Zanzibar Copal (Meunier collection) (Holocene of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (6.2° S, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 39.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: specimens presumably in the collection of F. Meunier (possibly at Musée d'Histoire naturelle de la Société Royale de Zoologie d'Anvers)

Primary reference: F. Meunier. 1912. Aperçu sur quelques Chironomidae et Ceratopogonidae du copal récent du Zanzibar et de Madagascar. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 36:189-192 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152189: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera -
Acutibaeus bellicosus n. gen. n. sp.3
Acutibaeus bellicosus n. gen. n. sp.3 Meunier 1916 wasp
collection not specified
 Hymenoptera - Mymaridae
Alaptus fructuosus n. sp.2 Meunier 1909 fairyfly
 Hymenoptera - Ceraphronidae
Ceraphron fasciatus n. sp.3, "Ceraphron serrulatus n. sp." = Aphanogmus serrulatus3
Ceraphron fasciatus n. sp.3 Meunier 1916 wasp
collection not specified
"Ceraphron serrulatus n. sp." = Aphanogmus serrulatus3 Meunier 1916 wasp
collection not specified
 Diptera - Chironomidae
Tanypus sp. Meigen 1803 non biting midge
no. 13, 44, 46
Chironomus haustus n. sp. Meunier 1912 non biting midge
no. 33
Chironomus inclusus n. sp. Meunier 1912 non biting midge
no. 18
 Diptera - Psychodidae
Phlebotomus pungens1 Loew 1845 sand fly
no. 3, 4
 Diptera - Sciaridae
"Sciara variabilis" = Corynoptera klebsii1
"Sciara variabilis" = Corynoptera klebsii1 Meunier 1904 dark-winged fungus gnat
collection not specified