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]

Ceratodacus priscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tephritidae
Genus: Ceratodacus
Species:
C. priscus
Binomial name
Ceratodacus priscus
Norrbom & Condon, 2000

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.