Problepharoneura

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Problepharoneura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Problepharoneura
Norrbom & Condon, 2000
Species:
P. antiqua
Binomial name
Problepharoneura antiqua
Norrbom & Condon, 2000 [1]

Problepharoneura is a fossil genus of Tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae [2] [3] for the sole species, Problepharoneura antiqua, described on the basis of single male specimen found in Upper Eocene amber from the Dominican Republic. [4]

References

  1. Norrbom, Allen L.; Condon, Marty A. Condon (2001). "Phylogeny of the Subfamily Blepharoneurinae". In Aluja, Martin; Norrbom, A.L. (eds.). Fruit flies (Tephritidae) : phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press. pp. 143–144.
  2. "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results".
  3. "Problepharoneura - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
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