New species of Trichomyia Haliday (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Mexican amber

ABSTRACT

A new species of Psychodidae is described by a well-preserved adult male trapped in Miocene amber from Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico. The new species named Trichomyia vetusta sp. nov., is described, illustrated, and compared with the other Trichomyia fossil species from Mexican amber.

KEYWORDS:

• Chiapas
• simojovel
• miocene
• fossil
• sandflies

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Programa de Becas Posdoctorales UNAM - DGAPA for the postdoctoral grant provided to LRPG; to Dr. Freddy Bravo, for their very helpful and critical reviews; and to Dr. Carlos Pedraza-Lara for allowing LRPG to use the facilities of the Laboratório de Entomología Forense during this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This study was supported by a postdoctoral grant to LRPG from Programa de Becas Posdoctorales UNAM - DGAPA;