†Neotanygastrella wheeleri 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 Neotanygastrella according to D. A. Grimaldi 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 12700, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-5103, Las Cruces landslide, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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