Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Alternative combinations: Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) killickorum, Trichopygomyia killickorum

Full reference: J. D. Andrade Filho, A. L. Falcão, and R. P. Brazil. 2004. A new phlebotomine fossil species Trichopygomyia killickorum sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae) found in the Dominican Republic amber. Parasite 11:71-73

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

See also Andrade Filho et al. 2004 and Andrade Filho et al. 2009

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