†Protortalotrypeta grimaldii Norrbom 1994 (fruit fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Tephritidae
Full reference: A. L. Norrbom. 1994. New genera of Tephritidae (Diptera) from Brazil and Dominican amber, with phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Ortalotrypetini. Insecta Mundi 8:1-15
Belongs to Protortalotrypeta according to A. L. Norrbom 1994
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber, El Valle locality (AMNH collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Yanigua Formation of the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, El Valle locality (AMNH collection)
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