Rovno amber, Velyki Telkovichi (SIZK VT collection) (Eocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (51.6° N, 26.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 21.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Likely roughly contemporaneous with late Eocene Baltic amber

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: Repository: Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev)

Primary reference: S. A. Simutnik, E. E. Perkovsky, and D. V. Vasilenko. 2020. First record of Leptoomus janzeni Gibson (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Rovno amber. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 80:137-145 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216943: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.01.2021

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Ceutorhynchus zerovae n. sp.2 Legalov et al. 2021 snout beetle
SIZK VT-135
 Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Eocenhecabolus kotenkoi n. gen. n. sp.1
Eocenhecabolus kotenkoi n. gen. n. sp.1 Belokobylskij 2023 wasp
SIZK VT-607
 Hymenoptera - Leptoomidae
Leptoomus janzeni Gibson 2008 chalcid wasp
SIZK VT-95