†Spelobia palaeobrevipteryx Marshall 1999 (lesser dung fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Sphaeroceridae
Full reference: S. A. Marshall. 1999. Taxonomic names, in New species of Sphaeroceridae (Insecta: Diptera) in Dominican amber. Studia Dipterologica 6:295-304
Belongs to Spelobia according to S. A. Marshall 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH DR-10-1441, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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