Najdišča fosilnih žuželk v Sloveniji

slovenian

2013

volume 21, issue 1

Eocene   fossil insects   Miocene   Oligocene   Slovenia

Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije

Fossil sites with insect remains are rare in Slovenia. The oldest remains of fossil beetle is known from Eocene beds at Socka near Dobrna. From Oligocene beds of Zasavje region only two remains of fossil insects were found (Plecia sp. and wing of unidentified fly (Diptera) between Trbovlje and Hrastnik). At Rovte near Podnart some fossil ants and wasps remains were found within Oligocene rocks (Rupelian age). Best known and the richest fossil insect sites (two sites) come from Tunjice Hills near Kamnik. In total over 200 specimens of fossil insects were found in the beds of Middle Miocene age (Early Sarmatian). From these sites come the first fossil dragonfly in Slovenia Sloveniatrum robici and representatives of Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera. A rare find of fossil insect comes from an abandoned coal mine near Kočevje, a specimen identified as Bibio sticheli. Only seven fossil insects sites are known in Slovenia and their contents need palaeontological studies.

28.01.2015