A fossil Aspergillus from Eocene Dominican amber

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (01) ◽  
pp. 141-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard M. Thomas ◽  
George O. Poinar
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
First Report ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Eocene Amber

A sporulating Aspergillus is described from a piece of Eocene amber originating from the Dominican Republic. The Aspergillus most closely resembles a form of the white spored phase of Aspergillus janus Raper and Thom. This is the first report of a fossil species of Aspergillus.

scholarly journals A male of the bee genus Agapostemon in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2013 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel ◽  
Laura C.V. Breitkreuz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
West Indian ◽  
The West ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Modern Species

Thefirst fossil species of the caenohalictine bee genus Agapostemon Guérin-Méneville (Halictinae: Caenohalictini:Agapostemonina) is described and figured from a single male preserved in EarlyMiocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic.  Agapostemon (Notagapostemon) luzziiEngel & Breitkreuz, new species, is compared with modern species and isnoteworthy for the absence of metafemoral modifications [in this regardplesiomorphically resembling the West Indian A. kohliellus (Vachal)and A. centratus (Vachal)], form of the head and protibial antennalcleaner, integumental sculpturing, and male terminalia, the latter of which arefortunately exposed and cleared.  Briefcomments are made on the affinity of the species to others in the West Indiesand surrounding regions as well as possible biogeographic implications.

Assemblages of mammalian hair and blood-feeding midges (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Miocene amber

2005 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Peñalver ◽  
David Grimaldi
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Ixodid Tick ◽  
Blood Feeding ◽  
Sand Flies ◽  
Decayed Wood ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Terrestrial Vertebrates ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Parasitic Association ◽  
Mammalian Hair

ABSTRACTFive new fossil species of the Recent genus of blood-feeding sand flies Lutzomyia (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) are described: L. filipalpis, L. miocena, L. paleopestis, L. schleei, and L. succini. All are preserved in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic; today Hispaniola harbours only two known species of this genus. Recent Lutzomyia feed on a wide variety of terrestrial vertebrates, including reptiles, birds, and mammals. Three rare pieces of the amber are reported, two described in detail, which preserved assemblages of Lutzomyia swarms with strands of mammalian hair, indicating that at least some of the fossil species were mammal feeders. Microstructure of the fossil hair offers little diagnostic evidence, but is very similar to that of insectivores in the Solenodontidae. Further preserved evidence indicates that the fossil midges swarmed about an arboreal nest or site of decayed wood that was worked by a mammal, but at very specific times during formation of the amber. Other very rare Dominican amber pieces containing a flea and an ixodid tick also contain mammalian hairs of similar microstructure, together with Lutzomyia sandflies, possibly reflecting the ectoparasite community of a Miocene mammal. This parasitic association has implications regarding the evolution of vectors of mammalian pathogens like Leishmania and the study further reveals the extent of palaeobiological inference that is possible with amber.

A review of the asilid (Diptera) fauna from Hispaniola with six genera new to the island, fifteen new species, and checklist

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1381 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
AUBREY G. SCARBROUGH ◽  
DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The West ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Distribution

The robber fly fauna of the 6 subfamilies Apocleinae, Asilinae, Laphrinae, Ommatiinae, Stenopogoninae, and Trigonomiminae of Hispaniola with special reference to the Dominican Republic is reviewed in light of new collections. This paper reports 6 genera (Cerotainia Schiner,   Eumecosoma Schiner, Holcocephala Jaennicke, Pilica Curran, Proctacanthella Bromley, and Rhopalogaster Macquart) new to the island, increasing the number to 20. Within the West Indies,   Eumecosoma, Holcocephala, Pilica, and Proctacanthella are only known from Hispaniola. Also, 33 species are reported, including 15 new species (Atomosia anacaona, A. ciguaya, A. jagua, A. jimagua, A. yurabia, Cerotainia sola, Eumecosoma caerulum, Holcocephala indigena, Ommatius geminus, O. laticrus, O. maculosus, O. praelongus, Proctacanthella taina, Plesiomma simile, and Rhopalogaster albidus), increasing the number to 62 species plus 2 species in Dominican amber. The male of O. cinnamomeus Scarbrough & females of Plesiomma inflatum and Proctacanthus darlingtoni Curran are reported for the first time. The Ommatius lucidatus species group is established with 8 extant and 2 fossil species. Plesiomma angustum (Macquart) and Atoniomyia mikii (Williston) are rediscovered and redescribed. Plesiomma lineata (Fabricius) is removed from the distribution list for Cuba and Jamaica and Neophoneus is removed from the list of West Indies asilids because of an error in identification. Neophoneus flavotibis Bigot tentatively diagnosed as belonging to the genus Efferia. Plesiomma macra Loew is removed from synonymy. Significant structures of most species are illustrated and keys to selected species are included. At least one species of Atoniomyia and Pilica remain undescribed from this survey. New distribution records for most species and a checklist of the Hispaniolan fauna are also included.

scholarly journals Polymera alexanderi n. sp., a new species of Limoniidae (Diptera) from Dominican amber

