Description of Micropygomyia brandaoi sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), a fossil phlebotomine from the Dominican Republic.
The description of Micropygomyia brandaoi, a new species of fossil phlebotomine sand fly, is based on one male specimen obtained from Dominican amber of the Miocene period (20 million years). In this new species, the fifth palpal segment is long, the coxite lacks a setal tuft and the style shows four well-developed spines. This set of characters allowed us to place the new species in the genus Micropygomyia Barretto.
Andrade Filho
José Dilermando
JD
Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Instituto René Rachou, Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. jandrade@cpqrr.fiocruz.br
Galati
Eunice A Bianchi
EA
Falcão
Alda Lima
AL
Brazil
Reginaldo Peçanha
RP
D018647:Amber; D000818:Animals; D004293:Dominican Republic; D005580:Fossils; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*
D018647:Amber