Amber ECOSYSTEM with >> 200 Insects a Rare Centipede

Name: Fossil Amber Insects Dipterans in amber

Age: Pleistocene to Pliocene

Size: mm (25.4mm=1 inch): 110 by 45 mm; 61.7 grams

Location: Andes mountains in Colombia

Code: a60

Price: $575.00 - Sold

There is an astonishing number of insectsFossil centipede in amber in this large amber. I counted 255, but there may well be close to 300. Mostly they are Dipterans. Yet, the premier inclusion is a mystery, not an insect, but an Arthropod from Subphylum Myriapoda, a centipede. Centipedes are extremely rare in amber -- but to what family/genus does this very long centipede belong? My friend John Adamek identified this Centipede to be of the Family Geophilidae, and this was confirmed by Professor Robert Woodruff, Entomologist Emeritist. The name Geophilidae means "soil loving"' hence the common term Soil Centipedes. The Centipedes differ from Millipedes in having a single pair of legs per segment, The Geophilidae can have anywhere from 31 to 173 pairs of legs, giving them their ribbonlike appearance. On balance, this specimen easily qualifies as Extremely Rare.

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Click pix to enlarge (each picture links to two larger pictures)

The pictures below are of the massive number of Dipterans

The pictures below are of the Centipede
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