Description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) Falcaorum sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), a fossil sand fly from dominican amber.
A new species of sand fly, Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) falcaorum is described from an amber originated from the northern mountain range of Dominican Republic. The male sand fly specimen is well preserved and most features used in Phlebotominae taxonomy are seen with remarkable clarity.
Brazil
Reginaldo Peçanha
RP
Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30190-002, Brasil. rpbrazil@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
Andrade Filho
José Dilermando
JD
D018647:Amber; D000818:Animals; D004293:Dominican Republic; D005580:Fossils; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification
D018647:Amber