Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: J. D. Andrade Filho, R. P. Brazil, A. L. Falcão and E. A. B. Galati. 2007. Description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleotrichia, a Miocene period new species from the Dominican Republic (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 102:901-903

Belongs to Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) according to J. D. Andrade Filho et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) bolontikui, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) brazilorum, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) dominicana, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) falcaorum, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) filipalpis, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) killickorum, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) miocena, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleopestis, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleotownsendi, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) succini

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Oswaldo Cruz coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Oswaldo Cruz coll)

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