Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: L. W. Quate. 1963. Fossil Psychodidae in Mexican amber, part 2 (Diptera: Insecta). Journal of Paleontology 37(1):110-118
Belongs to Trichomyia according to W. Hennig 1972
See also Quate 1963
Sister taxa: Phalaenomyia, Trichomyia (Septemtrichomyia), Trichomyia (Trichomyia), Trichomyia antiquaria, Trichomyia axeli, Trichomyia brevicornis, Trichomyia buceras, Trichomyia concinna, Trichomyia crassicornis, Trichomyia declivivena, Trichomyia decora, Trichomyia discalis, Trichomyia distincta, Trichomyia duckhousei, Trichomyia formosula, Trichomyia lengleti, Trichomyia longicornis, Trichomyia mecocerca, Trichomyia nova, Trichomyia procera, Trichomyia pulchra, Trichomyia richardi, Trichomyia smithi, Trichomyia tenera, Trichomyia urbica
Type specimen: UCMP 12816, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-5100, Las Cruces landslide, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-5100, Las Cruces landslide, Simojovel region
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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