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiesław Krzemiński ◽  
Katarzyna Kopeć ◽  
Alicja Pełczyńska ◽  
Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Fossil Resin ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Dominican amber is the fossil resin famous for the best quality of inclusions, exploited in Dominican Republic from the deposits formed in the late Early Miocene, ca. 16 Ma. A new species, Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi sp. n. of the dipteran family Limoniidae is described from this amber. This new limonid belongs to the genus Polymera Wiedemann, 1820 with 63 extant species described mostly from South America. Only three fossil species are known so far from Dominican and Baltic amber.

scholarly journals A new species of Ampulicomorpha Ashmead from Eocene French amber, with a list of fossil and extant Embolemidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of the world

2020 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Cédric Chény ◽  
Elvis Guillam ◽  
André Nel ◽  
Vincent Perrichot
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Single Female ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Poor Group ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Eocene Amber

Embolemidae is a cosmopolitan but species-poor group of chrysidoid wasps with a scarce fossil record, despite a long evolutionary history since at least the Early Cretaceous. Here, the new species, Ampulicomorpha quesnoyensis sp. nov., is illustrated and described based on a single female found in Early Eocene amber of Oise (France). The new species is compared with the three other known fossil species of the genus, and a key to all fossil species of Ampulicomorpha is provided. This is the third European fossil species of Ampulicomorpha, which suggests that the genus was once well established in Western Europe while it is more widely distributed in the Eastern Palaearctic region today. A list of all fossil and extant Embolemidae of the world, as well as a map of their geographical distribution map, are provided.

Remarkable stasis in some Lower Tertiary parasitoids: descriptions, new records, and review of Strepsiptera in the Oligo-Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Grimaldi ◽  
Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Lower Tertiary ◽  
New Findings ◽  
History Of

AbstractKathirithamby, J. & Grimaldi, D.: Remarkable stasis in some Lower Tertiary parasitoids: descriptions, new records, and review of Strepsiptera in the Oligo-Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic. Ent. scand. 24: 31-41. Copenhagen, Denmark. April 1993. ISSN 0013-8711. 25-30 million years of parasite stasis is recorded in amber from the Dominican Republic, by the finding of a species of strepsipteran morphologically indistinguishable from Bohartilla melagognatha Kinzelbach, 1969 (Bohartillidae), and two species very close to Caenocholax fenyesi (Pierce 1909) (Myrmecolacidae). A new record is made of a species previously described from Dominican amber, Myrmecolax glaesi Kinzelbach, 1983. The history of the Tertiary strepsipteran fauna is discussed. Minimal ages of taxa are extrapolated based on these amber and other fossils, higher-level cladistic relationships, and fossil dating of major host groups. These new findings are consistent with Kinzelbach's hypotheses of an ancient, Lower Cretaceous/Jurassic origin of the Strepsiptera.

Two new genera, Mycophoris gen. nov., (Orchidaceae) and Synaptomitus gen. nov. (Basidiomycota) based on a fossil seed with developing embryo and associated fungus in Dominican amber

Botany ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Poinar
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Orchid Mycorrhiza ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Single Piece ◽  
Embryo Cells ◽  
Orchid Seed

Aside from a variety of arthropod remains, Dominican amber also contains an assortment of leaves, flowers, and seeds. An orchid seed with a developing embryo in Dominican amber is described as Mycophoris elongatus gen. et sp. nov. Cells of the developing embryo were infected with a fungus that is described as Synaptomitus orchiphilus gen. et sp. nov. The fungus represents a Basidiomycota that was probably serving as an orchid mycorrhiza (OM), based on its morphology and the formation of pelotons inside infected embryo cells. The single piece of amber containing the fossil was obtained from a mine in the Dominican Republic and is at least 15–20 Ma.

A new fossil species of the genus Parasinalda Heiss & Golub (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Upper Eocene Rovno amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5027 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-296
Author(s):  
VIKTOR B. GOLUB ◽  
EVGENY E. PERKOVSKY ◽  
DMITRY V. VASILENKO
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Rovno Amber ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Eocene Amber

Parasinalda sukachevae sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tinginae: Phatnomini) is described based on one specimen from Eocene amber of the Rovno region (Ukraine). Similarities and differences to closely related species Parasinalda baltica (Drake, 1950), P. froeschneri (Golub & Popov, 1998), and P. groehni Heiss & Golub, 2013 are discussed, and a key to the four known species of the genus is provided.  

CRICKETS (GRYLLOPTERA: GRYLLOIDEA) IN DOMINICAN AMBER

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon R. Vickery ◽  
George O. Poinar
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Ability To Regenerate

AbstractTwenty-eight pieces of amber from the Dominican Republic were studied. These pieces, 22–40 million years old, contain 29 cricket specimens as inclusions. Six new species in the Trigonidiidae: Trigonidiinae are described, one in the extant genus Anaxipha (A. dominica) and in three related new genera: Proanaxipha (P. latoca and P. bicolorata), Abanaxipha (A. longispina and A. incongrua), and Grossoxipha (G. yaque). One specimen is described in the Mogoplistidae: Mogoplistinae in the extant genus Ornebius (O. ambericus). The presence of these specimens in amber proves that utilization of the boreal habitat is of long standing. Disparity in the size of the hind legs of one specimen indicates that crickets may once have had the ability to regenerate lost limbs.

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