Burmese amber (ISEA Krakow collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

Where: Myanmar (26.4° N, 96.7° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 93.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Systematic and Evolution of Animals, Krakow, Poland

Primary reference: A. Soszyńska-Maj, K. Kopeć, P. Müller, C. Gröhn, and W. Krzemiński. 2017. Cretaceous inclusions in Burmese amber throw a new light on the evolution of the Meropeidae (Mecoptera). Cretaceous Research 79:191-198 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 187929: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.08.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Mecoptera - Meropeidae
Burmomerope clara Zhao and Wang 2016 earwigfly
ISEA MP/3690
 Mecoptera - Orthophlebiidae
Burmorthophlebia multiprocessa n. gen. n. sp.17 Soszyńska-Maj et al. 2022 scorpionfly
ISEA MP/3721
 Diptera - Tanyderidae
Similinannotanyderus zbigniewi n. sp.14 Skibińska and Krzemiński 2018 primitive crane fly
ISEA MP/3623/1, 2
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix) cretacica n. sp.5 Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021 crane fly
ISEA MP/3641
Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix) myanmae n. sp.5 Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021 crane fly
ISEA MP/3637
Rhabdomastix (Myanmamastix) krzeminskae n. sp.5 Kania-Kłosok et al. 2021 crane fly
ISEA MP/3630
Decessia podenasi n. gen. n. sp.9 Krzemiński et al. 2021 crane fly
ISEA MP/4067, 4066
Drinosa prisca9 Podenas and Poinar 2009 crane fly
MP/4022, 4068, 4069, 4070, 4071, 4072, 4073, 4074
Cretolimonia mikolajczyki n. sp.8 Kopeć et al. 2021 crane fly
ISEA MP/4082
Pilaria magdalena n. sp.7 Krzemiński 2020 crane fly
ISEA WK/2/2020, MP/3632
Pilaria wojciechi n. sp.7 Kopeć 2020 crane fly
ISEA WK/4/2020, WK/5/2020 883, MP/3628
Aleksiana rasnitsyni n. gen. n. sp.10 Krzemiński et al. 2021 crane fly
ISEA MP/3663, 3662
Trichoneura (Burmania) burmitensis n. sp.6 Kopeć et al. 2023 crane fly
ISEA MP/4365, 4332, 4335, 4336, 4340
Trichoneura (Burmania) wangi n. sp.6 Kopeć et al. 2023 crane fly
ISEA MP/4337
Trichoneura (Burmania) sevciki6 Kopeć et al. 2023 crane fly
ISEA 52/2019
Trichoneura (Burmania) chungkuni n. sp.6 Kopeć et al. 2023 crane fly
ISEA MP/4334
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Palaeocentron krzeminskii n. gen. n. sp.2
Palaeocentron krzeminskii n. gen. n. sp.2 Giłka et al. 2021 non biting midge
ISEA MP/4020
 Diptera - Corethrellidae
Corethrella andersoni19 Poinar and Szadziewski 2007 frog biting midge
ISEA MP/3878
 Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Burmahelea neli n. gen. n. sp.20, Culicoides (Groganomyia) burmiticus n. sp.18, Nelohelea neli n. gen. n. sp.20
Burmahelea neli n. gen. n. sp.20 Szadziewski and Sontag 2019 biting midge
ISEA MP/3837
Culicoides (Groganomyia) burmiticus n. sp.18 Szadziewski and Dominiak 2019 biting midge
BUB 1745 (deposited in Museum of Natural History, PAS Krakow)
Nelohelea neli n. gen. n. sp.20 Szadziewski and Sontag 2019 biting midge
ISEA MP/3668
 Diptera -
Burmatricha mesozoica11 Ševčík et al. 2021 fungus gnat
ISEA MP/4343
 Diptera - Ditomyiidae
Burmasymmerus wieslawi n. sp.11 Ševčík et al. 2021 fungus gnat
ISEA MP/4341/1, 4341/2
Burmasymmerus korneliae n. sp.11 Ševčík et al. 2021 fungus gnat
ISEA MP/4342
 Diptera - Anisopodidae
Mycetobia myanmara n. sp.4 Kania et al. 2018 wood gnat
ISEA MP/3683
Cretolbia hukawnga n. gen. n. sp.3 Kania et al. 2018 wood gnat
ISEA MP/3657
Cretolbia burmitica3 Kania et al. 2018 wood gnat
ISEA MP/3682
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Burmahesperinus sp.12 Ševčík et al. 2021 march fly
ISEA MP/4081
Burmahesperinus pedicellatus n. sp.12 Ševčík et al. 2021 march fly
ISEA MP/4080
Burmahesperinus antennatus n. gen. n. sp.12 Ševčík et al. 2021 march fly
ISEA MP/4078
Burmahesperinus conicus n. sp.12 Ševčík et al. 2021 march fly
ISEA MP/4079
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Protohoraiella katerinae n. gen. n. sp.1 Curler et al. 2019 moth fly
ISEA MP/3697
Protohoraiella yvonnae n. sp.1 Curler et al. 2019 moth fly
ISEA MP/3698
Palaeoglaesum teres n. sp.13 Skibińska and Albrycht 2021 moth fly
ISEA MP/3677
"Nemopalpus velteni n. sp." = Palaeoglaesum velteni21 Wagner 2012 moth fly
ISEA MP/3838 (formerly in collection of Jurgen Velten); MP/3697 in Skibinska et al. (2019)
Palaeoglaesum jakubi n. sp.16 Skibińska 2023 moth fly
ISEA MP/4367, 4366
Palaeoglaesum stebneri n. sp.13 Skibińska and Krzemiński 2021 moth fly
ISEA MP/4044, 3704, 3722, 4045, 4046, 4047, 4066
Palaeoglaesum wagneri n. sp.15 Skibińska et al. 2019 moth fly
ISEA MP/3681
Palaeoglaesum myanmari n. sp.16 Skibińska 2023 moth fly
ISEA MP/4290
Palaeoglaesum pilosus13 Skibińska et al. 2021 moth fly
ISEA MP/4047