†Leptopharsa antica Golub and Heiss 2018 (lace bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Tingidae
Full reference: V. B. Golub and E. Heiss. 2018. Two new species of lace bugs from Dominican amber and a new species from Colombian copal (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae). Zootaxa 4444:333-341
Belongs to Leptopharsa according to V. B. Golub and E. Heiss 2018
Sister taxa: Leptopharsa colombiana, Leptopharsa evsyunini, Leptopharsa frater, Leptopharsa poinari, Leptopharsa tacanae
Type specimen: CEHI DOM-TING-04, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Heiss Coll.), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Heiss Coll.)
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