Insecta - Hemiptera - Tingidae
Full reference: V. B. Golub and Y. A. Popov. 2000. New Cenozoic lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S290-S297
Belongs to Leptopharsa according to T. Wappler 2003
See also Golub and Popov 2000 and Golub and Popov 2002
Sister taxa: Leptopharsa antica, Leptopharsa colombiana, Leptopharsa frater, Leptopharsa poinari, Leptopharsa tacanae
Type specimen: AMNH DR-10-44, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber, El Valle locality (AMNH collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Yanigua Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, El Valle locality (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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