†Mesochria neotropica Grimaldi 1991 (wood gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Alternative combination: Neomesochria neotropica
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi. 1991. Mycetobiine woodgnats (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from the Oligo-Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic, and old world affinities. American Museum Novitates 3014:1-24
Belongs to Mesochria according to F. C. Thompson 2006
See also Amorim and Tozoni 1994 and Grimaldi 1991
Sister taxa: Mesochria deploegi, Mesochria fani
Type specimen: AMNH DR-5-15, 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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