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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):
†Passalopalpidae – †beetle with 24 attached mites (†Käfer mit 24 festgesaugten Milben)
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Collection Number:
KA53CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Beetle: Body length 6.2 mm
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Amber Size:
24 x 19 4 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
An extinct beetle with an extraordinary group of 24 mites attached to its body. Their close attachment suggests phoresy, in which the mites used the beetle for transportation. †Passalopalpidae is an extinct beetle family known from Cretaceous Kachin amber.
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