Ceratodacus priscus
Ceratodacus priscus is a species of prehistoric fly, which probably belongs in the family Tephritidae.[1] It is known from a single male fossil, preserved in Dominican amber from the El Mamey Formation of the Cordillera Septentrional. The species is characterised by the presence of long setulae on the arista.[1]
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| Species: | C. priscus |
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| Ceratodacus priscus Norrbom & Condon, 2000 | |
References
- Allen L. Norrbom & Marty A. Condon (2000). "Phylogeny of the subfamily Blepharoneurinae". In Martín Aluja & Allen Lee Norrbom (ed.). Fruit flies (Tephritidae): phylogeny and evolution of behavior. CRC Press. pp. 135–156. ISBN 978-0-8493-1275-5.
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