Metopina Macquart 1835 (scuttle fly)
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Synonym: Pseudometopina Disney 1994
Parent taxon: Phoridae according to M. M. Solórzano Kraemer 2007
See also Brown 1999 and Grimaldi et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Aenigmatias, Dohrniphora, Electrophora, Eophora, Euphorida, Hypoceridites, Jealia, Limulomyia, Megasella, Pararhoptrocera, Paraspiniphora, Prioriphorinae, Prophora, Pseudaenigmatias, Sciadocerinae
Subtaxa: Metopina goeleti
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (5)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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