Burmese amber (QUST collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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

• coordinate stated in text

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: amber

Collection methods: Repository: Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China (QUST)

Primary reference: R. X. Jiang, Z. H. Liu, and S. Wang. 2019. Fossil evidence for sexual dimorphism in Monotomidae beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 102:7-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201881: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Pristinmicrophor hukawngensis n. gen. n. sp.8 Tang et al. 2019 long-legged fly
QUST Y13-1
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Burmagrilus cretacus n. gen. n. sp.2
Burmagrilus cretacus n. gen. n. sp.2 Jiang et al. 2021 jewel beetle
QUST-INSECT-0015
 Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Micropeplus pengweii n. sp.1 Jiang et al. 2020 rove beetle
QUST-INSECT-0005
Cretotrichopsenius burmiticus5 Cai et al. 2017 rove beetle
QUST-INSECT-0015
 Coleoptera - Synteliidae
Syntelia sunwukong n. sp.4 Jiang and Wang 2021 beetle
QUST-INSECT-0006
 Coleoptera - Histeridae
"Onthophilus yingae n. sp." = Carinumerus yingae3
"Onthophilus yingae n. sp." = Carinumerus yingae3 Jiang et al. 2020 clown beetle
QUST-INSECT-0010
 Coleoptera - Bostrichidae
"Alitrepanum aladelicatum n. gen. n. sp." = Poinarinius aladelicatus7
"Alitrepanum aladelicatum n. gen. n. sp." = Poinarinius aladelicatus7 Peng et al. 2022 false powderpost beetle
QUST-SHUO-0001, 0002
 Coleoptera - Lophocateridae
"Mesolophocateres pengweii" = Burmacateres longicoxa9
"Mesolophocateres pengweii" = Burmacateres longicoxa9 Kolibáč and Peris 2020 beetle
QUST-INSECT-0007
 Coleoptera - Monotomidae
Cretolenax carinatus6 Liu et al. 2019 root eating beetle
QUST-INSECT-004
Cretakarenni birmanicus Peris and Delclòs 2015 root eating beetle
QUST-INSECT-0003
 Blattodea - Arceotermitidae
Arceotermes hospitis n. gen. n. sp.5
Arceotermes hospitis n. gen. n. sp.5 Engel and Jiang 2021 termite
QUST-INSECT-0015