†Hemipenthes dominicana Evenhuis 2013 (bee fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Bombyliidae
Full reference: N. L. Evenhuis. 2013. A new species of Hemipenthes Loew (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Anthracinae) from Miocene Dominican amber. Polish Journal of Entomology 82:281-286
Belongs to Hemipenthes according to N. L. Evenhuis 2013
Sister taxa: Hemipenthes gabbroensis, Hemipenthes provincialis, Hemipenthes tertiaria, Hemipenthes tertiarius
Type specimen: Poinar D-7-229, 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)
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