Enicocephalus seniculus Grimaldi et al. 1993 (unique-headed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Enicocephalidae

Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi, C. Michalski, and K. Schmidt. 1993. Amber fossil Enicocephalidae (Heteroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon and Oligo-Miocene of the Dominican Republic, with biogeographic analysis of Enicocephalus. American Museum Novitates 3071:1-30

Belongs to Enicocephalus according to D. A. Grimaldi et al. 1993

Sister taxa: Enicocephalus omen, Enicocephalus prius, Enicocephalus subvitreus

Type specimen: AMNH DR-10-67, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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