Insects in amber click on any of the following orders to see more insects:
Here is a complete list of insects in Burmite amber other than those given here
As we add more pictures more pages will be added for each order,family or species as appropriate.HEXAPODA (2c., 33o., 271f., 383g., 442sp.)
Entognatha (4o., 6f., 13g., 14sp.)
Diplura (1f.)
Campodeidae
Entomobryomorpha (3f., 8g., 9sp.)
Isotomidae
Burmisotoma lamellifera Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Proisotoma pettersonae Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Propachyotoma conica Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Protodesoria granda Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Protoisotoma burma Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Villusisotoma brevis Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Villusisotoma longa Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
†Praentomobryidae
Cretacentomobrya burma Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Praentomobrya avita Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Tomoceridae
Poduromorpha (1f., 1g., 1sp.)
Neanuridae
Protodontella minicornis Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Symphypleona (1f., 4g., 4sp.)
Sminthuridae
Grinnellia ventis Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Mucrovirga incompleta Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Sminthurconus grimaldi Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Sminthuricinus decepta Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
Insecta (29o., 265f., 370g., 428sp., excluding copal)
Archaeognatha (2f., 1g.)
Machilidae
Meinertellidae
?Macropsontus sp.
Zygentoma (1f., 3g., 3sp.)
Lepismatidae
Allocrotelsa burmiticus (Cockerell, 1917)
Burmalepisma cretacicum Mendes & Poinar, 2008
Cretalepisma kachinicum Mendes & Wunderlich, 2013
Ephemeroptera (2f., 3g., 3sp.)
†Australiphemeridae
Nanophemera myanmarensis McCafferty & Santiago-Blay, 2009
Baetidae
Vetuformosa buckleyi Poinar, 2011
Family incertae sedis
Myanmarella rossi Sinitshenkova, 2000
Odonata (9f., 11g., 12sp.)
†Burmaphlebiidae
Burmaphlebia reifi Bechly & Poinar, 2013
Dysagrionidae
Burmadysagrion zhangi Zheng, Wang & Nel, 2016
Palaeodysagrion cretacicus Zheng, Zhang, Nel, Jarzembowski, Zhou, Chang & Wang, 2016
Gomphaeschnidae
Cretagomphaeschnaoides jarzembowskae Zheng, Jarzembowski, Chang & Wang, 2016
Gomphidae
Burmalindenia imperfecta Schädel & Bechly, 2016
Hemiphlebiidae
Burmahemiphlebia zhangi Zheng, Zhang, Nel, Jarzembowski, Zhou, Chang & Wang, 2016
Perilestidae
Palaeoperilestes electronicus Zheng, Wang, Jarzembowski, Chang & Nel, 2016
Platycnemididae
Cretadisparoneura hongi Huang, Azar, Cai & Nel, 2015
Palaeodisparoneura burmanica Poinar, Bechly & Buckley, 2010
Platystictidae
Mesosticta burmatica Huang, Azar, Cai & Nel, 2015
Mesosticta electronica Zheng, Zhang, Chang & Wang, 2016
Telephlebiidae
Cretaeshna lini Zheng, Chang, Jarzembowski & Wang, 2016
†Aethiocarenodea (1f., 1g., 1sp.)
†Aethiocarenidae
Aethiocarenus burmanicus Poinar & Brown, 2016
†Alienoptera (1f., 1g., 1sp.)
†Alienopteridae
Alienopterus brachyelytrus Bai, Beutel, Klass, Wipfler & Zhang, 2016
>Dermaptera (4f., 7g., 7sp.)
Embioptera (4f., 4g., 4sp.)
Clothodidae
Atmetoclothoda orthotenes Engel & Huang, 2016
Oligotomidae
Litoclostes delicatus Engel & Huang, 2016
Notoligotomidae (=Burmitembiidae)
Burmitebia venosa Cockerell, 1919
†Sorellembiidae
Sorellembia estherae Engel & Grimaldi, 2006
Grylloblattodea (1g., 1sp.)
Family incertae sedis
Sylvalitoralis cheni Zhang, Bai & Yang, 2016
Mantodea (1f., 1g., 3sp.)
†Gryllomantidae
Burmantis asiatica Grimaldi, 2003
Burmantis burmitica (Grimaldi, 2003)
Burmantis zherikhini Delclòs, Peñalver, Arillo, Engel, Nel, Azar & Ross, 2015
Orthoptera (6f., 5g., 5sp.)
†Elcanidae
Burmelcana longirostris Peñalver & Grimaldi, 2010
Longioculus burmensis Poinar, Gorochov & Buckley, 2007
Gryllidae
Mogoplistidae
Protomogoplistes asquamosus Gorochov, 2010
Tetrigidae
Tettigonidae
Tridactylidae
Birmitoxya intermedia Gorochov, 2010
Burmadactylus grimaldii Heads, 2009
Phasmatodea (1f., 1g., 1sp.)
