Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) schleei Peñalver and Grimaldi 2006 (sand fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Alternative combination: Lutzomyia (Trichopygomyia) schleei

Full reference: E. Peñalver and D. Grimaldi. 2006. Assemblages of mammalian hair and blood-feeding midges (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Miocene amber. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 96:177-195

Belongs to Psathyromyia (Forattiniella) according to J. D. Andrade Filho et al. 2009

See also Peñalver and Grimaldi 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS Do-5514-M, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)

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