Paralienates Maldonado Capriles et al. 1996 (unique-headed bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Enicocephalidae

Full reference: J. Maldonado Capriles, J. A. Santiago-Blay, and G. O. Poinar. 1996. Paralienates hyalinus n. gen. and n. sp. (Enicocephalidae: Heteroptera): fossil gnat bug from Dominican amber (lower Oligocene-upper Eocene). Journal of the Agricultural University of Puerto Rico 80:47-54

Parent taxon: Alienatinae according to J. Maldonado Capriles et al. 1996

Sister taxon: Alienates

Subtaxa: Paralienates hyalinus

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Type: Paralienates hyalinus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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