Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Alternative combination: Lutzomyia adiketis

Full reference: G. Poinar. 2008. Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber. Parasites & Vectors 1(22):1-8

Belongs to Pintomyia according to E. A. B. Galati et al. 2025

See also Poinar 2008

Sister taxa: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia), Pintomyia bolontikui, Pintomyia brazilorum, Pintomyia dissimilis, Pintomyia dominicana, Pintomyia falcaorum, Pintomyia filipalpis, Pintomyia killickorum, Pintomyia miocena, Pintomyia paleopestis, Pintomyia succini

Type specimen: Poinar P-3-5, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.