Ceratodacus priscus

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Ceratodacus

| species = priscus

| authority = Norrbom & Condon, 2000

}}

Ceratodacus priscus is a species of prehistoric fly, which probably belongs in the family Tephritidae.{{cite book |editor=Martín Aluja & Allen Lee Norrbom |year=2000 |title=Fruit flies (Tephritidae): phylogeny and evolution of behavior |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-8493-1275-5 |chapter=Phylogeny of the subfamily Blepharoneurinae |pages=135–156 |author=Allen L. Norrbom & Marty A. Condon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfeCUROC1ZkC&pg=PA135}} It is known from a single male fossil, preserved in Dominican amber from the El Mamey Formation of the Cordillera Septentrional. The species is characterised by the presence of long setulae on the arista.

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