Megaselia Rondani 1856 (scuttle fly)
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Parent taxon: Metopininae according to Y. C. Hong 2002
See also Carpenter 1992 and Solórzano Kraemer 2007
Sister taxa: Apocephalus, Gymnophora, Gymnophorini, Latiarista, Metopinini, Myriophora, Puliciphora, Sinophoritis
Subtaxa: Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) Megaselia (Megaselia)
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ghana (1 collection), Madagascar (1), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (1)
• Oligocene of France (2)
• Eocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 11 collections including 26 occurrences
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