Insecta - Diptera - Periscelididae

Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and W. N. Mathis. 1993. Fossil Periscelididae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society Washington 95(3):383-403

Belongs to Periscelis (Myodris) according to D. A. Grimaldi and W. N. Mathis 1993

Sister taxa: Periscelis (Myodris) annectans, Periscelis (Myodris) brodzinskyi, Periscelis (Myodris) facianota

Type specimen: AMNH DR-8-207A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

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