Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Alternative combination: Trichopygomyia killickorum

Full reference: J. D. Andrade Filho, A. L. Falcão, and R. P. Brazil. 2004. A new phlebotomine fossil species Trichopygomyia killickorum sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae) found in the Dominican Republic amber. Parasite 11:71-73

Belongs to Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) according to J. D. Andrade Filho et al. 2009

See also Andrade Filho et al. 2004

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

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Oswaldo Cruz coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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