Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Alternative combination: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) bolontikui

Full reference: S. Ibáñez-Bernal, M. Solórzano Kraemer, F. Stebner and R. Wagner. 2014. A new fossil species of Phlebotominae sand fly from Miocene amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:227-233

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

See also Ibáñez-Bernal et al. 2014

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

Type specimen: SMNS Mx 351.3, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (SMNS collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in the Mazantic Shale Formation of Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (SMNS collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.