†Olbiogaster perezi Grimaldi and Amorim 1995 (wood gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and D. S. Amorim. 1995. A basal new species of Olbiogaster (Diptera: Anisopididae) in Dominican amber, and its systematic placement. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97(3):561-568
Belongs to Olbiogaster according to D. A. Grimaldi and D. S. Amorim 1995
Sister taxon: Olbiogaster simplex
Type specimen: AMNH DR-11-657, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
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