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New Genus and First Record of Hybotinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) in Middle Miocene Dominican Amber.
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A new fossil genus of the family Hybotidae is described, based on male and female specimens. The new genus is monotypic: Syneproctus caridadi gen. et sp. nov. It belongs to the subfamily Hybotinae and shares some characters with the extant genera Syneches Walker, 1852, Stenoproctus Loew, 1858 and Chillcottomyia Saigusa, 1986; however, the differences, principally in the wing venation (shortened cua cell, horizontal m-cu crossvein) and sclerotized mouthparts, support the description of a new genus. This is the first description of a new taxon of the subfamily Hybotinae from specimens preserved in Dominican amber.
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SOLÓRZANO-KRAEMER, Mónica M., et al. New Genus and First Record of Hybotinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) in Middle Miocene Dominican Amber. Novitates Caribaea. 2020. Vol. 15, num. 1-8. ISSN 2071-9841. [consulted: 16 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/162674