†Phaenobezzia wirthi Szadziewski and Grogan 1997 (biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1997. Biting midges from Dominican amber. II. Species of the tribes Heteromyiini and Palpomyiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 18:254-260
Belongs to Phaenobezzia according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Szadziewski 2018 and Szadziewski and Grogan 1997
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH DR-8-100, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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