title: Description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleotrichia, a miocene period new species from the Dominican Republic (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae).
abstract: A new fossil species of phlebotomine sandflies is described from Dominican amber based in one specimen. Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) paleotrichia sp. nov. is distinguished from the other extant and extinct species by aspects of paramere and the basal tuft of bristles in the gonocoxite.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. jandrade@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: José Dilermando
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Andrade Filho
authors.forename: Reginaldo Peçanha
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Brazil
authors.forename: Alda Lima
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Falcão
authors.forename: Eunice A Bianchi
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Galati
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber; D000818:Animals; D004293:Dominican Republic; D005580:Fossils; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D018647:Amber