Phasmatidae
Echinosomiscus primoticus Engel & Wang, 2016
Plecoptera
Zoraptera (1f., 2g., 4sp.)
Zorotypidae
Zorotypus acanthothorax Engel & Grimaldi, 2002
Zorotypus cretatus Engel & Grimaldi, 2002
Zorotypus nascimbenei Engel & Grimaldi, 2002
Xenozorotypus burmiticus Engel & Grimaldi, 2002
Hemiptera (36f., 45g., 50sp.)
Achilidae
Niryasaburnia burmitina (Cockerell, 1917)
†Albicoccidae
Albicoccus dimai Koteja, 2004
Aleyrodidae
‘Aleurodicus’ burmiticus Cockerell, 1919
Burmoselis evelynae Shcherbakov, 2000
Aphrophoridae
Aradidae
Aradoleptus birmanus Heiss, 2016
Archearadus burmensis Heiss & Grimaldi, 2001
Archearadus elongatus Heiss, 2016
Calisiomorpha yuripopovi Heiss, 2016
Cretopiesma suukyiae Grimaldi & Engel, 2008
Ellenbergeria oviventris Heiss, 2016
Kachinocoris brevipennis Heiss, 2012
Microaradus anticus Heiss & Poinar, 2012
Myanmezira longicornis Heiss & Poinar, 2012
†Burmacoccidae
Burmacoccus danyi Koteja, 2004
†Burmitaphidae
Burmitaphis prolatum Poinar & Brown, 2005
Caulinus burmitis Poinar & Brown, 2005
Cicadellidae
Cicadidae
Burmacicada protera Poinar & Kritsky, 2011
Cimicidae
Quasicimex eilapinastes Engel, 2008
Cixiidae
Plecophlebus nebulosus Cockerell, 1917
Coccidae
Rosahendersonia prisca Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
Coreidae
Cydnidae
Dipsocoridae
Enicocephalidae
Disphaerocephalus constrictus Cockerell, 1917
Disphaerocephalus macropterus Cockerell, 1917
Disphaerocephalus swinhoei (Cockerell, 1917)
Paenicotechys fossilis (Cockerell, 1916)
Fulgoridae?
Gelastocoridae
Gelastocoris curiosus Poinar & Brown, 2016
Nerthra bichelata Poinar & Brown, 2016
Hydrometridae
Burmametra macrocarinata Huang, Garrouste, Azar, Engel & Nel, 2014
Carinametra burmensis Andersen & Grimaldi 2001
†Kozariidae
Kozarius achronus Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
Kozarius perpetuus Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
Leptopodidae
Grimaldinia pronotalis Popov & Heiss, 2014
Miridae
Naucoridae
Ochteridae
Ortheziidae
Burmorthezia kotejai Vea & Grimaldi, 2012
Burmorthezia insolita Vea & Grimaldi, 2012
Wathondara kotejai Simon, Szwedo & Xia, 2015
†Palaeoleptidae
Palaeoleptus burmanicus Poinar & Buckley, 2009
†Parvaverrucosidae (=Verrucosidae)
Parvaverrucosa annulata (Poinar & Brown, 2005)
†Perforissidae
Foveopsis fennahi Shcherbakov, 2007
†Protopsyllidiidae
Postopsyllidium rebeccae Grimaldi, 2003
Pseudococcidae
Giderius eukrinops Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
Reduvidae
Schizopteridae
Hexaphlebia burmanica Poinar, 2015
Lumatibialis burmitis Poinar, 2015
Tanaia burmitica Perrichot, Nel, & Néraudeau, 2007
†Tajmyraphididae
Tingidae
Burmacader multinervosus Heiss & Guilbert, 2013
Spinitingis ellenbergeri Heiss & Guilbert, 2013
†Weitschatidae
Pseudoweitschatus audebertis Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
Xylococcidae?
Family incertae sedis
Alacrena peculiaris Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
Magnilens glaesaria Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
Marmyan barbarae Koteja, 2004
Pedicellicoccus marginatus Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
Xiphos vani Vea & Grimaldi, 2015
†Permopsocida (1f., 2g., 2sp.)
†Archipsyllidae
Mydiognathus eviohlhoffae Yoshizawa & Lienhard, 2016
Psocorrhyncha burmitica Huang, Bechly, Nel, Engel, Prokop, Azar, Cai, Kamp, Staniczek, Garrouste, Krogmann, Santos Rolo, Baumbach, Ohlhoff, Shmakov, Bourgoin & Nel, 2016.
Psocoptera (6f., 7g., 8sp.)
Thysanoptera (2f.)
Aeolothripidae
Thripidae
Coleoptera (55f., 57g., 59sp.)
Diptera (45f., 93g., 118sp.)
Hymenoptera (39f., 62g., 75sp.)
Formicidae
Lepidoptera (3f., 1g., 1sp.) Butterflies
Gelechiidae
Gracillariidae
Micropterigidae (=Micropterygidae)
Sabatinca perveta (Cockerell, 1919)
Mecoptera (3f., 3g., 5sp.)
