella intonsoidea n. sp. Schliephake 1999	Schliephake 1999	1 specimen
	Nr. 576/1 (1 measurement)

	Taeniothrips (Saxonothrips) saxonicus n. sp. Schliephake 1999	Schliephake 1999	1 specimen
	synonym of Taeniothrips balticus
	Nr. 576/2 (1 measurement)

	Taeniothrips (Saxonothrips) amphoroideus Schliephake 1999	Schliephake 1999	1 specimen
	synonym of Taeniothrips balticus
	Nr. 272/1 (1 measurement)

	Taeniothrips (Saxonothrips) goitschei n. sp. Schliephake 1999	Schliephake 1999	1 specimen
	Nr. 576/2 (1 measurement)

	Taeniothrips usedomi (Schliephake 1999)	Schliephake 2005	1 specimen
	original and current combination Taeniothrips (Balticothrips) usedomi
	Hoffeins 1477/1 (1 measurement)

	Protanaphothrips minoricornis (Schliephake 1999)	Schliephake 2005	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1477/2 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae

	Archankothrips hoffeinsianus n. sp. Schliephake 2000	Schliephake 2000	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1244/3 (1 measurement)

	Eocranothrips leptocerus n. sp. Schliephake 1999	Schliephake 1999	1 specimen
	synonym of Melanothrips annulicornis
	Nr. 576/3 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Phlaeothripidae

	Cephenothrips propelaticeps n. sp. Schliephake 2005	Schliephake 2005	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1477/4 (1 measurement)

	Prohaplothrips iunctostylosus n. gen., n. sp. Schliephake 2000	Schliephake 2000	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1244/2 (1 measurement)

	Necrothrips major n. sp. Schliephake 2000	Schliephake 2000	1 specimen
	Hoffeins 1244/1 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Germany	State/province:	Halle
Coordinates:	51.6° North, 12.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	50.4° North, 8.0° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Priabonian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:	Priabonian
Age range of interval:	37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy comments: Bitterfeld amber occurs in the "Bernsteinschluff" Horizon, i.e. a part of the Upper "Bitterfelder Glimmersand" in the upper part of the Cottbus Formation. Detailed biostratigraphic investigations favor an uppermost Chattian age for the unit. Originally assigned a Miocene age, and then thought to be redeposited Baltic amber. The chemical composition of Bitterfeld amber is distinct from true Baltic amber (e.g., Sodhi et al., 2013). Hydrogen isotopes indicate that Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers have distinct geographic sources, but carbon isotopes and insects suggest Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers are coeval in age (Wolfe et al., 2016).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	amber
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,soft parts,original chitin,amber
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collectors:	C. Hoffeins, H.W. Hoffeins
Collection method comments: Will be deposited in the collection of the Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalde, Germany (DEI).

Metadata

Also known as:	Saxonian amber
Database number:	124273
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	M. Clapham, A. Noshirvan
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2012-02-10 04:39:24	Last modified:	2016-04-23 00:29:20
Access level:	the public	Released:	2012-02-10 04:39:24
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

40047.

R. Wagner, C. Hoffeins, and H. W. Hoffeins. 2000. A fossil nymphomyiid (Diptera) from the Baltic and Bitterfield amber. Systematic Entomology 25:115-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

