†Phlebotomites grimaldii Ain Malak et al. 2013 (sand fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: M. Ain Malak, Y. Salamé, and D. Azar. 2013. New phlebotomine flies from Burmese amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 6:81-101
Belongs to Phlebotomites according to F. Stebner et al. 2015
See also Ain Malak et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Phlebotomites aphoe, Phlebotomites brevifilis, Phlebotomites burmaticus, Phlebotomites longifilis, Phlebotomites neli
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-778A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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