Phora Latreille 1796 (scuttle fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Phoridae

Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1796. Précis des Caractères Génériques des Insectes Disposés dans un Ordre Naturel 1-201

Parent taxon: Phorinae according to B. V. Brown et al. 2015

See also Brues 1908, Carpenter 1992 and Latreille 1796

Sister taxa: Abaristophora, Aenigmatistes, Anevrina, Caenophorites, Chaetocnemistoptera, Chaetopleurophora, Conicera, Diplonevra, Fushuniclavicornia, Fushunophoritis, Godavaria, Huaxiaphoritis, Hypocera, Rhoptrocera, Spiniphora, Triphleba, Xenotriphleba

Subtaxa: Phora hybosa Phora inclusa Phora labiosa Phora tumbae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Madagascar (2 collections)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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