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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Psychodidae (Mothfly) in Amber Dominican Republic Lower Miocene to Mid Oligocene (30 to 23 million years ago) This piece measures 20 mm long by 18 mm wide and 4mm thick. Insect- 1mm. Drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, or sewer gnats (Psychodidae) are small true flies (Diptera) with short, hairy bodies and wings giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance, hence one of their common names, moth flies. There are more than 2600 described species worldwide, most of them native to the humid tropics. This makes them one of the most diverse families of their order. Drain flies sometimes inhabit plumbing drains and sewage systems, where they are a harmless but persistent annoyance. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Nematocera Infraorder: Psychodomorpha Superfamily: Psychodoidea Family: Psychodidae -
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Psychodidae (Mothfly) in Amber Dominican Republic Lower Miocene to Mid Oligocene (30 to 23 million years ago) This piece measures 20 mm long by 18 mm wide and 4mm thick. Insect- 1mm. Drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, or sewer gnats (Psychodidae) are small true flies (Diptera) with short, hairy bodies and wings giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance, hence one of their common names, moth flies. There are more than 2600 described species worldwide, most of them native to the humid tropics. This makes them one of the most diverse families of their order. Drain flies sometimes inhabit plumbing drains and sewage systems, where they are a harmless but persistent annoyance. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Suborder: Nematocera Infraorder: Psychodomorpha Superfamily: Psychodoidea Family: Psychodidae -
Hi all, I picked up this piece of amber because of the interesting coprolite (caterpillar, I think). Anyway, it also has an interesting flying insect with a white substance surrounding it. The wings also look like they have some sort of protrusions along the edges as well. At first I thought it was some sort of spider silk, but I can't see any fibers. The only other thing I could think of was some sort of parasitic fungus. It was really hard to get a good photo of it. Are there any amber experts out there that have come across something like this?
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Would anyone have a pdf of the following: J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 I will be forever in your debt Thanks Mike
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Can anyone please help identify this insect? According to the label, the amber is from the Dominican Republic, dated to the Oligocene. Right now I'm guessing this is a black scavenger fly. Thanks in advance.
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Mayfly With Springtail Hitchhiker: Amber Specimen 16 Million Years Old -- Reveals Unknown Animal Behaviors ScienceDaily, October 17, 2012, http://www.scienceda...21017181349.htm and http://phys.org/news...ls-unknown.html Penney D., A. McNeil, D. I. Green, R. S. Bradley, J. E. Jepson, and others, 2012, Ancient Ephemeroptera–Collembola Symbiosis Fossilized in Amber Predicts Contemporary Phoretic Associations. PLoS ONE, vol. 7, no. 10, e47651 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047651 http://www.plosone.o...al.pone.0047651 http://www.plosone.o...resentation=PDF Best wishes, Paul H.
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