†Mesembrinella caenozoica Cerretti et al. 2017 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mesembrinellidae
Full reference: P. Cerretti, J. O. Stireman, T. Pape, J. E. O'Hara, M. A. T. Marinho, K. Rognes, and D. A. Grimaldi. 2017. First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences. PLoS One 12(8):e0182101
Belongs to Mesembrinella according to P. Cerretti et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Zigras coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Zigras coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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