Dominican amber, La Bucara mine (Poinar coll) (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.2° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Toca Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• Older dates for Dominican amber were Upper Eocene or Oligocene, but it is now dated as Miocene.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber

Collection methods: Collection of George O. Poinar at Oregon State University (Corvallis)

Primary reference: G. Poinar. 2011. A walking stick, Clonistria dominicana n. sp. (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 23:223-226 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 134455: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Streblidae
Enischnomyia stegosoma n. gen. n. sp.3
Enischnomyia stegosoma n. gen. n. sp.3 Poinar and Brown 2012 bat fly
 Hemiptera - Schizopteridae
Hypselosoma dominicana n. sp.4, Schizoptera hispaniolae n. sp.4
Hypselosoma dominicana n. sp.4 Poinar and Brown 2015 jumping soil bug
He-4-75A
Schizoptera hispaniolae n. sp.4 Poinar 2015 jumping soil bug
He-4-75C
 Hemiptera - Cicadidae
Minyscapheus dominicanus n. gen. n. sp.6
Minyscapheus dominicanus n. gen. n. sp.6 Poinar et al. 2012 cicada
HO-4-62
 Hemiptera - Clastopteridae
Prisciba serrata n. gen. n. sp.5
Prisciba serrata n. gen. n. sp.5 Poinar and Brown 2014 froghopper
HO-4-63A
 Phasmatodea -
Clonistria dominicana n. sp.
Clonistria dominicana n. sp. Poinar 2011 stick insect
O-2-43
 Hymenoptera - Encyrtidae
Hambletonia dominicana n. sp.2
Hambletonia dominicana n. sp.2 Poinar 2020 chalcid wasp
D-Hy-10-52
 Hymenoptera - Evaniidae
Semaeomyia hispaniola n. sp.1, Evaniella dominicana n. sp.1
Semaeomyia hispaniola n. sp.1 Poinar 2020 ensign wasp
D-Hy-10-197
Evaniella dominicana n. sp.1 Poinar 2020 ensign wasp
D-Hy-10-196
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Bicalcasura maculata n. gen. n. sp.7
Bicalcasura maculata n. gen. n. sp.7 Poinar and Legalov 2014 snout beetle
C-7-413
1Poinar 2020; 2Poinar 2020; 3Poinar and Brown 2012; 4Poinar and Brown 2015; 5Poinar et al. 2014; 6Poinar et al. 2012; 7Poinar and Legalov 2014