Pintomyia brazilorum Andrade Filho et al. 2006 (sand fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Alternative combination: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) brazilorum

Full reference: J. D. Andrade Filho, E. A. B. Galati, and A. L. Falcão. 2006. Description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) brazilorum sp. nov. a new fossil species from the Dominican Republic (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 101:141-142

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

See also Andrade Filho et al. 2006

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Oswaldo Cruz coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Oswaldo Cruz coll)

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