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Amber Inclusions from Myanmar – Windows into an Ancient World
For nearly 100 million years, Kachin amber has preserved extraordinary traces of a vanished ecosystem.
Inclusion(s):
Staphylinidae Osoriinae Leptochirini – Rove Beetle (Kurzflügler)
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Collection Number:
KA142/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Body length 5.2 mm
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Amber Size:
24 x 16 x 9 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
Leptochirini are distinctive rove beetles with strongly modified heads and mandibles. Modern representatives live mainly in tropical regions and are typically found in decaying wood or beneath the bark of dead trees. Fossils from Kachin amber show that this lineage was already diverse during the Cretaceous.
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