54629		V. I. Alekseev. 2014. A new species of Triplax Herbst, 1793 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from Bitterfeld amber. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 14:171-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
60670		V. I. Alekseev and A. Bukejs. 2016. New Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4178:409-427 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
56147		V. I. Alekseev and T. L. Grzymala. 2015. New Aderidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. Zootaxa 3956:239-257 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
64714		V. I. Alekseev and W. Tomaszewska. 2018. New handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea: Anamorphidae, Endomychidae) from European amber of the Upper Eocene . Palaeontologia Electronica 21(1.6A):1-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
57520		C. Bartel, M. Konikiewicz, J. Makol, A. Wohltmann, and J. A. Dunlop. 2015. Smaridid mites in Baltic and Bitterfeld amber, with notes on the fossil record of terrestrial Parasitengona (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata). Annales Zoologici 65:641-659 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
61843		B. V. Brown. 2016. Fossil evidence of social insect commensalism in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15:276-286 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
60834		A. Bukejs, M. Biondi, and V. I. Alekseev. 2016. New records and species of Crepidodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Eocene European amber, with a brief review of described fossil beetles from Bitterfeld amber. Zootaxa 4193:390-400 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79079		M. L. Gimmel and K. Szawaryn. 2020. A new genus-level and two new species-level synonyms in the extinct genus Neolitochropus Lyubarsky & Perkovsky (Coleoptera: Cyclaxyridae). Zootaxa 4894:598-599 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55279		J. Háva and V. I. Alekseev. 2015. Contribution to the palaeofauna of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. Zoology and Ecology 25:154-156 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55455		E. Heiss. 2013. Erstnachweis von Rindenwanzen (Aradidae) in Bitterfelder Bernstein (Insecta, Heteroptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 45:741-753 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50252		C. Hoffeins, H. W. Hoffeins, and R. Wagner. 1997. Beschreibung einer Art der Gattung Heleodromia (Diptera, Empididae, Hemerodromiinae) aus dem Bitterfelder Bernstein. Studia Dipterologica 4:441-446 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49473		C. Hoffeins, H. W. Hoffeins, and M. Jaschhof. 2010. First record of Antlemon Loew (Dipera: Keroplatidae) in Baltic amber. Studia Dipterologica 17:143-149 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50014		C. Hoffeins and A. J. Woźnica. 2013. Description of a new species Eopseudopomyza szadziewskii sp. n. and redescription of E. kuehnei Hennig, 1971 from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Pseudopomyzidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 82:317-325 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45473		A. G. Kirejtshuk and A. S. Kurochkin. 2010. New species of sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulini) from the Baltic and Bitterfeld ambers. Paleontological Journal 44:53-67 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
54131		J. Koteja. 2008. Xylococcidae and related groups (Hemiptera: Coccinea) from Baltic amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 49:19-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48707		W. Krzemiński. 2007. A revision of Eocene Bittacidae (Mecoptera) from Baltic amber, with the description of a new species. African Invertebrates 48:153-162 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
60493		G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2016. A new genus, Neolitochropus (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Phalacridae), from the Upper Eocene Bitterfeld amber. Russian Entomological Journal 25:249-253 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
62089		G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2017. Serramorphus, a new genus of Erotylidae from Eocene amber (Coleoptera: Clavicornia) from late Eocene Bitterfeldian amber. Russian Entomological Journal 26:37-40 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66936		G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2018. Microzavaljus, a second extinct genus of pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from Bitterfeld Amber. Russian Entomological Journal 27:271-276 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67619		G. Y. Lyubarsky and E. E. Perkovsky. 2018. First species of Atomaria (Coleoptera: Clavicornia: Cryptophagidae) from Bitterfeld amber and several notes on Miocene and Cretaceous Cryptophagidae. Russian Entomological Journal 27:381-385 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79462		W. Mey. 2019. Die Urmotten (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) des Bitterfelder Bernsteins: Beschreibung neuer Gattungen und Arten. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 63:177-185 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
46422		J. Roháček. 2013. New amber fossil Anthomyzidae (Diptera): an unexpected Eocene diversity. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:431-473 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]
51142		G. Schliephake. 1997. Beitrag zur Kenntnis fossiler Fransenflügler (Thysanoptera) aus dem Bernstein des Tertiär des Bitterfelder Raumes (3. Beitrag: Thripidae, Panchaetothripinae). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 41:66-67 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40610		G. Schliephake. 1999. Fossil Thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North- and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 46(1):83-100 [M. Clapham/A. Noshirvan]
50231		G. Schliephake. 2001. Weitere neue Funde fossiler Fransenflügler aus dem Baltischen Bernstein (Insecta, Thysanoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 85:197-201 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
51551		G. Schliephake. 2005. Weitere fossile Fransenflugler (Thysanoptera, Ins.) der Sammlung Hoffeins. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 13:61-69 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
79377		K. Szawaryn. 2021. The first fossil Microweiseini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the Eocene of Europe and its significance for the reconstruction of the evolution of ladybird beetles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193:1294-1309 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67519		M. Wojtoń, I. Kania, and K. Kopeć. 2018. Sylvicola Harris, 1780 (Diptera: Anisopodidae) in the Eocene resins. Annales Zoologici 68:849-866 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47821		J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders of the family Uloboridae (Araneae) in Baltic and Dominican amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:851-886 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47828		J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Cyatholipidae in Baltic amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1155-1188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47837		J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders of the family Dictynidae s. l., including Cryphoecinae and Hahniinae in Baltic and Dominican amber and copal from Madagascar, and on selected extant Holarctic taxa, with new descriptions and diagnoses. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1380-1482 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]