Dominican Amber with Rare Gnat Bug

Fossil Amber

Insect Order Hemiptera, Familiy Enicocephalidae

Geological Time: Oligocene-Miocene

Size (25.4mm = 1 inch): Amber: 16 mm long , 8 mm across, Inclusion: 2 mm

Fossil Site: Region near Santiago, Dominican Republic

Code: DA45012

Price: Sold

Dominican Amber with Rare Gnat BugDescription: This amber piece displays a rarely-offered gnat bug. The title inclusion, as a member of the Enicocephalidae, is the basalmost infraorder. Modern members are occasionally seen in mixed mating swarms from which their common name is derived. The earliest examples have been found in Cretaceous amber from Lebanon.

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