Pintomyia falcaorum

Pintomyia falcaorum
Temporal range: Burdigalian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Psychodidae
Subfamily:
Phlebotominae
Genus:
Pintomyia
Subgenus:
Pifanomyia
Species:
† P. falcaorum
Binomial name
Pintomyia falcaorum
Brazil & Andrade Filho, 2002

Pintomyia falcaorum is an extinct species of sandfly in the moth fly subfamily Phlebotominae.[1] P. falcaorum is solely known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Brazil, R. P.; Andrade Filho, J. D. (2002). "Description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) falcaorum sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), a fossil sand fly from Dominican amber". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 97 (4): 501–503. doi:10.1590/s0074-02762002000400008. PMID 12118279.
  2. ^ Iturralde-Vinent, M. A.; MacPhee, R. D. E. (1996). "Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber". Science. 273 (5283): 1850–1852. Bibcode:1996Sci...273.1850I. doi:10.1126/science.273.5283.1850. S2CID 129754021.