Miocene insects

Lutzomyia is a genus of phlebotomine sand flies consisting of nearly 400 species, at least 33 of which have medical importance as vectors of human disease. Species of the genus Lutzomyia are found only in the New World, distributed in southern areas of the Nearctic and throughout the Neotropical realm. Lutzomyia is one of the two genera of the subfamily Phlebotominae to transmit the Leishmania parasite, with the other being Phlebotomus, found only in the Old World. Lutzomyia sand flies also serve as vectors for the bacterial Carrion's disease and a number of arboviruses.

extinct species of beetle

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect

species of insect (fossil)

Attopsis is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Formicinae. While formerly containing a number of species, the genus is currently monotypic; the type species, Attopsis longipennis, is known from a single Early Miocene fossil found in what is now Croatia.

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

species of insect (fossil)

Protohepialus is an extinct genus of moth in the family Hepialidae. It contains only one species, Protohepialus comstocki, which was described from a Tortonian marine shale (Upper Miocene) in the Puente Formation of California.