Bittacidae
Burmobittacus jarzembowskii Zhao, Bashkuev, Chen & Wang, 2016
Meropeidae
Burmomerope clara Zhao & Wang, 2016
Burmomerope eureka Grimaldi & Engel, 2013
†Pseudopolycentropodidae
Parapolycentropus burmiticus Grimaldi & Rasnitsyn, 2005
Parapolycentropus paraburmiticus Grimaldi & Rasnitsyn, 2005
Megaloptera (1f., 1g., 1sp.)
Sialidae
Haplosialodes liui Huang, Azar, Engel, Cai, Garrouste & Nel, 2016
Neuroptera (20f., 34g., 36sp.)
Ascalaphidae
†Babinskaiidae
Babinskaia martinsnetoi Lu, Zhang & Liu, 2016
Burmobabinskaia tenuis Lu, Zhang & Liu, 2016
Electrobabinskaia burmana Lu, Zhang & Liu, 2016
Berothidae
Dasyberotha eucharis Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Ethiroberotha elongata Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Haploberotha persephone Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Iceloberotha kachinensis Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Iceloberotha simulatrix Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Jersiberotha myanmarensis Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Jersiberotha tauberorum Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Maculaberotha nervosa Yuan, Ren & Wang, 2016
Magniberotha recurrens Yuan, Ren & Wang, 2016
Systenoberotha magillae Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Telistoberotha libitina Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Chrysopidae
Coniopterygidae
Achlyoconis heptatrichia Engel, 2016
Glaesoconis baliopteryx Engel, 2004
Paranimboa litotes Engel, 2016
Phthanoconis burmitica Engel, 2004
†Corydasialidae
Megalopteroneura chenxingi Liu, Lu & Zhang, 2016
†Dipteromantispidae
Burmodipteromantispa jiaxiaoae Liu, Lu & Zhang, 2016
Halteriomantispa grimaldii Liu, Lu & Zhang, 2016
Mantispidipterella longissima Liu, Lu & Zhang, 2016
Hemerobiidae
Ithonidae
Kalligrammatidae
Mantispidae?
Doratomantispa burmanica Poinar, 2010
†Mesochrysopidae
Pedanoptera arachnophila Liu, Zhang, Winterton, Breitkreuz & Engel, 2016
Myrmeleontidae (=Araripeneuridae)
Burmaneura minuta Huang, Azar, Engel, Garrouste, Cai & Nel, 2016
Nemopteridae
Nevrorthidae
Nymphidae
Elenchonymphes electrina Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Osmylidae
Burmaleon magnificus Myskowiak, Huang, Azar, Cai, Garrouste & Nel, 2016
Psychopsidae
Litopsychopsis burmitica Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Rachiberothidae
Creagroparaberotha groehni Makarkin, 2015
Eorachiberotha burmitica Engel, 2004
Micromantispa cristata Shi, Ohl, Wunderlich & Ren, 2014
Scoloberotha necatrix Engel & Grimaldi, 2008
Sisyridae
Paradoxosisyra groehni Makarkin, 2016
Family incertae sedis
Burmopsychops limoae Lu, Zhang & Liu, 2016
Cretanallachius magnificus Huang, Azar, Cai, Garrouste & Nel, 2015
Fiaponeura penghiani Lu, Zhang & Liu, 2016
Raphidioptera (1f., 4g., 5sp.)
†Mesoraphidiidae
Burmoraphidia reni Liu, Lu & Zhang, 2016
Dolichoraphidia aspoecki Liu, Lu & Zhang, 2016
Dolichoraphidia engeli Liu, Lu & Zhang, 2016
Nanoraphidia electroburmica Engel, 2002
Rhynchoraphidia burmana Liu, Lu & Zhang, 2016
Strepsiptera (3f., 2g., 2sp.)
†Cretostylopidae
Cretostylops engeli Grimaldi & Kathirithamby, 2005
†Mengeidae?
†Phthanoxenidae
Phthanoxenos nervosus Engel & Huang, 2016
Trichoptera (6f., 5g., 7sp.)
Hydroptilidae
Burminoptila bemeneha Botosaneanu, 1981
Leptoceridae
Odontoceridae
Palaeopsilotreta xiai Wichard & Wang, 2016
Philopotamidae
Wormaldia cretacea Wichard & Wang, 2016
Wormaldia myanmari Wichard & Poinar, 2005
Wormaldia resina Wichard & Wang, 2016
Polycentropodidae
Neureclipsis burmanica Wichard & Wang, 2016
Psychomyiidae
Palerasnitsynus ohlhoffi Wichard, Ross & Ross, 2011
Order incertae sedis (3f., 3g., 3sp.)
†Lophioneuridae
Burmacypha longicornis Zherikhin, 2000
†Manipulatoridae
Manipulator modificaputis Vršanský & Bechly, 2015
†Mantoblattidae
Mantoblatta mira Gorochov, 2006
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