The first <i>Stylogaster</i> Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) fossil, from Oligo-Miocene Dominican amber, and some phylogenetic and biogeographic considerations

Rocha, L. S. G.; Burt, T. O.; de Mello-Patiu, C. A.; Skevington, J. H.

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The first Stylogaster Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) fossil, from Oligo-Miocene Dominican amber, and some phylogenetic and biogeographic considerations

L. S. G. Rocha, T. O. Burt, C. A. de Mello-Patiu, and J. H. Skevington

L. S. G. Rocha

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

leonardo.rocha@ifrj.edu.br

Graduate Program in Biological Sciences – Zoology, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Nilópolis, Nilópolis, RJ, Brazil

now at: Department of Entomology, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

T. O. Burt

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

C. A. de Mello-Patiu

Department of Entomology, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Research fellow of Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil

J. H. Skevington

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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