†Planinasus electrus Grimaldi and Mathis 1993 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Periscelididae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and W. N. Mathis. 1993. Fossil Periscelididae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society Washington 95(3):383-403
Belongs to Planinasus according to D. A. Grimaldi and W. N. Mathis 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH DR-8-208, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
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