Diphleps yenli Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1993 (plant bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Miridae

Full reference: J. A. Santiago-Blay and G. O. Poinar. 1993. Classification of Diphleps (Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae), with the description of D. yenli, a new species from dominican amber (lower oligocene-upper eocene). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 95:70-73

Belongs to Diphleps according to J. A. Santiago-Blay and G. O. Poinar 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: HE 4-17, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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