Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: S. Ibáñez-Bernal, M. Solórzano Kraemer, F. Stebner and R. Wagner. 2014. A new fossil species of Phlebotominae sand fly from Miocene amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:227-233

Belongs to Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) according to S. Ibáñez-Bernal et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) brazilorum, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) dominicana, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) falcaorum, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) filipalpis, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) killickorum, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) miocena, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleopestis, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleotownsendi, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleotrichia, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) succini

Type specimen: SMNS Mx 351.3, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (SMNS collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in the Mazantic Shale Formation of Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (SMNS collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.