Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: J. D. Andrade Filho, A. L. Falcão, E. A. B. Galati and R. P. Brazil. 2006. Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleotownsendi, a new sand fly from the Miocene amber of Dominican Republic (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 101(Suppl 2):57-58

Belongs to Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) according to J. D. Andrade Filho et al. 2006

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) paleotrichia, 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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