Description of Pintomyia (Pifanomyia) brazilorum sp. nov. a new fossil species from the Dominican Republic (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
A sand fly fossil was found in amber, a vegetal resin, which allows all the external phlebotomine structures to be seen. The piece that contains the new species is 14 mm long <FONT FACE=Symbol>´</FONT> 8 mm wide <FONT FACE=Symbol>´</FONT> 3 mm high. All th...
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
2006-03-01
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Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000200004 |