Xenotrichomyia newjerseyiensis Azar et al. 2015 (moth fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: D. Azar, R. Mouawad, and Y. Salamé. 2015. A new genus of Trichomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of New Jersey. Cretaceous Research 52:531-538

Belongs to Xenotrichomyia according to F. Stebner et al. 2015

See also Azar et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH NJ-141, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, Sunrise landing, East Brunswick, which is in a Turonian terrestrial amber in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, Sunrise landing, East Brunswick

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