†Lutzomyia adiketis Poinar 2008 (sand fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: G. Poinar. 2008. Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber. Parasites & Vectors 1(22):1-8
Belongs to Lutzomyia according to G. Poinar 2008
Sister taxon: Lutzomyia (Trichopygomyia)
Type specimen: Poinar P-3-5, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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