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The wing tips and the terminalia are not completely preserved, a 100% sure determination is probably not possible. An assignment into the affinity of P. aphoe (hence P. cf. aphoe) seems nevertheless possible. Taxonomy from fossilworks.org. Diagnosis for the genus Phlobotomites in Stebner et al. 2015, p. 18: "Eyes without eye bridge; mouthparts well developed; first flagellomere long; last palpomere shorter or equal to the preceding one; wing with a broad distal half and broadly rounded tip; Rs four branched; R2 and R3 separated; origin of R4 apical to origin of R5; male terminalia phlebotomine-like." Diagnosis for P. aphoe in Stebner et al. 2015, p. 19:"A small phlebotomine species characterized by the wing branching pattern, as compared with other described species of Phlebotomites." Line drawing by Stebner et al. 2015, p. 19: Identified by oilshale using Stebner et al. 2015. References: Hennig, W. (1972): Insektenfossilien aus der unteren Kreide IV. Psychodidae (Phlebotominae), mit einer kritischen Übersicht über das phylogenetische System der Familie und die bisher beschriebenen Fossilien (Diptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 241:1-69. Stebner, F., Solórzano Kraemer, M. M. ,Ibáñez-Bernal, S. and Wagner, R. (2015): Moth flies and sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber. PeerJ 3(e1254):1-34. Ain Malak M, Salame Y, Azar D. (2013.): New phlebotomine flies from Burmese amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae). Terrestrial Arthropods Reviews 6:81–101 DOI 10.1163/18749836-06021060.
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From the album: Invertebrates
Phlebotomus sp. Sandfly in Burmese amber Upper Cretaceous Hkamti Sagaing Region Myanmar Body length ~1mm Unpleasant bloodsuckers like this sandfly, which mainly fed on warm-blooded animals, existed already in the Cretaceous. My first successful attempt to stack photos.
