Evenhuis, 2002a : 10
Evenhuis, 2002b : 55
Pieza
Review of the Tertiary microbombyliids Diptera: Mythicomyiidae in Baltic, Bitterfeld, and Dominican amber
Evenhuis, Neal L.
Zootaxa
2002
100
1
15
Evenhuis, 2002a : 10
Evenhuis, 2002b : 55
Evenhuis
Evenhuis
[264,603,283,309]
Insecta
Bombyliidae
Pieza
Animalia
Diptera
10
11
Arthropoda
species
dominicana
Pieza dominicana Evenhuis, 2002a: 10. Evenhuis, 2002b: 55. Evenhuis (2002a)described the genus Piezacomprising 11 species (10 extant and 1 fossil). The genus is currently found in the western North American cordillera with disjunct extant species known from Florida, Brazil, and the Caribbean. The lone fossil species is known from the Miocene amber of the DominicanRepublic. The characters given in Evenhuis (2002a)should serve to identify the species. No additional information has been found in this study that can be added to the original description.
TYPE. Holotypefemale from DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: exact locality unknown, DR-11-1. Deposited in AMNH. The holotypeis the only inclusion in a piece of amber that measures approximately 6 x 13mm and has been cut, polished, and mounted in clear artificial resin