†Drosophila (Drosophila) succini Grimaldi 1987 (fruit fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Drosophilidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi. 1987. Amber fossil Drosophilidae (Diptera), with particular reference to the Hispaniolan taxa. American Museum Novitates 2880:1-23
Belongs to Drosophila (Drosophila) according to D. A. Grimaldi 1987
Sister taxon: Drosophila (Drosophila) poinari
Type specimen: USNM 8512, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll)
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