Upper Eocene robber flies of the genus Ommatius (Diptera: Asilidae) in Dominican Amber

Authors

A. G. Scarbrough, Towson State University, Baltimore, MD
George O. Poinar Jr., University of California, Berkeley, CA

Date of this Version

March 1992

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 6, No. 1, March, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Scarbrough and Poinar, Jr.

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.

Abstract

Ommatius fimbriatus and O. subtus are based upon four specimens embedded in Dominican amber from the El Mamey Formation in the Dominican Republic. The amber is from the Lower Oligocene - Upper Eocene, originating between 25 and 40 million years ago. The specimens are the first reported fossils of Ommatius. Both species are described and compared with modern species. Significant characters are illustrated and/or photographed.