Phlebotoiella eoindianensis Solórzano Kraemer and Wagner 2009 (sand fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: M. M. Solórzano Kraemer and R. Wagner. 2009. The first psychodid (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) species from the Lower Eocene amber of Vastan, Gujarat, India. Zootaxa 2152:63-68

Belongs to Phlebotoiella according to E. A. B. Galati et al. 2025

See also Solórzano Kraemer and Wagner 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLGDLU/NS/1001, an exoskeleton (complete specimen). Its type locality is Cambay amber, Vastan lignite mine (MLGDLU collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Vastan lignite mine (MLGDLU collection)

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