Diptera
Vendor: Fossils in Amber
SKU Number: SQ8621100
This is a complete specimen of a true fly from the Miocene amber deposits of the Dominican Republic. True flies are of the Order Diptera. This inclusion is of the Suborder: Brachycera and Superfamily: Muscoidea.
The details on this fly are outstanding. Every hair on the body and even on the tips of the wings are beautifully preserved. The eyes are large and incredibly detailed. The mouth organs are extremely well preserved and detailed. The colors that were reflected back from this specimen during photography are truly amazing. Based on the ovipositor this looks to be a female.
Full dimensions are listed below.
SPECIAL: With the purchase of this insect come the high resolution digital downloads of the original photography. The images could be printed to poster size. I will retain the rights to use the images after the sale of this insect.
Vendor: Fossils in Amber
SKU Number: SQ8621100
This is a complete specimen of a true fly from the Miocene amber deposits of the Dominican Republic. True flies are of the Order Diptera. This inclusion is of the Suborder: Brachycera and Superfamily: Muscoidea.
The details on this fly are outstanding. Every hair on the body and even on the tips of the wings are beautifully preserved. The eyes are large and incredibly detailed. The mouth organs are extremely well preserved and detailed. The colors that were reflected back from this specimen during photography are truly amazing. Based on the ovipositor this looks to be a female.
Full dimensions are listed below.
SPECIAL: With the purchase of this insect come the high resolution digital downloads of the original photography. The images could be printed to poster size. I will retain the rights to use the images after the sale of this insect.
Vendor: Fossils in Amber
SKU Number: SQ8621100
This is a complete specimen of a true fly from the Miocene amber deposits of the Dominican Republic. True flies are of the Order Diptera. This inclusion is of the Suborder: Brachycera and Superfamily: Muscoidea.
The details on this fly are outstanding. Every hair on the body and even on the tips of the wings are beautifully preserved. The eyes are large and incredibly detailed. The mouth organs are extremely well preserved and detailed. The colors that were reflected back from this specimen during photography are truly amazing. Based on the ovipositor this looks to be a female.
Full dimensions are listed below.
SPECIAL: With the purchase of this insect come the high resolution digital downloads of the original photography. The images could be printed to poster size. I will retain the rights to use the images after the sale of this insect.
Additional Information
There are two main sites that yield amber in the Dominican Republic; Santiago de los Caballeros, in the north, and Santo Domingo, in the east. In the northern area, the amber-bearing unit is the upper part of the La Taco Formation, comprising a suite of clastic rocks. This unit is composed of sandstone with occasional conglomerates that accumulated in a deltaic to deep-water environment. Individual thick, coarse beds are at the base of the formation. These beds grade into the sandstone, which contains the amber, in parallel lamination with occasional ripple marks preserved on the surfaces.
True fly - Diptera - from the Miocene amber deposits of the Dominican Republic. True flies have a single pair of wings and exhibit a pair of organs at the base of the wings used for balancing. These balancing organs are called Halteres and probably evolved from the ancestral hindwings. Only true flies belong to the order Diptera.
