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 E. A. B. Galati et al. 2025

See also Andrade Filho et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleotrichia

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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