Monica Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Hello everyone! Thanks to the generous @caldigger I have received my very first fossil insect, and I was wondering if anyone can help me identify it further - it's in Baltic amber from Palanga, Lithuania, and it's from the Eocene. Here are some pictures: Thanks so much! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 @vermiculosis ? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Some kind of Lycidae? Specimen in Baltic amber. Protolopheros hoffeinsorum gen. n., sp. n. Totally not sure about this one, just an idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Paleontologist Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Lycidae seems like a pretty good guess, but I'm not seeing anything which definitively says it is. Would it be possible to get pictures from other angles, such as from the bottom and side? Also, approximately how large is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Anyone for a bothriderid?(ID category=stab in the dark,but slightly informed) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 Hello again! Here are some additional pictures. The insect is closer to one side of the amber than the other, so I can't get a good picture of the bug's underside, but maybe these pictures will help: (by the way - I think there's also a mosquito-like head close to the insect in question - yay!) Please note - the insect is about 2mm in length, not including the extended antenna. Thanks again to everyone who is trying to help me out! Monica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Paleontologist Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 9 hours ago, doushantuo said: Anyone for a bothriderid?(ID category=stab in the dark,but slightly informed) I'm afraid not. As far as I know, bothriderids have clubbed antennae, which is not what we see here. This specimen's are more serrate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongy Joe Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Looks like Lycidae to me too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 I have looked at some Kazantsev,and can totally agree with it being some form of lycid . MittMuenchEntGes_077_0061-0078.pdf(1,5 Mb,some fossil Lycids) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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