†Pachygaster hymenaea Grund and Hauser 2005 (soldier fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Stratiomyidae
Full reference: M. Grund and M. Hauser. 2005. Pachygaster hymenaea sp. nov. and P. antiqua James, 1971 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Neotropical ambers. Zootaxa 1061:29-34
Belongs to Pachygaster according to M. Grund and M. Hauser 2005
Sister taxon: Pachygaster antiqua
Type specimen: SMNS Do-3495-M, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)
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