Boreofairchildia hennigianus Schlüter 1978 (moth fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Alternative combination: Nemopalpus hennigianus

Full reference: T. Schlüter. 1978. Die Schmetterlingsmücken-Gattung Nemopalpus (Diptera: Psychodidae) aus dem oligozän Harz der Dominikanischen Republik. Entomologica Germanica 4:242-249

Belongs to Boreofairchildia according to R. Wagner 2017

See also Schlüter 1978

Sister taxa: Boreofairchildia dominicana, Boreofairchildia scheveni

Type specimen: FU Berlin Psy O Dom, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (FU Berlin coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (FU Berlin coll)

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