†Phlebotomus vetus Stebner et al. 2015 (sand fly)
Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 328616
Full reference: F. Stebner, M. M. Solórzano Kraemer, S. Ibáñez-Bernal and R. Wagner. 2015. Moth flies and sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber. PeerJ 3(e1254):1-34
Belongs to Phlebotomus according to F. Stebner et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Phlebotomus khludae, Phlebotomus pungens
Type specimen: SMF Be 2533, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (SMF coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
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Average measurements (in mm): wing length 1.40