Problepharoneura
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''Problepharoneura'' is a fossil genus of Tephritid or fruit flies in the family
Tephritidae The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus ''Drosophila'' (in the family Drosophilidae), w ...
for the sole species, ''Problepharoneura antiqua'', described on the basis of single male specimen found in Upper Eocene amber from the
Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
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Blepharoneurinae Tephritidae genera {{Tephritidae-stub