Pintomyia dominicana Andrade Filho et al. 2009 (sand fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Alternative combination: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) dominicana

Full reference: J. D. Andrade Filho, E. A. B. Galati, and R. P. Brazil. 2009. Review of American fossil Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) with a description of two new species. Journal of Medical Entomology 46:969-979

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

See also Andrade Filho et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia), Pintomyia adiketis, Pintomyia bolontikui, Pintomyia brazilorum, Pintomyia dissimilis, 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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