Insecta - Diptera - Sepsidae

Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi, O. Lonsdale, and H. Herhold. 2026. A new genus and species of Miocene Sepsidae (Diptera), the first definitive fossil of the family. American Museum Novitates 4045:1-20

Parent taxon: Sepsidae according to D. A. Grimaldi et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Sepsis, Themira

Subtaxa: Chaetosepsis caribea

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Type: Chaetosepsis caribea

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)

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