Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Leptophlebiidae
Full reference: A. H. Staniczek. 2003. New fossil mayflies from Dominican amber (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 341:1-22
Belongs to Borinquena according to D. Penney et al. 2012
See also Godunko and Krzemiński 2009 and Staniczek 2003
Sister taxa: Borinquena caeciliana, Borinquena maculata, Borinquena schawallfussi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Florida State Collection of Arthropods), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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