Corynoptera pristina Röschmann and Mohrig 2005 (dark-winged fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Full reference: F. Röschmann and W. Mohrig. 2005. Taxonomic names, in Sciarid flies from Dominican amber (Diptera, Sciaridae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 55:319-361

Belongs to Corynoptera according to F. Röschmann and W. Mohrig 2005

Sister taxa: Corynoptera curiosa, Corynoptera dubia, Corynoptera eocenica, Corynoptera evenhuisi, Corynoptera iocosa, Corynoptera klebsii, Corynoptera koenigsbergensis, Corynoptera neutralis, Corynoptera prisca, Corynoptera ritzkowskii, Corynoptera schumanni, Corynoptera subagilis, Corynoptera tritospinosula, Corynoptera umbrosa, Sciara spinulosa

Type specimen: Poinar D-A-Sci-20, 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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