Student Symposium: Alternatives to Chemical Control of Insects:A Fossil Horsefly (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Dominican Amber

Authors

  • Robert S. Lane
  • George O. Poinar Jr.
  • G. B. Fairchild

Abstract

A fossil horsefly, Stenotabanus brodzinskyi n.sp., embedded in a piece of Dominican amber estimated to be 25 to 40 million years old is described and compared to extant members of the genus known from Hispaniola.

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Published

1988-12-01

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Literature Review Articles