Fossil
Amber with Lacewing Insect Inclusion
Class Insecta,
Order Neuroptera, Family Berothidae
Geological
Time: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian Stage (~100 million years ago)
Sizes: Amber:
14 mm long; 11 mm across; Lacewing insect inclusion: 4 mm with 10 mm wingspan
Fossil Site:
Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Code: MYA22
Price: Sold
|  Description:
This Fossil amber specimen displays a member of the Neuroptera (true
bugs), Family Berothgidae, known as a beaded lacewing. The oldest
amber containing insects comes from the deposits of Lebanon at some
135 million years of age. Deposits in Myanmar, New Jersey, and Japan
are somewhat younger. Interestingly enough, more examples are known
from the Cretaceous than are known from Tertiary deposits such as
those in the Dominican Republic. Overall some 11 extinct genera
containing 13 species are known from all of geological time. This
one has had two gnats as fellow time travelers for almost 100 million
years.
Also
see: Cretaceous
Jersimantis luzzii praying mantis in amber from New Jersey and
Cretaceous
Praying Mantis in Fossil Amber from Hukawng Valley
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